Re: Jeep Huricane - is this a production vehicle
"DougW" <I.only.read.usenet@invalid.address> wrote in message
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> Matt Macchiarolo wrote:
>> Concept, will never see the light of day production-wise.
>
> Mebby not, but it was at the State Fair auto show this year.
> :) I got to sit in it. Sadly, I did not bring my camera
> this year. :(
>
> The neat thing was if you looked real close at the tires you
> could tell someone was burning rubber recently. Telltail rubber
> lips on the lugs.
That's from doing it's "spinning" thing. Really scuffs up the tires.
That and the suspension, body work interior
> etc are all real. Unlike some concepts that use cheap plastic.
> The underside had beauty marks so someone had driven it over
> a fairly decent obstacle (and got close to stuck)
It's several years old, I imagine it's been driven quite a bit...
>
> They said it was "production capable" Now all it takes is a few
> hundred thousand customers to make it a reality.
First it's gotta get past the legal dept, which I doubt it will in its
concept configuration.