|
|
|
|
|
|
Welcome to the Australian Ford Forums forum. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and inserts advertising. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members, respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features without post based advertising banners. Registration is simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. Please Note: All new registrations go through a manual approval queue to keep spammers out. This is checked twice each day so there will be a delay before your registration is activated. |
|
|||||||
| The Pub For General Automotive Related Talk |
 |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
02-07-2010, 09:39 PM
|
#1 | ||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Central Q..10kms west of Rocky...
Posts: 8,318
|
Victoria Beckham hired to design Range Rovers
By Carole Erskine From: NewsCore July 02, 2010 8:50PM BRITISH singer-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham said she was "very excited" at being appointed creative design executive at automaker Range Rover. The new role was announced at the 40th birthday celebrations of the brand at London's Kensington Palace. A smaller, sleeker model called the Range Rover Evoque was also unveiled at the celebrity party, co-hosted by fashion magazine Vogue. Beckham will work on a special edition of the Evoque, and called the vehicle "absolutely stunning." The former Spice Girls star said she was looking forward to "everything" about the collaboration, and added, "I don't know where to start ... It's an incredible opportunity I've been given. I'm very excited." The Evoque will go on sale summer 2011 and was marketed as the "greenest" Range Rover yet. Wearing a shimmering champagne-colored dress and sporting a sleek beehive hairstyle, Beckham told those gathered for the garden party: "I like to take on a challenge and I'm ready for it. "I am honored to take on this role and be part of the creative team." Land Rover and Range Rover design director Gerry McGovern said of his newest coworker, "She knows a lot about fashion and a lot about trends, a lot about luxury products." Can we get Nic or Elle to design the Falcon !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
__________________
CSGhia |
||
|
|
|
02-07-2010, 09:49 PM
|
#2 | ||
|
Regular Member
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 55
|
  Not the every day occurance 
|
||
|
|
|
|
02-07-2010, 09:52 PM
|
#3 | ||
|
growing up is optional
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Gawler area SA
Posts: 3,303
|
So now they will definitley have twin air bags as standard fitment?
|
||
|
|
|
|
02-07-2010, 10:24 PM
|
#4 | ||
|
R u a Fogwit or a HIDiot?
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 494
|
I beleive she had her twin bags removed, so I guess new posh designed models are likely to get a lower star rating..... I mean safety rating....
__________________
A lifetime of Falcons from XB to FG Now Quattro RS3 powered
|
||
|
|
|
|
02-07-2010, 10:40 PM
|
#5 | ||
|
re
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Victoria - where being slow & incompetent is considered being "safe"
Posts: 1,323
|
And less weight. An anorexic RR should get under 2000kg.
__________________
Scuderia Rev: Otto the tow pig - 2007 3.0 litre Coupé, vernünftig schnelle aber kein peilstab, Bathurst 2007 und 2010 zwölf Stunde Gewinner Jaffa the angry ant - mid 70's Honda 市民の, 73 と立方インチ LSD Elle "the body" shell - early 70's Datsun フェアレディ coupe. いい体は彼女の内側、内側と土台を待つ |
||
|
|
|
|
02-07-2010, 11:21 PM
|
#6 | ||
|
Regular Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 79
|
/facepalm.
__________________
2003 Falcon BA XT Current Mods: Alpine SPR17C fronts, Alpine SPR57C rears, Pioneer headunit, Clarion APX1300 Amp, 2x 10" (Japanese) Sony Xplod's, Bluevision globes. Future Mods: Wheels/Tyres, Coilovers, Lowering, Respray. |
||
|
|
|
|
02-07-2010, 11:26 PM
|
#7 | ||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Ipswich, Qld
Posts: 1,354
|
Is this car going to be driveable by the average human? Or is it going to fade away like her as well??? :P
__________________
----------------------------------------------------- 2012 Focus ST Tangerine Scream Continually having a battle of wits with unarmed opponents. Sez  Photo's by Sez |
||
|
|
|
|
02-07-2010, 11:57 PM
|
#8 | ||
|
Cruising...
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Perth
Posts: 3,819
|
hmm Impending Fail anyone?
__________________
FBT '98 BA XT '04 F100 4x4 '82 Subaru Outback '02 |
||
|
|
|
|
03-07-2010, 12:39 AM
|
#9 | |||
|
Geelong FC 07, 09 & 2011
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Melbourne Vic
Posts: 1,552
|
Quote:
__________________
2023 Audi A5 45 TFSI |
|||
|
|
|
|
03-07-2010, 01:25 AM
|
#10 | ||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 18,990
|
block of wood is much smarter....
|
||
|
|
|
|
03-07-2010, 08:35 AM
|
#11 | ||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 12,077
|
When she was told she was getting a free range rover she though it was a dog that had never been kept in a cage.......
|
||
|
|
|
|
03-07-2010, 08:41 AM
|
#12 | ||
|
Barra Turbo > V8
  
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 26,182
|
Hope it has a good cooling system as it will be full of hot air like her.
