Manky Monkey Motors

How about this for something a little different?
On show at the famous Grand National Roadster Show in Los Angeles this week.
I really like it -apart from what looks suspiciously like a Rolls Royce radiator grille.

I think it's about as horrible as a horrible thing!

 I'm with BG on this one. Great concept but not keen on the end result.

Actually now I come to think about it, it looks very much like an uncooked lobster!

It's horribler than a horrible thing,It's horrible ;D

I totally agree.

i think its uglier than a horrible type thingy.

So, Just to be perfectly sure of the replies, a general consensus of URGHHH

well maybe URGHHH plus!

money down the pan

A perfect example of "just because you CAN, doesn't mean you SHOULD"

I like the seat and wonder what it's powered by.. ? Other than an ugly engine to match the body work that is...Lol

looks like one of the pod racers from star wars

So-o-o ... we're not keen then?
I immediately thought of the lobster thing too Bobbi. Don't like the square centre section, (I'm guessing it's a RR grille, but can't really make it out from that angle), but I love the swoopy curves & fully enclosed styling. In silver it'd look fantastically futuristic. It's beautifully designed & constructed & different. Thinking outside the norm. Apparently not everyone's cup of char, but I like it -so there.  :P

1920's snow mobile?  :D It's certainly better looking than a can am spyder thing!

Another view of it, found by Kapri.
O.K, the centre section's horrible, but I really like the wheel pods on the front. I'd replace the grille section with a rounded nose cone & I'd want to be crouched down into it a bit more with the bodywork flowing around me so it's a bit more aerodynamic. Maybe extend the tail so it flows a bit more. Like an art deco vision of what future transport might look like. Interesting.

 ::) Something for all you shed heads to chew the fat over ???

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/t1/1546058_10202017731299449_650434285_n.jpg

Erm, no.  :P

Now, a beetle shell with a 'busa back end with single fat back wheel I could see working. Yes I know you could build a 200 bhp beetle engine but....
Huw

I'm amazed that the bloke who created the Manky Mobile would prefer an admittedly shiny but otherwise lobsterish thing, to something which at least looks like someone put work into it rather than just throwing money at people to create it!

I refuse to be cowed on the Lobster! I still like it, so bleurgh!  :)
It's all about breaking away from traditional styles & trying something different. Doesn't always work, (there's usually a reason why certain styles become accepted & others don't), but I like this. I like it's curviness.

I think its a bit like twiglets in so far as i hate the bloody things but if there is a packet open i HAVE to eat them......same thing with Tomatillos  ;D

I'm more of a Pringles man myself, though I did see a mint chocolate flavour at Christmas, which is just wrong.

Well said Andy. When all is said and done, taste is a very personal thing and everybody has the right to be wrong ;D ;D ;D

There is a vw trike similar to this in the states but its a reverse trike.
Regarding the other trike i agree with you on all of your points Andy. I think the person that built it has done well but could have been so much better if your suggestions were there, if you know what i mean.
Your next project maybe?  ;D

Oh, if only they'd listened to me when they built it.  ;D

Explains a lot.....   ;)

(MARMITE)