Meanest Pagoda we’ve ever seen
Two words we never expected to string together, but here we are. It’s still more pretty than it is intimidating, but with the wide rubber, AMG Pentas, bulldog stance, and front-and-rear bumper delete, this is about as menacing as a Pagoda will ever get. It does look awfully good, although we’re unsure just how much of it is ‘show’ and how much of it is really ‘go’.
Motoring Con Brio 
Bitchin!! Totally rad. I’m a MB guy and I’ve always wanted one of those… Do you have any more info on it?
Colin said this on April 13, 2011 at 2:15 pm
i’m afraid i don’t. a japanese “tuning” firm is almost certainly behind it, i’m sure.
motoringconbrio said this on April 13, 2011 at 9:31 pm
i have to be honest—i think that car is total blasphemy! as someone who really loves the original Pagoda—–i think that has ruined the charm!
Syed said this on April 13, 2011 at 6:40 pm
i get you, but stock it’s a bit of a chick car 🙂
motoringconbrio said this on April 13, 2011 at 9:28 pm
not at all, man! the Pagoda? i find it to be a dictator’s weekend leisure ride. Fangio drove one as his daily driver back in the day…
Syed said this on April 13, 2011 at 10:06 pm
i don’t think dictators drive themselves anywhere! paging tamerlane, the ultimate authority on heads of state and their cars…
motoringconbrio said this on April 13, 2011 at 10:27 pm
sure they do…in their leisure time, when they are searching for pleasant pastries to enjoy and delight their sneaky agendas!
Syed said this on April 13, 2011 at 11:36 pm
Ha! I have not yet started a (Sunday) Rides of Heads of State series yet, but I’m diggin’ the fact that according to those plates, the owner is from my hometown of Yokohama.
Tamerlane said this on April 17, 2011 at 5:40 pm
It’s awesome… I would have left it more a stock color, just to give it a more sleeper feel, and I would have done the roll bar so that it was almost invisible when the hardtop is in place. I wonder how those old swing axles handle?
Colin said this on April 14, 2011 at 2:38 am
Those rims don’t belong on that car. Sorry.
Plus seeing a rollcage under the pagoda roof…something doesn’t sit right for me. I’m all for bumperless and lowered though.
Automobiliac said this on April 14, 2011 at 2:30 pm
Also, those stickers are positively retarded. Why??
Automobiliac said this on April 14, 2011 at 2:31 pm
I love this thing – I think vintage Mercedes that have been beefed up look fantastic. Red Pig, anyone?
Murph said this on April 14, 2011 at 6:35 pm