Adrian Clarke
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Car designer and commentator. UK based contributor to @the_autopian and @hagerty . Probably cheaper than Stephen Bayley.
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"That is a rare picture of Sean Connery signed by Roger Moore"
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Oh do fuck off.
Tesla single handily killed the physical key fob.
It’s 2024, there’s no reason automakers should be selling cars with one. It’s super wasteful.
Your phone is the best car key.
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As a car designer, one of my pet hates is black wheels. New M2 looks visually so much lighter on its feet without them.
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Car enthusiasts: car designers are lazy, all new cars look the same.
Alfa Romeo: here you go, something bold and different.
Car enthusiasts: NOT LIKE THAT!
🙄
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Not driven one before. Terrible driving position, rubbish gear change. Utterly glorious. What a thing.
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Just a normal French service station on the way to Le Mans.
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Only the French would build a mid-engined sports car with seats for your girlfriend AND mistress.
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@DanielJGJ
It doesn't help that they don't engage or integrate at all outside their peers (in my experience) to widen their thinking. I took my first class of the year the other day and was shocked at the lack of engagement. Then I realised half of them didn't speak English.
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Tell me you don’t understand the appeal of a classic Ferrari without telling me.
Yesterday’s future, today! 😎⚡️👌 The ‘Banzhou Electric’ Tesla powered Ferrari Testarossas out for a jaunt in the hills of Wales. 😎😎😎
#ferrari
#ferraritestarrosa
#electricferrari
#banzhouelectric
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It's done over 2000 miles in a week. Not used a drop of coolant and I've only had top up the oil once. What a car.
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Warning. This is now a Le Mans Classic photo dump account. Let's start off with a few French fancies 🇫🇷
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When I mention bad surfacing, this is the sort of thing I'm talking about. Twisted surfaces, poor highlights and no aesthetic sense to it. Looks like a dent.
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@GoodEnglish11
@NoContextBrits
Found out the hard way not to be snippy with airport security and made this joke this year (I was the only one they made remove their boots and sent my bag for additional screening). Even airport police said security had picked me out for my goth appearance. But lesson learnt.
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Twingos. Pale blue is EV converted with a silver interior. French blue and white one has a 2.0 Clio Cup motor and full cage. Brown one has, well you can see for yourself.
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@TaylorOgan
@AutoPap
I literally teach car design at Masters level, mostly to Chinese students. This car was designed by Pininfarina Shanghai, in China. Try again.
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Bask in the sheer eighties glory of the Renault Fuego Turbo.
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Scorpio!
He'll sting you with this dreams of power and wealth.
Beware of Scorpio!
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I mean I see it. I'm not sure I understand it. But it exists and this is proof
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Alright you perverts. Here's the total filth you've been waiting for:
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I don't think camping in a Seven can be considered anything other than a power move.
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I see BMW is still not bothering to surface the rear three quarter properly. The transition between the rear door and flared arch is horrible. See also: BMW M3.
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@colinhauge
@NoContextBrits
Going to America in a couple of weeks, and taking in some sporting events. Will report findings.
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@NoContextBrits
Damn I'm stuck in Eales and have yet to pick up my 2023 MILFs of Waitrose calendar:
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Now I understand why people go on murderous rampages. You thought the backlash against the Mustang Mach E was bad? That will be NOTHING compared to the fury I will bring forth if this comes to pass.
Ford has released the first teaser image of the new Capri, the brand's upcoming electric coupé SUV 👀
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Like what you see? Check out my OnlyFans:
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This is fucking ghastly, and I’ll try and explain how something like this happens. 🧵1/n👇
As
@adrianfclarke
has said many times - HIRE A PROPER FUCKING AUTOMOTIVE DESIGNER. What a mess. The Ginetta Akula, if you don't know. Specs sound good - 600bhp 6.4 n/a V8 and weighs 1200kg. But what's the point of a £300k supercar if you whince every time you look at it?
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Frankfurt off to a good start. Manual W124 on wheeltrims:
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What BMW fans creaming themselves over this fail to realise is they've just received the equivalent of a pity hand job.
