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Old 18-12-2007, 02:57 PM   #1
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I nearly choked on my sandwich when I saw this on Serious Wheels earlier today...


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2008 Bitter Vero Based on the Holden Statesman, the limited production Bitter Vero is selling for €122,000, or approximately $175,576.

The... Vero is based on the (6 liter V8) Holden Statesman. Changes include different front and rear fascia, new hood, upgraded interior appointments, and improvements to the suspension and brakes.
Remember too, that $175K is in US dollars...







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Old 18-12-2007, 03:01 PM   #2
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Bitter Vero

Victoria Bitter

I wish I could make a joke out of that but there is simply no comparison between the two
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four exhaust pipes! good grief!
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Old 18-12-2007, 03:03 PM   #4
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fronts ugly
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Old 18-12-2007, 03:05 PM   #5
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Changes include different front and rear fascia, new hood, upgraded interior appointments, and improvements to the suspension and brakes.
Basically, a brand new car then!
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Old 18-12-2007, 03:08 PM   #6
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Not a bad scam when you think of it. How many other badge engineered cars in history have been sold for about $100K more than their progenitors
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Evolution at it's best....in the 60's and early70's we took que's from ugly American styled Fords and made our own hot looking home grown Falcons.
Now they've taken a reasonably smart looking statesman and made it a fugly American bucket.
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The hole lot is UGLY...
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the front looks like a beatel
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Old 18-12-2007, 03:27 PM   #10
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The hole lot is UGLY...
yer good point i was so focused on how ugly the front was i forgot how ugly the rest of it was
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wow.......





















thats HIDEOUS!
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Old 18-12-2007, 03:37 PM   #12
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Bitter Vero

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I wish I could make a joke out of that but there is simply no comparison between the two
I dunno.....one is as expensive as s-hit and one tastes like s-hit
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I couldn't imagine such a good looking car could turn so ugly...
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the front is fugly, i do like the integration of the exhaust pipes though. Although the current caprice ones look the goods.
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Old 18-12-2007, 03:50 PM   #15
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Looks the goods from the back, but shocking from the front..... new a girl like......... back on track - how can you destroy something pretty good to start with and whack another $100k on it for the pleasure??


edit - and give us our buldge back!!!
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that's seriously ugly ! And I thought they raped the design of the monaro to create the GTO.......
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Words fail me..

And I saw the press release a few weeks ago!
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Old 18-12-2007, 04:11 PM   #18
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Evolution at it's best....in the 60's and early70's we took que's from ugly American styled Fords and made our own hot looking home grown Falcons.
Now they've taken a reasonably smart looking statesman and made it a fugly American bucket.
The yanks do have a funny sense of humor when it comes to designing cars. Just take a look at any of the new offerings they have in the Ford line up, someone needs to belt the designers over the head and drag them out of the 80's.
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I dunno.....one is as expensive as s-hit and one tastes like s-hit

And you would feel ashamed to be caught with either in your garage.
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Get rid of the badging from the boot, and the back looks quite nice really.

That doesn't make up for the front by any means though....
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I like the back but the front is hmmm :

Thats a bloody expensive Holden
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: Arn't the statemen worth around €40,000. Not a bad markup. Terrible styling. They should have left the original alone.

Apparently they did it to a Monaro as well

http://www.ls1.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=85440

It's even uglier

http://www.bittercars.com/bitter/bit...pages/homepage

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Its got nothing to do with America, so I fail to see how your blaming the styling on them? Bitter is a German company....
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That red "manaro?" is super duper, I was waiting for some Flash Dancers to jump out from behind and go-go dance around it!
What the hell is wrong with this company?!
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Even WITH the current falcon bulge tacked on it ain't worth adding a 6 figure sum to the pricetag.
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Really makes me rethink why people think Euro styling is a good thing.
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Bitter has been at this game for decades, basing its models on other cars from around the world and always making them ugly. im suprised they are still in business..
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damn ... beat me to the bulge comment...
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That red "manaro?" is super duper, I was waiting for some Flash Dancers to jump out from behind and go-go dance around it!
What the hell is wrong with this company?!


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HAHAHAHA,that thing is wrong.But wait untill all the chinese copycats get their hands on the Chairman(?),the chinese ve stato,the gloves will be off for all the tasteless variations.
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