My humble attempt at Buick performance...
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That thing is slick
Just enough chrome accents. The car looks sporty AND refined
has that expensive looking thing going for it
I'd pimp it
keep up the excellent work
Just enough chrome accents. The car looks sporty AND refined
has that expensive looking thing going for it
I'd pimp it
keep up the excellent work
Re: My humble attempt at Buick performance...
Originally Posted by KrisH
Glad you guys mostly like it so far. The front end was a tough one for me though, like I said. The notched spoiler was kind of a hint at the chin spoiler on the GN's but the headlights...I just don't like them. I pleaded for them to only run a read view, but Johnny loved it, so he ran it anyway. Oh well...
i can see the influence from the original GN now re the spoiler but it kinda comes across as a little ricey. i'm happy that you managed to come up with a truly buick looking design for this though! totally looking forward to how this one evolves.
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Nice car. However, as long as Pontiac has the GTO (and by all indications, that will be some time minus the short gap), and Pontiac's combined with Buick, you won't see 2 of the same sized coupes in the same showroom.
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Originally Posted by guionM
Nice car. However, as long as Pontiac has the GTO (and by all indications, that will be some time minus the short gap), and Pontiac's combined with Buick, you won't see 2 of the same sized coupes in the same showroom.
You make a good point, as I knew you would. It's a shame though, because it could really wake up the brand, despite not being practical.Kris
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I like it. You forgot wheel lugs, though, and I doubt they'd use a six spoke, five lugged wheel. 
The rear glass looks excessively large to me, though. Is this a hatched or a trunked car? Some minor revisions in the *** end would be in order, I'd think. The wraparound taillights don't seem to do anything for me either.
I like the location and shape of the hood bulge and this thing would probably look pretty bad *** with a shaker scoop. I don't like the nose spoiler, but with a few tweaks it might not look so bad. The Buick grille and headlights should probably be a little taller and that might offset some of the largeness of the air dam piece. The air dam piece itself looks like something I'd see on a riced Civic or an SRT4... not something I'd expect on a luxo Buick.
I like the general design and shape, though. Looks like it could fly!

The rear glass looks excessively large to me, though. Is this a hatched or a trunked car? Some minor revisions in the *** end would be in order, I'd think. The wraparound taillights don't seem to do anything for me either.
I like the location and shape of the hood bulge and this thing would probably look pretty bad *** with a shaker scoop. I don't like the nose spoiler, but with a few tweaks it might not look so bad. The Buick grille and headlights should probably be a little taller and that might offset some of the largeness of the air dam piece. The air dam piece itself looks like something I'd see on a riced Civic or an SRT4... not something I'd expect on a luxo Buick.
I like the general design and shape, though. Looks like it could fly!
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Looks pretty cool. Could use a little tweaking but a pretty darn good start. For some reason the grill kinda reminfs me of the Mercury Montego (i think that's the name, i'm thinking about mercury's version of the ford 500) and the rear reminds me of an acura, i think because of the taillights.
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Kris, did you forget, GNXs have to have a black with polished lip wheel design. Geez. 
Aside from a few very minor things, I definitely dig it.

Aside from a few very minor things, I definitely dig it.
Last edited by DWray; Aug 13, 2005 at 03:46 PM.
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What I have to say- you already know- that front air dam....damn....
Because its all black its hard to see the grill in there- at first I thought I was looking at a Nissan front hood- but then i could make out some of the grill. I would like to see more styling ques like in the grill and maybe the side badge that the gn's had.
I am a phr reader and you should tell Hunkins that you are an arteeest- not a computer draft monkey- tell him to give you more time- and he can tease people in the upcoming issue with drawings to follow in the next
Because its all black its hard to see the grill in there- at first I thought I was looking at a Nissan front hood- but then i could make out some of the grill. I would like to see more styling ques like in the grill and maybe the side badge that the gn's had.
I am a phr reader and you should tell Hunkins that you are an arteeest- not a computer draft monkey- tell him to give you more time- and he can tease people in the upcoming issue with drawings to follow in the next