#bmw
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Ok this tweet is blowing up. More cutting insight about car design can be found in my writing for
@the_autopian
and you can support us by becoming a member here:
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The pinnacle of luxury motoring. And a Mercedes S Class.
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"Homer, you've ruined a perfectly good jacket"
"Incorrect Marge. Two perfectly good jackets"
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From the little known Nordic TV buddy cop drama Sturskki & Hutchinssonn
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This sort of vehicle is not that hard to do because money is essentially no object. High tech, high cost automotive manufacturing and engineering is not a problem in the UK. Look at all the racing cars we build.
The GMA T50. Nearly every component made in Great Britain. We can still do it if we have great minds like Gordon Murray running the show. UK government take note, because to put it bluntly you have been rubbish on just about every level & are driving this country into a ditch. J
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@garygastelu
"Can't wait to buy one in eight years for $30k"
A dozen sold new.
Eight years later:
"Why can't I buy one for $30k. They're so overpriced!"
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The cars may have been unexceptional, the wheels were anything but.
#FOTU
#weirdcartwitter
#Automotive
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DESIGNERS DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING. JUST LET THE ENGINEERS DESIGN CARS!
Me, a pro car designer: off you go then, knock yourself out.
Engineer: See, anyone can do it. Look:
Ad - Land Rover Mini 'MM' - "Built by an Ex Aston Martin engineer as his daily runaround
and featured in Maximum Mini book"
On eBay here -->>
#LandRoverMini
#BuiltByEngineer
#AstonMartin
#DailyRunaround
#MaximumMini
#ClassicCar
#eBayListing
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Some of you met Mr Tigg in a recent
@the_autopian
article. I had to say goodbye to him this afternoon. He was my best little buddy and I'm going to miss the shithead a lot. RIP little man 🖤
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Always Check the Car Park: Sketchy Industrial Estate Edition.
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@AutoPap
This is a direct result of Chinese students flooding UK auto design degree courses but not learning anything and the universities not failing them because they want their money.
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@1sthand2
@DanielJGJ
I've long thought if English is your first language and you want to learn a second, it should be Chinese.
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Some of my favourites from the
@HagertyUK
#FOTU
. Citroen XM Sei, Fiat 128, Citroen GSA Pallas and Cinquecento Sporting.
#automotive
#weirdcartwitter
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He only begrudgingly put down his straight edge when it came to the wheels.
We gather five motoring masterpieces by avant-garde designer William Towns – and
@OctaneMark
drives them all in the October issue. Get your copy here:
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@jordanbutters
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#weirdcartwitter
is a wonderful thing. Lovely afternoon spent meeting this 1990 Escort Popular and its accompanying reprobates
@thealso
and
@sionhudson
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Remember when you were a kid and you would draw wheels on a big cardboard box and then get in it and pretend to drive?
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This is not the genius disruptor idea it’s being presented as. Legacy OEMs have been doing exactly this for more than half a century.
When BYD’s founder Wang Chuanfu decided to start making cars, he began by buying around 50 foreign cars and taking them apart to reverse engineer them.
Re-upping this great profile of BYD’s founder by
@kevinsxu
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@Brett_Designer
@BMWUK_
"What do you mean, BMW don't offer a Houston SLAB package on the new M2?"
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Hotel room is meant to be a suite but it's clearly a base model as it has switch blanks.
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Wow. These people really are off the deep end.
I attended a technology forum recently, and as part of an icebreaker activity, they had topic tables to sit and introduce each other.
I chose the EV table🥰
10 people were at the table - 2 had Teslas, 1 Hyundai, 1 Mach-E. The other 6 were in the market for an EV and never
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Another car I've been critical of in the past but works much better in the metal, save for a few details. Cameras in mirror pods, side windows and wheel offset all make my teeth itch.
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For fucks sake. I think this happened overnight parked on my relative's drive in Essex.
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Been meaning to pap this for ages, finally got the chance today walking to the station. Lives round the corner from me and still providing faithful service.
@FIAT_UK
#chodspot
#weirdcartwitter
#fiat
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