Leaked: Is this Honda's Green Turd of 2007?
Our domestic car market friends over at Autoblog played with some URL Stings on Honda's website and unearthed this image. Evidence suggests that the picture isn't a joke : The numbered images preceding this on Honda's website was of the current and unpainted RA107 and the domain name myearthdream.com is registered to 19 Entertainment which is an agency tied to the promotion of Honda's new brand image.
It seems downright idiotic for a company like Honda to put up secret information on their website without security protections. Those that seek these things are quite crafty in getting them.
Our response to the color scheme? The prospective Jenson chariot looks a bit garish and complicated like the Toro Rosso but it could have been worse. Think of those colors with Toyota's paint stripes. The thought makes me throw up in my mouth a little bit.
Over at Pitpass, the rumor is that the new Honda will be all green and deviod of logos completely. The new livery will be officially unveiled at the British Museam of Natural History (WTF?) in the coming days.
UPDATE : Here are the official launch pics.
The rumour I heard was that those are Google earth images that they are to change out throughout the year. Not sure they ended up with the most aesthetically pleasing result...
Posted by: matb | 24 February 2007 at 11:11 AM
The rumor I heard was that Jenson had too much to drink and deposited his dinner all over the car. At least I think thats what the inspiration was for this conceptual image.
Posted by: ian | 24 February 2007 at 03:23 PM