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Deronda at Autosport...
scootz - 17/1/11 at 04:25 PM

Did anyone else see there car at the show?

Needed a good polish and the rims re-furbed! Looked (cosmetically) terrible!

Why did they bother paying for the pitch!?

Gergely - 17/1/11 at 04:37 PM

I finally can say it then... in Hungarian Deronda (de ronda) means: How ugly...

Always made me chuckle when I saw the car's name...
Gergely

scootz - 17/1/11 at 04:39 PM

loggyboy - 17/1/11 at 04:39 PM

scootz - 17/1/11 at 04:43 PM

I didn't take one... I feared for my lens!



No... that's not fair. I'm quite 'neutral' towards the aesthetics of the car and have never driven one, so I shouldn't be too cheeky about the design. I just thought that it seemed odd to pay all that money for a pitch and then not have the car sparkly clean!

Toniq-r - 17/1/11 at 04:58 PM

Missed that stand in fact I missed a few,due to the models with the twin airbags giving out the freebies.

Yazza54 - 17/1/11 at 05:04 PM

Looked very rough especially next to a pristine Phoenix

franky - 17/1/11 at 05:30 PM

It looked the same at Exeter, spit and polish should sort it

zilspeed - 17/1/11 at 06:00 PM

This one



Or this one ?

It's difficult to tell them apart.

prawnabie - 17/1/11 at 06:27 PM

If it was in the Pistonheads part I saw it - struck me as a "working example" of their warez tbh

mistergrumpy - 17/1/11 at 06:33 PM

Yep dirty and dull. Maybe a working example as shown. Not to my taste either way.

steve m - 17/1/11 at 06:34 PM

It IS UGLY !!

scootz - 17/1/11 at 07:26 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Yazza54
Looked very rough especially next to a pristine Phoenix


That Raw Phoenix was gorgeous!

Yazza54 - 17/1/11 at 07:44 PM

quote:
Originally posted by scootz
quote:
Originally posted by Yazza54
Looked very rough especially next to a pristine Phoenix


That Raw Phoenix was gorgeous!




Fury man myself


Was a very nice example wasn't it! Looked well finished too. Deronda looked a dog in comparison.

clairetoo - 17/1/11 at 08:31 PM

I'd not seen that before - and I actually quite like it
In-line mid engine................I wonder if a V6 would fit in there

Ninehigh - 18/1/11 at 07:55 AM

Not bad actually, and the car looks decent too! Ooh matron!

Liam - 18/1/11 at 05:38 PM

Hmmmm - if something were done about that nose, it'd look great. Like the fact it's in-line-engined and those structural side pods. Looks very well built overall.

Don't worry Claire - if one of these fits, a V6 ought to be no problem...

http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/deronda-sports-car/1031321/

scootz - 18/1/11 at 06:02 PM

Aye... that one in Jay's garage is a bit of a looker! Lots of shiny carbon and a big LS engine!

Far more exotic materials than the one 'showcased' at Autosport!

Oh... and it was clean!

scootz - 22/1/11 at 05:11 PM

Interesting to note that EVO magazine listed the Deronda as one of the worst 10 cars they have ever tested! Quote, "looks to have been built from a bad photocopy of the design... ". Just about sums it up for me!