I appreciate retro styling as much as the next guy, but this strikes me as *waaaay* too gimmicky for more than a vanishingly small niche of real-world consumers. Whatever the price point, it’s going to be awfully steep for kitsch.
>With the Monterey, Songsan Motors goes back to its retro roots. It is a large sedan low rider with suicide rear doors and a Landaulet rear roof. Like the American cars of the 1950’s and 1960’s it is loaded with chrome and other shiny bits. The wheels are in hot rod style, low and almost too large to fit in the arches, with shiny multispoke alloys and red brake calipers. It is huge: 5180mm/2000mm/1490.
>The Songsan Monterey will be available with two power trains, both from BYD: full electric and PHEV. The full electric will do 0-100 in 3.8 seconds, and the PHEV will be based around a 2.0 turbocharged petrol engine. No other specifications were announced at the show.
I appreciate retro styling as much as the next guy, but this strikes me as *waaaay* too gimmicky for more than a vanishingly small niche of real-world consumers. Whatever the price point, it’s going to be awfully steep for kitsch.
I would like one please.
[Songsan Summer for 2022](https://www.carnichiwa.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/NP20SUMC1005.jpeg)
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>With the Monterey, Songsan Motors goes back to its retro roots. It is a large sedan low rider with suicide rear doors and a Landaulet rear roof. Like the American cars of the 1950’s and 1960’s it is loaded with chrome and other shiny bits. The wheels are in hot rod style, low and almost too large to fit in the arches, with shiny multispoke alloys and red brake calipers. It is huge: 5180mm/2000mm/1490.
>The Songsan Monterey will be available with two power trains, both from BYD: full electric and PHEV. The full electric will do 0-100 in 3.8 seconds, and the PHEV will be based around a 2.0 turbocharged petrol engine. No other specifications were announced at the show.
Ok this is pretty cool NGL.
Sign me up
Looks like a 50s Buick. I like it.
It’s worth pointing out there’s no indication this thing is anything but China-only.
Wait, didn’t Homer Simpson design something like this?