What's Wrong With This Picture: We All Knew This Would Happen Someday Edition

Edward Niedermeyer
by Edward Niedermeyer

Via dinosaursandrobots.com come pictures of what may be the most predictable conversion ever… and it looks like this particular Kia owner went the full Amanti with it.

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  • Catbert430 Catbert430 on Jun 22, 2010

    It's a pity my Blackberry doesn't have a camera function. Yesterday I saw a very attractive, clean, and shiny black Hyundai Genesis sedan at a red light. It was very elegant looking. So elegant, in fact, that it had winged 'B' Bentley badges. One on the hood just above the grille and another replacing the 'H' badge on the decklid. Any Hyundai badges to signify model or engine size had been removed so it was well-thought-out rice. You stay classy, New Jersey.

  • ToeTipper ToeTipper on Sep 11, 2010

    "Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges!"

  • Theflyersfan I wonder how many people recalled these after watching EuroCrash. There's someone one street over that has a similar yellow one of these, and you can tell he loves that car. It was just a tough sell - too expensive, way too heavy, zero passenger space, limited cargo bed, but for a chunk of the population, looked awesome. This was always meant to be a one and done car. Hopefully some are still running 20 years from now so we have a "remember when?" moment with them.
  • Lorenzo A friend bought one of these new. Six months later he traded it in for a Chrysler PT Cruiser. He already had a 1998 Corvette, so I thought he just wanted more passenger space. It turned out someone broke into the SSR and stole $1500 of tools, without even breaking the lock. He figured nobody breaks into a PT Cruiser, but he had a custom trunk lock installed.
  • Jeff Not bad just oil changes and tire rotations. Most of the recalls on my Maverick have been fixed with programming. Did have to buy 1 new tire for my Maverick got a nail in the sidewall.
  • Carson D Some of my friends used to drive Tacomas. They bought them new about fifteen years ago, and they kept them for at least a decade. While it is true that they replaced their Tacomas with full-sized pickups that cost a fair amount of money, I don't think they'd have been Tacoma buyers in 2008 if a well-equipped 4x4 Tacoma cost the equivalent of $65K today. Call it a theory.
  • Eliyahu A fine sedan made even nicer with the turbo. Honda could take a lesson in seat comfort.
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