Whether Hollywood, the Paris Fashion District, or the racing circuit, there has been a long history of naming special automotive editions after celebrities. Despite however, all the Gucci Mark Vs, Cooper Minis, and Frank Sinatra Imperials around, there still are a lot of famous folk for whom automotive immortality has been elusive.
Today we want to ruminate on those yet to be created special editions. Who do you think is the most deserving of being honored in steel? What is the celebrity special edition that NEEDS to happen?
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Hooniverse Asks: What As Yet Unrealized Celebrity Special Edition Needs to Happen?
By Robert Emslie
Aug 19, 2015
Jeff Glucker
A Nolan Ryan edition Chevy Express. It’ll go well over 90 mph right down the middle of the road. And can be had in retro-Astros, Angels or Rangers colors.
It also leaves Pontiac Venturas in twisted heaps if they ever tangle.
Thank you for this. A vivid memory of my youth was that dust-up. My dad told me about “Old man strength” and why young guys need to be weary about it.
Fortunately, old guys get weary first.
Stupid phone, fixed.
And women, they do get weary. Try a little tenderness, dude.
The Clarkson edition Ford GT.
Every time you go above 50% throttle, Clarkson’s voice is played through the audio system at increasing volumes, up to max volume at full throttle.
“POWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!”
And if you switch off the traction control, and the car’s telemetry sensors detect an imminent crash, you hear “That’s not gone well!”
http://www.motorward.com/wp-content/images/2014/05/clarkson-gt-86-smile.jpg
Every major interval above 100 gets called out (One-hundred twenty, One forty) until 160 at which point you hear “SPEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!”
Clarkson? Punch Buggy.
A Charles Barrett Jeep Commando, because…I don’t remember why. But it needs to happen.
This! A thousand times this!
Well, this olelongrooffan sincerely did try to make this happen, but alas, life got in the way…
Is it still patiently awaiting your return somewhere in the Birthplace of Speed, or did you sell it on?
In honor of the return of the Bloom County comic strip, I suggest the Steve Dallas edition Cadillac Escalade.
WHAT? Bloom County is back? WHERE?
https://www.facebook.com/berkeleybreathed
Morning. Made.
Dang…
Three hours just disappeared on me.
I regret nothing…
to bad i can only reccommend this once
Cadillac? Steve is a Buick man.
http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/properties/bloom/art_images/cg4f7e02fcee900.jpg
Steve had also been a Jeep Wrangler and Corvette man at times.
He’s moved on.
I suppose Buick has, too. I can’t see him ever driving Encore, and a Regal or LaCrosse would no longer be a very strong comment on his deficient bro-tastes. The Escalade, on the other hand, nails it.
Kardashian edition. To be a celebrity for being a celebrity, and doing it IN a Celebrity. How meta can you get?
http://oldcarbrochures.org/var/albums/NA/Chevrolet/1983_Chevrolet/1983-Chevrolet-Celebrity-Folder/1983%20Chevrolet%20Celebrity%20Folder-01.jpg?m=1308156141
And suddenly, Great Aunt Milly’s low-mile beater skyrockets in value.
A splendid marketing twist. You have rewrite history in order to control the future. Or, for GM’s part, just focus on quality…
Terrible, useless… it’s almost perfectly Kardashian. Just needs more trunk!
http://hooniverse.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Fullscreen-capture-11232013-112656-AM.bmp.jpg
A Dead Milkmen edition Camaro would be pretty bitchin’. Amphibious too, probably.
I got to see Joe Jack play a gig at a record store for about 20 people a few weeks back. It was pretty awesome.
What should the Bitchin’ Edition be?
A base model automatic with an earth shattering stereo, pre-torn upholstery, dime bags stashed in various cubbies, and primered bondo adjacent to rust on at least one fender. All factory.
It definitely needs a raised rear end. Louvers too. Can’t go wrong with louvers. Maybe a fake id printer or coke brick sized cubbies in the wheel wells and under the center console.
Purchased by one’s parents?
A Donald Trump Excalibur with a Windows Vista based self-driving function. Appropriate levels of wrong at a high price of entry will lead you nowhere, loudly, with everyone’s attention. Car might get a TV show.
I would also love to see Rolls Royce embrace the eccentricity of John Lennon’s Phantom and make an “artist” series with that as one of the optional paint schemes.
http://images.thecarconnection.com/lrg/john-lennon-rolls-royce-phantom-v-sedan-by-flickr-user-edvvc_100338337_l.jpg
Next in line is the Keith Moon edition. No word if the swimming pool will be on the inside or outside.
official Roadkill Charger and GreaseMonkey Dart from Dodge. then race them against the Roadkill and Greasemonkey guys.
Roadkill’s General Mayhem II as a Hellcat appearance package? They could do that.
https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/11825768_531583853663544_8172102116960084285_n.jpg?oh=c84d0232aea60897d3eebf5894720052&oe=56800FDC
thanks for the pic, that is the car that i was thinking of exactly!
I’d buy that.
The Chuck Brown Kia Optima. It doesn’t really do anything wrong but it doesn’t seem like it does stuff right either. Mostly inspired by this local band shirt. https://hurry.bandcamp.com/merch/chuck-brown
Lewis Hamilton Edition SLK250. It’s never quite as fast as you’re expecting, the ECU won’t let you use full throttle unless the tires are fresh, and the cruise control explains why it’s other road users’ fault if you have a crash.
Insane Clown Posse GM J-Bodies
Al Gore Prius
Steve McQueen Mustang for the masses, H.B. Halicki Mustang for the cognoscenti.
Ralph Nader Chevy Spark
Perez Hilton LandWind X7
Robin Thicke Chevy Monte Carlo
Marius Weyers Land Rover Defender
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVBxQMSYLng
They’ve already done a Bullitt Mustang.
A couple of them, actually.
Lady Gaga CrossCabriolet: Topless a good portion of the time, yet completely unattractive.
The Bruce/Caitlyn Jenner CrossCabriolet? Too early? Too late?…
DAMMIT. Was so excited that no one had beat me to it…then the last efffing comment.
Definitely needs to be a convertible with a manu-matic transmission. Some days it’s a stick some days it’s not…
I’ll show myself out.
A his-and-hers shifter would be appropriate.
I believe Ms. Jenner would better align herself with the Taurus SHO – fairly athletic (although not what it was in its heyday), and it’s transitioned from only being available with a stick to completely without.
Given long time slogans, a Dwayne Johnson edition Chevrolet Silverado. They are already saying its built like a rock, why not built like THE Rock?
Sorry to bring down the mood but I’d like to see a Lenny Robinson edition Lamborghini.
http://dcgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/balmtanf.jpg
The Ahhnold Schwarzenegger Hummer
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef01156fc854de970c-500wi