New Ford Fusion - Caddy Rip-off
07-14-2005, 02:50 PM
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New Ford Fusion - Caddy Rip-off Say hi to the new Ford Fusion, soon to be tearing up the NASCAR circuit next year with its stylish caddy borrowed front end... 
http://media.ford.com/newsroom/featu...?release=21160
http://media.ford.com/newsroom/featu...?release=21160
07-14-2005, 04:36 PM
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It's not a Cadillac rip-off.
The cues are directly from the old 427 concept car and are applied to the Mazda 6, which is what the Fusion is under the skin. Cool looking car inside and out if you ask me, I can't wait to see what SVT does with it.
The cues are directly from the old 427 concept car and are applied to the Mazda 6, which is what the Fusion is under the skin. Cool looking car inside and out if you ask me, I can't wait to see what SVT does with it.
07-14-2005, 09:19 PM
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The cues are directly from the old 427 concept car and are applied to the Mazda 6, which is what the Fusion is under the skin. Cool looking car inside and out if you ask me, I can't wait to see what SVT does with it.
.BTW: At the time Ford released the 427 concept, Cadillac trumped it with the Sixteen concept, neither of which will ever be produced, but the Sixteen easily beats the 427.
07-15-2005, 03:47 AM
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Yah well the production V35 Skyline (Infiniti G35) debuted on June 18 2001.
http://www.infiniti.com/content/0,,c...-52054,00.html
http://www.cadillac.com/cadillacjsp/....jsp?model=cts
Looking at both cars one can see that the CTS easily appears to be a more creased G35. Granted Caddy decided to go with it's art and science theme back in 99 or 2000 or so, but the front end ot the CTS does resemble the G35 to some extent. If anything GM ripped off Nissan. Not surprising when you look at some of their other designs. The SS Concept was a blatant rip off of the Mazda RX-8, the rear end of the LaCrosse and the G6 are obvious Scion TC rip offs, The appearance package on the Impala makes the rear end look like an R33 Skyline etc... Honestly in this day and age it's hard to come up with designs that don't resemble competitors products in at least a few ways. Well unless we're talking about Daimler-Chrysler of course.
http://www.infiniti.com/content/0,,c...-52054,00.html
http://www.cadillac.com/cadillacjsp/....jsp?model=cts
Looking at both cars one can see that the CTS easily appears to be a more creased G35. Granted Caddy decided to go with it's art and science theme back in 99 or 2000 or so, but the front end ot the CTS does resemble the G35 to some extent. If anything GM ripped off Nissan. Not surprising when you look at some of their other designs. The SS Concept was a blatant rip off of the Mazda RX-8, the rear end of the LaCrosse and the G6 are obvious Scion TC rip offs, The appearance package on the Impala makes the rear end look like an R33 Skyline etc... Honestly in this day and age it's hard to come up with designs that don't resemble competitors products in at least a few ways. Well unless we're talking about Daimler-Chrysler of course.
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07-15-2005, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by MetallicBluews6
The caddy was out earlier than the g35 sedan.
07-15-2005, 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by bruddah_man_matt
Umm, the G35 debuted in mid 2001 in Japan as the V35 Skyline. The CTS was introduced in 2002 for the 2003 model year. Even the first U.S. spec G35 was built on March 12, 2002. Regardless of whether that date came before the CTSs debut in 2002, the V35 Skyline's June 18, 2001 debut came before them all.
1. The CTS and G35 look nothing like each other.
Hopefully this will put this arguement to bed for good. We could go on argueing that because they both have 2 headlights and 4 wheels they are ripoffs of the 1906 Olsmobile Model S
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07-15-2005, 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by skywalkrNCSU
well like they say, at least they circled the problem 
07-17-2005, 01:19 AM
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Originally Posted by y2k_ta
I hope all the Ford teams leave the big fake grille decal on their Nascar version. Since they've "enlarged it to show detail", it looks like the F-250 grille.
07-19-2005, 12:46 PM
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It's not a Cadillac rip-off.
The cues are directly from the old 427 concept car and are applied to the Mazda 6, which is what the Fusion is under the skin. Cool looking car inside and out if you ask me, I can't wait to see what SVT does with it.
The cues are directly from the old 427 concept car and are applied to the Mazda 6, which is what the Fusion is under the skin. Cool looking car inside and out if you ask me, I can't wait to see what SVT does with it.
And the G35 is what the CTS should have looked like. That "Art & Science" look only worked on the XLR and the SRX.
