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« on: January 26, 2009, 03:13:58 PM »
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commentary: GAWDAMN THE NEW CARS ARE UGLY.




that is all.
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« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2009, 03:33:18 PM »
Linky?
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« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2009, 03:41:58 PM »
ferrari: http://www.formula1.com/gallery/launches/2009/342.html

mclaren: http://www.formula1.com/gallery/launches/2009/346.html

bmw: http://www.formula1.com/gallery/launches/2009/351.html

renault (just 'cuz): http://www.formula1.com/gallery/launches/2009/348.html

williams (same): http://www.formula1.com/gallery/launches/2009/347.html
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« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2009, 04:05:02 PM »
once you get past the narrow rear wing, they look just fine.
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« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2009, 04:06:06 PM »
IMO:

Front wing looks a lot better, rear wing looks better (higher up, more vertical area, supported at both endplates) and worse (much too narrow to look natural). Less bodywork in front of the rear wheels is... interesting. But at least the undertray looks good. Slicks doing what they do (looking fabulous) all over again.

Is the track any wider, or is that an optical illusion?
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« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2009, 04:07:56 PM »
Quote from: derby on January 26, 2009, 04:05:02 PM
once you get past the narrow rear wing, they look just fine.

It really opens up the rear wheels and has that... cute factor! Cheesy
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« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2009, 04:08:13 PM »
Yeesh.

Um, yeah, not very handsome.  Lips Sealed
Better than last year, IMO, tho.
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« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2009, 04:17:26 PM »
the ferrari and bmw remind me of riding mowers.
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« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2009, 04:52:34 PM »
Quote from: Speeddog on January 26, 2009, 04:08:13 PM
Yeesh.

Um, yeah, not very handsome.  Lips Sealed
Better than last year, IMO, tho.

Quote from: gm2 on January 26, 2009, 04:17:26 PM
the ferrari and bmw remind me of riding mowers.

+1

that front wing is hideous.

the rear wing just looks comical.

maybe i'll get used to it over the season, but right now the F1 cars looks too much like the lower-spec formula cars including the BMWs:



just doesn't look premiere...
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« Reply #9 on: January 26, 2009, 04:54:01 PM »
Quote from: Ash on January 26, 2009, 04:52:34 PM

maybe i'll get used to it over the season...


yeah, i think i've been lookin' at the spy shots for 3 months or so.
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« Reply #10 on: January 26, 2009, 04:55:42 PM »
Quote from: Ash on January 26, 2009, 03:13:58 PM

commentary: GAWDAMN THE NEW CARS ARE UGLY.




that is all.

Are you kidding? That McClaren is sex on wheels.
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« Reply #11 on: January 26, 2009, 05:05:03 PM »
Quote from: derby on January 26, 2009, 04:54:01 PM
yeah, i think i've been lookin' at the spy shots for 3 months or so.

so have i.

they're still ugly.
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« Reply #12 on: January 26, 2009, 05:14:57 PM »
As long as they keep that Renault around, none of the others will look all that bad by comparison.
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« Reply #13 on: January 26, 2009, 05:50:07 PM »
Not the best looking F1 cars, but certainly not the ugliest either. From certain angles, the Ferrari and McLaren look good.
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« Reply #14 on: January 26, 2009, 06:14:23 PM »
Quote from: superjohn on January 26, 2009, 05:50:07 PM
Not the best looking F1 cars, but certainly not the ugliest either. From certain angles, the Ferrari and McLaren look good.
+1. I preferred last yr's tho.
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