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Old 09-10-2006, 12:20 AM   #31
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VE rip off it surely is. The guard flutes are definitely a rip off from the VE. I mean, there are no other 'new' cars apart from the VE Commodore.. the pinnacle of design and development, is there?? _

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spot on ;) lol its all in the flairs...gotta love the 80's
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Old 09-10-2006, 02:09 PM   #32
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M3 CSL right? - Awesome cars, makes it pretty clear who Holden are copying
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Old 09-10-2006, 02:21 PM   #33
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i think i saw a car very similar to that bmw not too long ago... wasnt that extreme, but i did comment to my self (which i do alot) gee that is what the VE designers got alot of ideas from... Looks great IMO.
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Old 09-10-2006, 02:25 PM   #34
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That BMW is damn nice. I want one.
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Old 09-10-2006, 02:28 PM   #35
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That car is oooozing with VIP status !

Anyone know whereabouts you can get those DPE rims??? (i reakon they would look hot on an xr!)
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Old 09-10-2006, 02:33 PM   #36
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M3 CSL right? - Awesome cars, makes it pretty clear who Holden are copying
CSL it aint...im sure its a 325i.
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Old 09-10-2006, 02:37 PM   #37
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That thing is bloody awesome!

Not sure how you came up with the VE thing though...
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Old 09-10-2006, 02:59 PM   #38
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Old 09-10-2006, 03:03 PM   #39
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Looks better than a VE IMO
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Old 09-10-2006, 03:04 PM   #40
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they had one in the factory stripping it when the 1st ve mokups from japan came in ;) lol
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Old 28-09-2008, 09:27 PM   #42
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sexy bmw...


this has to be the best looking 3series model ever....the new ones look like mutant stingrays...
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Old 28-09-2008, 09:38 PM   #43
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VE rip off it surely is. The guard flutes are definitely a rip off from the VE. I mean, there are no other 'new' cars apart from the VE Commodore.. the pinnacle of design and development, is there??

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Old 28-09-2008, 09:57 PM   #44
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Damn that's a nice car.
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Old 28-09-2008, 10:04 PM   #45
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Old 28-09-2008, 11:06 PM   #46
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spot on ;) lol its all in the flairs...gotta love the 80's

BMW had the guards pumped out long before Holden



A 1995 M3, 7 years before VE was even designed. I agree that the VE guards are a rip off from BMW.

As for the vents on the guards, nothing new for BMW



The current M5



2003 M3

BMW, one of the world leaders in automotive innovation copying Holden, now that is funny!
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Old 28-09-2008, 11:44 PM   #47
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Man thats nice.

Tougher then any VE I've ever seen.
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Old 28-09-2008, 11:57 PM   #49
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Yuck.
Horrid looking riced BMW.

The body kit and wheels ruin it.
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Old 29-09-2008, 12:12 AM   #50
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It has the chunky body like the VE. I think that's what he means.

Holden didn't invent the chunky style. I even remember the Pajero looking chunky a good few years back.

Personally I don't like the look of this new generation of cars.
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Old 29-09-2008, 01:22 AM   #51
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I was wondering the same thing.

Anyways, I wouldn't say the VE exterior is 100% original. There's a bit here and there of others cars. It's been discussed before.
Looking at this post of mine from two years ago (hadn't been here long), it's amazing how much you can cringe at one of your comments...
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nice mining! and damn that is a hot BMW.

LOL @ anyone thinking BMW is taking styling cues from holden
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It has a very VE rear bar, as the rear bar is obviously aftermarket its just whoever made the body kit taken some styling cue's from the SSV rear bar

awesome looking car though, and the rear lights look like they dont match because the tail lights tint wasnt done 100% correct, probably didnt measure it right on the boot or somthing?? still looks sexy!
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nice mining! and damn that is a hot BMW.

LOL @ anyone thinking BMW is taking styling cues from holden
Well I didn't mine the thread...but I remember that car...I reckon it's a damn nice looking one.
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nice car, but after so many years the VE rip off part is confusing...
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It's a bloody two door coupe. What does it share in common with a VE?
mmmmm...... quads, big rims, short front overhang and those kinda tacky engine vents behind the front wheel housing.

Keeping that in mind I recen HSV could be up to something in the near future, pity FPV won't have a go and make a super coupe cause if they did it would be super competitive and S#!% all over anything Japan has imported.
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Old 02-10-2008, 10:33 AM   #58
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i only bumped it cos it's on hot *** bm.
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It has a very VE rear bar, as the rear bar is obviously aftermarket its just whoever made the body kit taken some styling cue's from the SSV rear bar



ummmmmmmmmmmmm no.
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Yeah but doesn't Holden's ad campaign say they are matching it with the big boys in europe.
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