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NEWS: Fiat to Launch Limited-Edition Lupin III Car

Seventeen levels of awesome I say. Seventeen levels of awesome.

That aside, any thoughts on how good a car it might be. It'd be a shame if its actually a terrible car. Aren't Fiat cars supposed to be good cars?

A bit of cursory research shows it has won a bunch of awards in 07/08.

I hope nobody uses one of those to renact the car chase from Castle of Cagliostro. Or even more dangerous, the one from Plot of the Fuma Clan.

I always liked Fiats. Now I guess I know why. Laughing

Actually, I lived in Rome for a spring and there was Lupin III merchandise everywhere. Shocked

There was even one of those terrible low-budget animated rip-offs that you always see for Disney movies over here for. . .The Castle of Cagliostro. Razz

Not that I spent much time looking for it (there are, uh, better things to do in Rome), it was just. . .you'd walk by a store, there's be a Lupin III T-shirt in the window, and then one day there would be a new line of Lupin III T-shirts.

There was even a police dog named Lupin on TV once, though it was unclear whether he was named after the original character or the anime character.

The Nuova 500 is a front engine/wheel drive car where the original was rear engine/wheel. I drove an old 500 when I was looking for me first car. What a bucket of bolts? The gear box was like stirring a bucket of bricks. Riddled with rust. I ended up with a Ford Escort Mk 1 .

Fiat's always made "cute, trippy" little cars...so, yay.

I can't really see a whole lot of people on here raving about it... =_=

Needs the Roof Mounted Gun Cannon or it fails royally.

Here's a link to a photo of the bike Jorge Lorenzo rode to a fourth place finish at Motegi this weekend.

http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2008/Lorenzo+to+ride+with+special+livery+on+Sunday+at+Motegi

they didn't really show it during the actual race though, just a few flashes of it. Shame since he put it on pole position.

One problem: How are Otaku going to put this merchandise up on their shelves?

I want this! Oh what an excellent prop this would be for the live action movie!

That is pretty cool. I love Lupin, and the car always gets good use in the storyline. Tells you how far to the exterior of the world Lupin has influence on.

Will it have the rear-engined turbocharged flat-6 Porsche engine option, like in CC??

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