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Droptop PT Cruiser spy picture.

Old Jun 9, 2003 | 10:02 AM
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Droptop PT Cruiser spy picture.

It's not as big news as a new Mustang photo, but hey, it's a "future vehicle".

http://info.detnews.com/autosinsider...peek/index.cfm
Old Jun 9, 2003 | 10:05 AM
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Re: Droptop PT Cruiser spy picture.

Originally posted by guionM
It's not as big news as a new Mustang photo, but hey, it's a "future vehicle".

http://info.detnews.com/autosinsider...peek/index.cfm



When I heard they were making a drop-top version of the PT... I just could not visualize a 'smooth' way to do it... I just couldn't picture a decent looking roof line.

From that pic... I think I was right.
Old Jun 9, 2003 | 10:17 AM
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Anyone notice that's a two-door?
Old Jun 9, 2003 | 10:25 AM
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Anyone notice that's a two-door?
Old Jun 9, 2003 | 11:33 AM
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The way the rear just abruptly ends and the top begins....it will make it look like a bathtub with the top down.
Old Jun 9, 2003 | 11:38 AM
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Originally posted by Z28Wilson
The way the rear just abruptly ends and the top begins....it will make it look like a bathtub with the top down.


Kind of like the Munster-Mobile!!
Old Jun 9, 2003 | 03:45 PM
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That's sure awkward looking. Similar to the Golf convertible, it's tough to make a decent looking fanny.
Old Jun 9, 2003 | 04:51 PM
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AAhhh!!!!
Old Jun 9, 2003 | 04:52 PM
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they need to shorten it a little bit.....the sides and rear are way too high up....time to photoshop what it SHOULD look like :-)
Old Jun 9, 2003 | 04:59 PM
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its a rough chop, but if it looked more like that i think it would look alot better....
Old Jun 9, 2003 | 05:22 PM
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Its still a PT Cruiser. Maybe the turbo version will be better, but a friend of mine rented one while we were in Maui and I got a chance to drive it....

... I likened the experience to driving a Jeep mail truck or a golf cart. Yeah the interior looks cool, but its small and cramped and the performance is borderline rediculous. I think I'd rather drive a Neon.
Old Jun 9, 2003 | 06:00 PM
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PT SSR?
Old Jun 9, 2003 | 08:09 PM
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when i saw it at the auto show with the roof down i thought it loked pretty cool but with the top up that just looks
Old Jun 10, 2003 | 12:23 AM
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The PT Cruiser never looked right from the rear quarters back but that convertable with the top up from the backside, yek
Old Jun 10, 2003 | 12:52 AM
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Another MOD to a "Retro" car....

It screams that retro gets stale very quickly...that and yanks seem to not like roofs on there cars

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