Forum - View topicNEWS: Fiat to Launch Limited-Edition Lupin III Car
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gohmifune
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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? |
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Brack
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A bit of cursory research shows it has won a bunch of awards in 07/08.
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penguintruth
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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.
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Flaed
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I always liked Fiats. Now I guess I know why.
Actually, I lived in Rome for a spring and there was Lupin III merchandise everywhere.  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.  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. |
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KabaKabaFruit
 Posts: 1903 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba |
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I must be a terrible person because I busted out laughing after reading that and imagining someone actually doing that.
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Mohawk52
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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.
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Who Is This Guy!?
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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... =_= |
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Hon'ya-chan
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Needs the Roof Mounted Gun Cannon or it fails royally.
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shadrack1
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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. |
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Zin5ki
 Posts: 6680 Location: London, UK |
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One problem: How are Otaku going to put this merchandise up on their shelves?
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Proman
 Posts: 947 Location: USA |
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I want this! Oh what an excellent prop this would be for the live action movie!
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fighterholic
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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.
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freezespell
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If it is a terrible car, we can all say that Fiat stands for Fix It Again, Tony! As far as Fiat cars in general, I couldn't tell you since I've hardly ever seen any on the road in the states. |
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jsevakis
Former ANN Editor in Chief
 Posts: 1686 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
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OH MY GOD I WANT THIS NOW |
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skogga
 Posts: 29 Location: TN |
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Will it have the rear-engined turbocharged flat-6 Porsche engine option, like in CC??
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