How Shockingly Ugly Is The 218mph VLF Force 1?
VLF Automotive’s Force 1 had a bit of a troubled start in life. Aston Martin claimed that designer Henrik Fisker - one of the British company’s ex-employees - had copied the DB10. Fisker - who started VLF as a join venture with former General Motors chairman Bob Lutz and racing driver Ben Keating - responded by opening up a $100 million lawsuit against Aston; as you do.
But, with the car revealed in full at the Detroit motor show we can now see it looks nothing like a DB10. Not unless the DB10 you have in mind has been hooked on crystal meth for the last three years, anyway. In fact, I don’t like the way it looks at all.
It’s preposterously fussy at the front with all those lines, intakes and the tiny headlights (which remind me of the ones you find on the Mazda MX-5). The rear is better - a little Dodge Viper-esque in places - but with more particularly unsubtle gouges and vents, it still looks messy.
Yes, it has a 745bhp and 638lb ft, 8.4-litre V10 from the Dodge Viper and yes, it’ll do 218mph (as well as 0-60mph in three seconds dead). But right now I’m too distracted by the rubbish lettering they’ve used on the boot and the front wing to care. It looks like those naff, generic chrome letters they sell at your local parts store. On a $268,500 car. Seriously?
But maybe I’m being overly harsh. It certainly looks dramatic, and clearly has presence. So what do you think?
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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I like the rear and side, but the front it’s a yea.
Why is it that everything Henrik Fisker designs ends up looking like a fish?
i quite like it, except for the 4 spoked wheels (i really dont like 3 and 4 spoked wheels lol)
If the MX-5 (ND) and the F-Type had a baby and that baby smoked crystal meth for a couple of years this would be the result.
the front of the car is hideous, but rest of it is not bad at all!
Change the headlights, problem solved.
Mustang Bumper with a bit of new mx5??? i dont know what to see
It looks like they’ve gone for a space/star wars theme. You know luke skywalker has got to shoot his lasers (I think that’s what they’re called) into the vents on the hood………
I actually like the body lines, it needs new front lights though. Also, Fisker’s influence is pretty clear, if you put it next to the Karma you could draw quite a lot of similarities in design language.
It looks like an MX-5 Which is High AF on weed