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Vintech's P550 Tribute - a modern take on the Porsche 550
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Porsche only built 90 550 Spyders. The car was a successful racer but it also carried icon of cool James Dean to his death. It's hardly surprising genuine examples change hands for millions of pounds these days, while there's also a steady business in creating replicas. This, however, is something rather different.
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26/08/2012 05:42
This was presumeably prior to him rear ending a truck.
26/08/2012 22:04
Gorgeous car, shapes and curves of this tribute car makes you wonder what happened to modern styling, cheap bubblegum disposable cars are now what fills the marketplace, surely with today's technology it wouldn't be that difficult or expensive to produce more eye-catching curvaceous cars
28/08/2012 11:45
"Porsche only built 90 550 Spyders. The car was a successful racer but it also carried icon of cool James Dean to his death "
Seriously, does anyone read articles before they comment?
Seriously, does anyone read articles before they comment?
26/08/2012 23:51
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Great car!
26/08/2012 10:48
NICE JALOPY!
However, not quite the same thing as the old 550. I'd rather have the 550 kit car.
27/08/2012 11:38
james dean was killed in a soft top 550 porsche & not a gull wing spyder ...............
26/08/2012 17:45
Nice car shame about the wheels
26/08/2012 08:45
DONT TALK BOLLO.KS IT STILL IN ONE PIECE.
26/08/2012 15:43
i hate the front end
26/08/2012 13:15
MSN car 'experts' strike again. Idiots, James Dean died in a 550 spyder!
26/08/2012 07:52
Who is the **** who still thinks homosexual;ty is perverse? Get with the program! this is 2012. Life has moved on. Though clearly not in your little cave .
26/08/2012 07:39
And James Dean was a Homosexual. Worship him you perverts.
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