Seriously, i hope they done lose their fantastic design, i think they look awesome.
__________________
-2011 XR6 Turbo Ute - Lux Pack - M6 -2022 Hyundai Tucson Highlander Diesel N Line |
||
|
|
|
03-07-2010, 08:51 AM
|
#13 | ||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 665
|
Well they are designed for middle class soccer mums, where better to start with than rich soccer wives! So pretty smart I say, when her boys grow up, she will be the richest soccer mum going around!
|
||
|
|
|
|
03-07-2010, 12:12 PM
|
#14 | |||
|
Force Fed Fords
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Enroute
Posts: 4,050
|
And here I was thinking that Range Rovers sounded awesome. Now can you imagine? They'll probably end up sounding cockney and horrid. Could be worse, they could sound like Beckham............. "Pupsi".
__________________
If brains were gasoline, you wouldn't have enough to power an ants go-cart a half a lap around a Cheerio - Ron Shirley Quote:
|
|||
|
|
|
|
03-07-2010, 12:42 PM
|
#15 | ||
|
_Oo===oO_
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Australia
Posts: 3,305
|
Its just a marketing ploy to attract a certain demographic. Like Moffat being appointed FPV ambassador.
|
||
|
|
|
|
03-07-2010, 01:09 PM
|
#16 | ||
|
Ich bin ein auslander
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Loving the Endorphine Machine
Posts: 7,453
|
Great, it will just end up a range rover that has paint that does not quite cover its panels, skinny tyres that are meant to replicate a great set of pumps and will be dripping in bling.
__________________
Growing old is compulsory, growing up is optional! |
||
|
|
|
|
03-07-2010, 04:00 PM
|
#17 | ||
|
IWCMOGTVM Club Supporter
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Northern Suburbs Melbourne
Posts: 17,799
|
So I assume the cars not going to have any smarts built in.
__________________
Daniel |
||
|
|
|
|
03-07-2010, 04:04 PM
|
#18 | |||
|
Chasing a FORD project!
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: adelaide
Posts: 5,114
|
Great, that's all we need...pink range rovers.
__________________
Quote:
1996 BMW 740iL V8. TV, phone, leather, sunroof, satnav, all as standard. Now with 19" TSW Brooklands, 2 1/2" stainless steel exhaust, plus more coming soon. |
|||
|
|
|
|
03-07-2010, 05:36 PM
|
#19 | ||
|
Awesome
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: In my own little world..Everyone here knows me :)
Posts: 9,401
|
Why did the car designed by Homer Simpson immediately pop into my head when I read this?
You never know...she may just surprise everyone and design a great car.
__________________
|
||
|
|
|
|
03-07-2010, 05:37 PM
|
#20 | |||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: ACT
Posts: 11,647
|
Quote:
__________________
FG2 XR6T KIA Cerato 2022 Kawasaki Z900
|
|||
|
|
|
|
05-07-2010, 02:26 PM
|
#21 | ||
|
Peter Car
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: geelong
Posts: 23,145
|
At least the Range Rover will have enough seats for the Beckhams and the nanny. Becks might just leave Victoria at home home though lol.
|
||
|
|
|
|
05-07-2010, 02:29 PM
|
#22 | ||
|
7,753
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Tasmania..... Moderator: Tas FPV club
Posts: 5,128
|
__________________
BREAKING NEWS: The Pity Train has just derailed at the intersection of "Suck It Up & Move On" after it crashed into "We All Have Problems" before coming to a complete stop at "Get the Hell Over It." Reporting LIVE from Quitchur Bitchin' |
||
|
|
|
|
05-07-2010, 02:42 PM
|
#23 | ||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Sydney
Posts: 1,868
|
Obviously BMW see gormless sluts with zero taste as a new target market . Who said all publicity was good publicity ?
Geez Louise they won't actually allow her anywhere near a drawing board , they too must have seen that episode of the Simpsons if shes lucky she'll be shown fabric swatches and may pick a trim . But given her taste in everything else in life do BMW really want to make a Range Rover Pimpmobile ? Last edited by wrongwaynorris; 05-07-2010 at 02:49 PM. |
||
|
|
|
|
05-07-2010, 02:43 PM
|
#24 | ||
|
Regular Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 159
|
Here's her first effort.
|
||
|
|
|
Victoria Beckham hired to design Range Rovers
Linear Mode
