The car that never was

[Boltneck77]

I dunno....even though it isn't the prettiest of things, somehow I could still see Sean Connery or maybe even Roger Moore driving it in a Bond Movie. I could see the movie title now, "The car is not enough, die another day."

[mostrandomguyaround]

whether your a holden fanboy or not, its still butt ugly

[FGalaxie]

Sad to see a bunch of ricer gook packers bagging this car.

Its every bit as good looking as the Datsun.

And wasnt built by a Japanese company. instantly lames it better.

Not that the 240Z was a Japanese design anyway, A German designed it

[sxclatino]

thats a death trap... if it rolled your dead.. lol

[toranacar]

Would be nice if you had a 3d scanner

[Zedman260]

Looks like they can drive it back under the rock where they got their idea from..

[280z1]

thats one ugly fucker

[AcomsRazor1776]

The aerodynamics on that thing have to be hell.

[spenceronni7]

they should release it now

[Jer0maru]

Does it have power steering?

[ZeroOneChannel]

shoot, i wish they release this car!!

would be a fukkin legend

[fjbutch]

Still wish I had my LC Torana GTR. What a honey it was.....Sob !

[ceffydriver]

id still buy a zed... afer all the 186 with tripple su's would be a pain to tune and 186's dont like high revs (more than 202's)

even the most rooted of L series 6's will rev to 8 grand . even with mega cam lash!

[canammx1]

First thing that came to mind is a dalorean gone wrong. I would get the 240z. I drive a 280zx.

[dontpunchgrandpa]

used to own a 79 280zx and now own a 72 240z

[canammx1]

which do you like more?

[dontpunchgrandpa]

280zx was my first car, the fold down seats and extra room was awesome especially with road trips and friends and i miss that about it, but the 240 is just classic and is a great car with more power since mine is pre 1973 it has no emission control to adhere to so alot more customization is possible and its something that you can work on yourself.

[se7en1976]

@canammx1 sex

[Mito2009]

lol

[101Militant101]

nothing can master a 240z.. good move by holden keeping there incest car locked in the dungeon :p

[fastskyl1ne]

Its interesting, but not production material. Thanks for the post.

[technologic21]

that's ugly.

[280zx2by2]

it looks like if a 240z and a Delorean had babies...

but horribly disfigured mutant babies lol

[lh8vd69]

EpiMuzik- It had the 186 XU-1 motor in it.

[Mito2009]

i would buy the 240z hands down, that thbing is butt ugly

[innocentbystander13]

and you would be selling it today for $300 bucks , while I bought a house and 2 new cars off my gtr-x , lol

[Mito2009]

no id still be driving my 240 :)

[101Militant101]

but if u wernt id buy it off you

[innocentbystander13]

That'd be cool , faded orange , panels out of align and rust in the sills , always rust in the sills ;-)

[wheyez]

dream on!

wtf $300? Ive seen good Zeds selling for 50k these days!

[innocentbystander13]

there is no accounting for taste , obviously . But seriously , i have seen a good zed once , just rip out the engine and all the running gear and replace it with a v-8 and some serious stuff , you've got yourself a decent (if soft looking) car

[wheyez]

hmm thats a mighty big worm youve got on that mighty big hook of yours!

[ximustbeinsaynex]

So THATS where they got the idea for the Ford Pinto! I am an admirer of many vintage European cars, but this thing actually attempts elegance and instead achieves fugly. Its very confused. Looks like they took design cues from 1960's Fords (think Thunderbird) as well as Japanese (Toyota 2000GT, Mazda Cosmo) and perhaps even an Italian sports cars or two of the day. Interesting but it was definitely a good call to stay production.

[superjump01]

I was Unaware that Australia was anywhere near Europe! ;P

[torquexlt]

definitely go with the Z, all the way. The green car kinda sorta favors the old school skyline as well, any relation there?

[xxXbdogXxx]

No relation to the skyline. The green car ultimately developed into a v8 touring car monster.

[TwoOpposableThumbsUp]

Nice looking car. I've got a sales brochure for the GTR-X . . . . I'm guessing its probably rare seeing they never sold the car.

[Mechknight73]

@TwoOpposableThumbsUp Allegedly ony three were ever made. The story goes that they were going into production, but the beancounters canned it at the last minute

[butch19811]

what the fuck is it?????

[Chriskoss]

It was the new concept car Torana that never went into production. I think it was called the Torana GTX coupe.

[NicholasJBrown]

looks like the WRAITH - dodge turbo interceptor

[Mechknight73]

@NicholasJBrown Absolutely no relation. For a start, this is the work of Holden, the Australian wing of GM. They also built the Pontiac G8 and late GTO, and you'll see Chevy Caprices in America soon as police cruisers. They're really rebadged Holden Caprices

[WarHater69]

sikk...

you got anything on the XU-1 next to it?

[vw68autobug]

they would have sold heaps of those....

much better looking than a Torana...

or a Holden..

Lee

[RDMSvideo]

Shot at the national motor musiem in Birdwood South Australia. The green car in the background is the platform it's based on....

[xxXbdogXxx]

Awesome car!