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Oct 03 2006 3 Comments

Throbbing engines

Whilst many motoring enthusiasts may baulk at their beauties being billed as mere phallic-extensions, Japanese car manufacturer Mitsuoka has, so to speak, opted to stop beating around the bush, naming its new car Orochi — or big snake.

orochi

Orders will be accepted from today it seems, although as far as appearances go, only men with whopping wads need apply.

orochi

Categorized: General

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  1. Paul says

    10/3/2006 at 7:18 pm

    It looks far too busy at the front, like a mercedes humped an AC Cobra. The back looks like they locked a couple of Italian designers in a room and threw spanners at them until they started drawing.

    And of course, the design utterly fails to consider the license plate, even though cars have had them for, oo, only about a century. “But it will spoil the purity of the design,” they may bleat. Yes, but it’s going to have one, isn’t it? You don’t ignore the steering wheel because it upsets the symmetry of the interior, do you?

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  2. James says

    10/4/2006 at 12:30 am

    Is it just me, or does the front ACTUALLY look like a snakes head?

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  3. matt says

    10/6/2006 at 12:47 am

    i’d say no point in the license plate anyways if you get this beast going full throttle. They couldn’t have chosen a pansier color though. Is this thing still on display at RHills?

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