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![]() http://www.theage.com.au/national/th...019-1m86v.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iezc14zdYCM Very cool. I do like some of the "technology" in it, even for 1969. The next one they need to do is the Torana GTR-X.
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i wonder how much GT 40/corvette influenced the design? a nice effort anyway.
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good to see the hurricane has been restored to original spec (it was done in the late 80s in silver, complete with 80s style wheel covers) compare it to what toyota's show car that year ![]()
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didnt even know that this existed.
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I'm thinking the rear vision camera would be as big as a small suitcase, and the small black and white monitor was really a 30cm TV as big as an average cardboard box, as was the technology at the time.
The engineers would have been thinking, how do we get vision from the rear view camera, when one would have said "just stick a small TV in the dash". |
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Holden must have some surplus Govt funds they need to get rid of this financial year....
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What a stupid article, everytime they build a VE, they are creating cars from the past. Designed in 2003, first built 2006.
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Good to see they restored this part of their Heritage.
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About time...what an amazing car that thing was, and still is!
This thing was only a concept car...however the GTR-X revealed at the same time was a fully production ready car, using off-the-shelf GTR-XU1 running gear, and if it the bean counters had let it be produced, it would have changed the face of Australian cars forever. Look it up as well! http://www.canberratoranaclub.com/history/gtrx.htm |
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Thats funny cause the holdens i know are broke as5 punks.
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Think it was a cool effort.
Wish they could of made and sold a handful.
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i've got one of holden's GTR-X original brochures.
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Similar to that of GPS, it required someone to launch a few satellites into orbit before it could be used to map out the trip.
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another holden concept that never got built 40 yers and nothing has changed
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Concept cars are there to showcase the company's new technology and or future design. Companies use them to gauge customer reaction to any new or extreme designs that will influence future products. Tell me how many concepts have been put into production by any company? Some have, but many haven't. That isn't the point of the concept car.
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yes but they could stop pretending that they might build them
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How many concept cars have Ford Aust. made?
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This is an example of the reason why Holden continues to dominate the Australian media coverage.
This was such a simple exercise for them, but the amount of return on investment was MASSIVE. All major online papers, motoring, plus motoring print, and even internatioal online coverage. It's not that hard to capture the hearts and minds of consumers when you have people pushing your brand and linking it to the past all the time. My hat goes off to them for, yeat another, perfectly staged marketing exercise. |
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What I was getting at was, who was gonna put those magnets on intersections, it wasn't going to be Holden, so were they going to convince the government to that for them? |
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Anyway, not knocking them, good on them for trying something different and looking outside the square. They still do that to this day. |
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My first thoughts exactly. Fords marketing should take note. All i seem to read about in the paper are articles promoting holden as being the greatest thing since sliced bread. ( even to the point of comparisons to other marques which are obviously better equipped, or more economical , or more powerfull, which the holden product somehow manages to win.) ford on the other hand are only in the please help/ advice columns for poor service or breakdown complaints!!
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In the 60's & 70's.. the average "Joe" would have looked at that and thought "WOW!! I bet that will never happen!!" and yet... they're a dime a dozen now!! It even had a steering column that moved up and down... Ok.. to allow you to get in and out, in this case... but most cars today use similar technology for the adjustable column !! Concept cars are supposed to be about pushing the boundaries... plenty of concept car ideas have disapeard, once shown... only to resurface many years later when more modern technology allows them to be made (like sat-nav)... or allows them to be produced affordably ! The Holden engineers on this project showed they were real forward thinkers of their time, and should be aplauded for it !! It showcased to the world that Australia is an inovative country which, given the opportunity, can design and develop new and exciting cars (and anything else we want)! I'm a blue oval boy, through and through.... but I'm an Aussie first... and I think we should all be proud of these sorts of achievements! I say "well done" to the team which created this car initially... and to the latest team who restored it back to it's former glory !! This is a significant part of Aussie motoring history... and it should be looked after for all the years to come ! Well done Holden ! ![]() |
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Sadly... it seems the only "Buzz" that Ford want to create these days... is the sound of their electric chair... when they get put out of it's misery !! Last edited by Gothefalcon; 22-10-2011 at 11:47 AM. |
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