WTF?! #7: This Post Has a Lot of Smarts
No, really. This WTF?! installment is about Smarts. The car, of course - but not like you might think. Unlike some other motoring enthusiasts who might hate the Smart ForTwo, I can totally see its appeal and importance in the car universe. I just wouldn't be seen dead in one. That sounds kind of hypocritical, but that's exactly how I feel. I understand and appreciate a Smart, but I don't want one. And don't you all dare call me a fence-sitter.
And a Smart used to make me go "WTF?!" - like everyone I know - but now that we've all seen Smarts on the road, after a while, they don't seem so nuts. As previous WTF?! posts have proved, there are wierder cars out there.
Like these cars pictured here, which are, you guessed it, Smarts. The old one - not the original, because believe it or not, they've been building Smarts since 1998. Anyway, someone decided that they simply weren't wierd enough, so these redesign kits were built, so you can make your car look like a squashed version of an infinitely better one. So I've done enough talking for this post - you can look at the pictures, the awful names they've been given, and laugh. And maybe let out a few WTFs yourself. Because they are truly spectacular.
The Smerrari
The Smamborghini
The Smorsche 911
The Smaudi A3
The Smerrera GT
The Smorvette
PARIS MOTOR SHOW 2008: Lamborghini Estoque Concept
Lamborghini won't say if its four-door Estoque concept will go into production. It does seem to look suspiciously close to production, and it would make sense that Lamborghini produce a saloon to rival the Maserati Quattroporte. However, where the Maserati is curvaceous and smooth, the Estoque is hard-edged and technical.
It only partly works - it's more of a dilution of the design theme we've seen in the Murcielago and Gallardo. The front lights seem uninventive, and the rear end looks fussy and unresolved. But there's is no doubt that it has the overall desired effect - "woah". If you saw a bright yellow Estoque coming to a snobby-private school to pick up the kids, you'd laugh too. 
Although billed as a sports tourer, Lamborghini say that it would recieve the V10 engine from the Murcielago LP560-4, which is hardly the engine of a relaxed touring car.
Nevertheless, it poses an interesting question: what about the people who want ridiculously priced and wild-mannered sports cars, but have a family to cart around? What should they drive, a Bentley Continental Flying Spur? Surely, that's a little tame.
