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Old Aug 31, 2006 | 12:43 PM
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Fancy the Maybach, but prefer the cleaner design of the A8? Finnish chrome purveyors Demec might be the place to look. The two-tone paint scheme on this A8 certainly gives the car a little bit of a Maybach look. The chrome trim, a trademark of Demec from what we've seen, might be an acquired taste, but you have to hand it to the Fins for doing something different with the A8.








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Old Aug 31, 2006 | 01:03 PM
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A little too distracting for me. If the pinstriping was not there, but rather a gradual blend of the two paint colors, maybe it would not be too "rice"?
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Old Aug 31, 2006 | 01:18 PM
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wtf is up with those wheels?
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Old Aug 31, 2006 | 01:34 PM
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Yeah those wheels are ugly, don't care too much for the 2-tone scheme either . . .
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Old Aug 31, 2006 | 01:55 PM
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i love two tones, when done right, but they can be messed up VERY, VERY easily, if done right a maybach can look very good, but it done wrong, witch some moron customers prefer...can be very ugly,

EX good: burgandy/very dark red, black
EX bad:cream, baby blue

both of which i have seen...
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Old Aug 31, 2006 | 02:38 PM
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The reflection of the white metal gate makes it look even worse. Whoever took the picture needs to select a better background.
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Old Aug 31, 2006 | 02:56 PM
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That whole setup is super-whack!

And they F-d up a classic!
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Old Aug 31, 2006 | 03:59 PM
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NO
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Old Aug 31, 2006 | 04:23 PM
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That's going to be a no for me. The A8 is too "boxy" for that kind of two-tone scheme.
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Old Aug 31, 2006 | 05:02 PM
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I"m a big fan of 2-tone cars, but this is not done well. It looks like a small car drawn inside of a bigger car when seen from the profile.

Wheels gotta go.
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Old Aug 31, 2006 | 06:05 PM
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The two tone look doesn't look right with this car, neither the selection of the wheels yuck!!
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Old Aug 31, 2006 | 06:07 PM
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terrible. they ruined an otherwise awesome car.
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Old Aug 31, 2006 | 10:26 PM
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What the hell man ?! they F'ed up the car
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Old Aug 31, 2006 | 10:31 PM
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plain black looks much better
like in The Transporter 2
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Old Aug 31, 2006 | 11:39 PM
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Killed it, and not in the good way...they destroyed it.
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