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What does this car purport to be, for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 3754
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2014, 05:55:16 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 3754
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2014, 05:57:17 AM »
Aston Martin Bulldog?

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Re: NEH 3754
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2014, 05:58:30 AM »
Aston Martin Bulldog?

Read the question again!  That's what it is, but the question asks what it's purporting to be here!
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Re: NEH 3754
« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2014, 06:03:41 AM »
Top speed session at MIRA?

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Re: NEH 3754
« Reply #5 on: November 11, 2014, 06:27:18 AM »
Top speed session at MIRA?

No.
Perhaps you don't know what 'purporting' means; it means it's pretending to be something else!
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Re: NEH 3754
« Reply #6 on: November 11, 2014, 03:29:31 PM »
Something in a Sci Fi Film ?

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Re: NEH 3754
« Reply #7 on: November 11, 2014, 06:30:52 PM »
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Re: NEH 3754
« Reply #8 on: November 11, 2014, 06:56:06 PM »
Could you be looking for "the fastest car in the world at 237 mph", or am I, too, confused?

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Re: NEH 3754
« Reply #9 on: November 12, 2014, 07:18:44 AM »
Could you be looking for "the fastest car in the world at 237 mph", or am I, too, confused?

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Re: NEH 3754
« Reply #10 on: November 12, 2014, 09:46:53 PM »
Hmm. It purported to be the first of a "production" run of twenty-five cars. Only one was built.

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Re: NEH 3754
« Reply #11 on: November 13, 2014, 07:08:51 AM »
Hmm. It purported to be the first of a "production" run of twenty-five cars. Only one was built.

No. What it's purporting to be is not an Aston Martin..
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Re: NEH 3754
« Reply #12 on: November 13, 2014, 07:10:01 AM »
Some kind of movie/TV program vehicle?

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Re: NEH 3754
« Reply #13 on: November 13, 2014, 07:25:14 AM »
Some kind of movie/TV program vehicle?

No.
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Re: NEH 3754
« Reply #14 on: November 14, 2014, 03:38:58 PM »
Lagonda?

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Re: NEH 3754
« Reply #15 on: November 14, 2014, 03:39:43 PM »
Lagonda?

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Re: NEH 3754
« Reply #16 on: November 15, 2014, 05:44:11 AM »
Is it purporting to be not-Aston-Martin-badged car?

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Re: NEH 3754
« Reply #17 on: November 15, 2014, 09:10:32 AM »
Is it purporting to be not-Aston-Martin-badged car?

Yes!
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Re: NEH 3754
« Reply #18 on: November 15, 2014, 03:51:25 PM »
DeLorean?

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Re: NEH 3754
« Reply #19 on: November 17, 2014, 12:00:24 PM »
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Re: NEH 3754
« Reply #20 on: November 25, 2014, 04:29:16 AM »
Come on then Pro's, I'm sure you'll have it in a flash...
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Re: NEH 3754
« Reply #21 on: November 25, 2014, 04:52:29 AM »
It was originally meant as a testing vehicle with the codename K9 (or DP K9) and according to Aston Martin it was built to show its technical know-how

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Re: NEH 3754
« Reply #22 on: November 25, 2014, 05:29:09 AM »
It was originally meant as a testing vehicle with the codename K9 (or DP K9) and according to Aston Martin it was built to show its technical know-how

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Re: NEH 3754
« Reply #23 on: November 25, 2014, 05:36:02 AM »
Or do you mean that it was originally meant as a one-off for a Arabic customer ?

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Re: NEH 3754
« Reply #24 on: November 25, 2014, 07:18:26 AM »
Or do you mean that it was originally meant as a one-off for a Arabic customer ?

No.  If you read the whole thread you will see that whilst this is of course a photo of the Aston Martin Bulldog it is purporting to be something else on a website somewhere!  A bit like my recent puzzle of the Zombi (which was of course a Maserati..)
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