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    Orion GTHO

    Here are the latest CGI's from MOTOR...

    What are your thoughts?
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    Boring?

    Seriously..MOTOR is just getting boring now.
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    The design doesnt suit the horizontal stripes, theres too many contours to the side profile to have something just go straight through.
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    The front end is way too fussy and the intake looks very out of place... maybe if it was a little more breeze block in design it would work, but this just... doesn't.

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    I hate the black under the lights. The rest is ok. Not wonderful, but not bad.
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    It just seems like the car doesn't like stripes??.. Bugger that shaker it's terrible.
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    I think that they should take away the side stripes and shaker then it will look nice!
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    I hope these guys realise that the whole thing about the old GTHO's were they were a stripped down balls out racer (for the era anyway). I bet they stick electric everything, air con, the whole lot in it and just ad a few more berries and a ho badge to it. To be honest I think they are stuck in the past with the whole stripes and shaker thing. However I do think they should have the superoo motif on the car somewhere, possibly on the bootlid. I know its a mock up, but I think having the shaker imposed onto the bonnet just shows its age, its from another era, but having said that, a new incarnation of the shaker would work without the stripes. But the main point is the old car was a no frills performance car that as we all know was the fastest production four door in the world for 20 odd years. It is one hell of a legend to live up to and if they stuff it up down at FPV then it will cheapen the name as a whole. I hope they dont F**k it up.

    Also, as a sidenote, if they do build a limited run of these puppies, expect a sticker price of about 120 odd grand...
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    always loved the falcon but this looks a little amateurish.

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    Ive just had a thought, Wayne Draper's (ex Ford designer) company Phase Autos owns the trademark GTHO Phase --- if memory serves correctly...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Daz27 View Post
    I hope these guys realise that the whole thing about the old GTHO's were they were a stripped down balls out racer (for the era anyway).
    I dont know what spec they kept them for the track, but when they came out of the showroom they were the same spec, or higher, than the Fairmont.
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    Not to sound ignorant....but what does GTHO stand for, unless it is "Get The Hell Out"?
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    It was a GT with the "Handling Option", which was an easier way to sell the cars with the "High Output" engines.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fpv_gtho View Post
    It was a GT with the "Handling Option", which was an easier way to sell the cars with the "High Output" engines.
    Sounds like a fun pairing of options
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    Looks better than anything we get here in NA... even with the stripes.
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