Are you sure? (see posts November 17 
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I saw a newish Ford Mustang with a camo hood, the rest of the car was a solid gray.
Initially I misread that as a “Mustang with a Camaro hood”, and was trying to figure out a) how a hood from a Camaro could possibly fit on a Mustang, and b) how you could tell it was from a Camaro when it was separated from the rest of the car.
Any NFL history trivia fans here? This is the VPG MV-1.
Built in Indiana at an AM General plant, VPG makes wheelchair-accessible taxicabs and vans. MV-1 stands for Mobility Vehicle-1.
The first MV-1 rolled off the line in October 2011 and was delivered to disabled former American football player Marc Buoniconti. Marc is the son of Nick Buoniconti, a 2x Super Bowl champion and NFL Hall of Famer. Sadly, Marc was paralyzed from the shoulders down making a tackle against East Tennessee State in 1985. He was 19 and he played for The Citadel. Today he is 55 and fortunately he has outlived his prognosis.
I still see a few MV-1s around here, and they usually make it into this thread. Very distinctive profile that makes them easy to spot. A local company that transported disabled passengers has a few that I still spot from time to time.
I was in Miami Beach last week. You see interesting cars everywhere you look. I walked to dinner and passed 3 McLarens. While I was waiting for the valet at my hotel, two matching Lamborghini Uruses pulled up and nobody batted an eye.
However, a couple days before that, I was at Universal Orlando. Part of the theme park was shut down to be used as a filming location. Judging by some of the playback I heard, it sounded like a drug commercial, but I can’t remember for what. Parked in the closed-off area was this:
That’s a Nissan Figaro. I assume it was being used in the commercial. I’ll be keeping an eye out for that, if it ever airs.
Strangely, that’s not the first Figaro I’ve seen.
At my local garage when MoTing my car : a Noble M400, a Lancia Flaminia convertible under cover and a Pontiac Fiero ( v rare in Uk).
That was the first one I’d ever seen. It was parked outside the complex where my friends from church live. They are quite elderly.
I see all sorts of interesting silhouettes under car covers around here, especially as winter approaches. I want to pull them back and see what’s underneath, but modesty forbids; as well as potentially angry car owners wondering who is looking at their cars. Perhaps that would be a new thread - Identify the car under the cover based on silhouette and the bottom 3 inches of the tires.
I also ‘play that game’, trying to guess what’s under the cover. I suspect many car buffs do that.
I spotted this baby in my old neighborhood today.
An Oscar Meyer Weinermobile.
A BMW Z4 drove by earlier today, still shiny wet from the car wash. I hope he was about to put it away because we are in for either snow or sleet this evening.
A new Rolls-Royce Wraith(?)
Fun fact: Those RR emblems in the center of the wheels are weighted so that they’re always right side up while the car is moving.
Ha! I spent way less on my BMW that also does that.
Actually, doesn’t BMW own the Rolls Royce brand now? So I guess it’s not surprising that they share wheel logo right-side-upping technology.
You might not be surprised to find out that the Supra is essentially just a reskinned BMW Z4.
Actually, I am a bit surprised. I shouldn’t be, but wow!
It’s become the general wisdom in the auto industry that because sports cars are relatively slow selling cars, you’d better partner with another car maker to share the development costs if you’re gonna build a sports car. Hence the Toyota 86 / Subaru BRZ, Mazda Miata / Fiat Spider, and Toyota Supra / BMW Z4. Nissan was kind of an outlier when they decided to go it alone when they designed the new Z.