It's the Equus Bass || Muscle car mash-up

[The Stig Farmer]

One glance at the Equus Bass 770 and you'll see a Dodge Challenger. Another look, you'll see a Camaro. A different angle, and you see a Mustang. And that's kind of the point. The Bass 770 is the Girl Talk of muscle cars.

The Equus Bass is what happens when people with the means to build the muscle car they've always desired do just that. You can't have a Mustang and a Challenger, so you combine elements of both. Under the hood is a 640 horsepower, 6.2-liter supercharged aluminum V8.

Hmmm. That sure sounds a lot like it's powered by an LS9 out of the ZR1. That's ok. We'll approve of this.

Everything about the craftsmanship and appearance screams modern restomod. It's also what I wish the newest Challenger looked like. And Camaro. And Mustang. In fact, the big three could each sell their own version of this car with different badges and it'd look right at home.

Jalopnik

Cue cheesy ad.

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[Slash]

I see wayyyyy more Mustang than the other 2 though.

 

[Beeblebrox237]

I see wayyyyy more Mustang than the other 2 though.

I totally agree. It's basically a modernised Mustang with a new fascia, Jalopnik is being silly when they call it a mashup of many different muscle cars. I think it's quite good looking, and while I'd never buy one, I'd imagine it's very good.

 

[zedextreme8177]

Holy crap!

Easily the best looking modern muscle car I've ever seen

 

[Slash]

I totally agree. It's basically a modernised Mustang with a new fascia, Jalopnik is being silly when they call it a mashup of many different muscle cars. I think it's quite good looking, and while I'd never buy one, I'd imagine it's very good.

There are styling cues from the listed cars though, don't get me wrong. Though to someone who didn't know better, from behind it might look like a '67/'68 Shelby GT500.

It looks beautiful, and I'd consider buying it if it was powered by a Ford V8 but that's my bias speaking. I think it's neat to have an LS7 stuffed in there.

 

[Luminis]

Ford, Chevrolet, Dodge, take note: That's how you do a retro-looking muscle car! Lovely, jsut lovely. What I like most about it is that it doesn't seem over-styled. It looks so natural, not like someone tried his hardest to put a muscle car look on a modern car and ended up with something bloated that is neither modern nor very reminiscent of the original.

 

[ND4SPD]

It's like it came from Burnout Paradise. I want it hard.

Throwing money at my screen isn't working and I'm getting frustrated....

 

[xNEVER-ONEx]

OMG.
/faints
BTW, the car is like 95% Mustang, the rest Challenger/Camaro. What is it based off?

 

[Jay]

Looks like a custom Mustang to me.

OMG.
What is it based off?

Given the roof line, fenders etc a Mustang.

 

[Nicksfix]

Pretty cool looking resto-modded Mustang.

BUT ...

It's not $250,000. - $290,000. cool looking.

 

[RocZX]

What is it based off?

Nothing

Beneath the skin is a tube-and-tub aluminum chassis that looks more like a race car than a production car. That skin is formed of aluminum, and lined with carbon fiber.

MotorAuthority

 

[Eric.]

It's like it came from Burnout Paradise. I want it hard.

Throwing money at my screen isn't working and I'm getting frustrated....

Probably because you're about $289,937 short.

 

[Beeblebrox237]

Ford, Chevrolet, Dodge, take note: That's how you do a retro-looking muscle car! Lovely, jsut lovely. What I like most about it is that it doesn't seem over-styled. It looks so natural, not like someone tried his hardest to put a muscle car look on a modern car and ended up with something bloated that is neither modern nor very reminiscent of the original.

This. Absolutely this. The Challenger and Camaro look totally stupid next to this.

 

[Zenith]

The modern bricks we call pony cars are modern designs with a few details from classic cars.

This is a classic design with details from the modern day.

I like it much more. The classic details on modern pony cars really seem to be holding them back. This is much more blatant with its use of classic styling which is arguable more progressive than the retro craze.

 

[Kent]

Very cool looking but I have to agree that it's not 290k cool looking.

For 290k I'd try to find a Z06 new and a Singer 911. 👍

 

[Cano]

A 67 mustang restomod-looking thing is a new car? Sure. It's front is also ugly as sin.

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

Nothing

MotorAuthority

Maybe? Edit: No. I have my doubts that it's a 100% bespoke chassis, so I'm gonna keep searching for similarities. The architecture looks similar to how Lotus builds them, but Lotus fastens them differently.

I think the price is fair for something like this. Being a very small, boutique car maker (think Pagani or Spyker) they cannot take advantage of economies of scale. This car looks to be very robustly engineered and the detailing is also very high caliber, it's not some kit car or even a well thought out resto-mod, this is a full, bespoke automobile. In the grand scheme of things, people are paying far more than this for original or even modified 1960s and 1970s muscle cars, so the price seems to be good value actually.

 

[05XR8]

Shoot. I like it! Shame about the gearbox. A close ratio 4-speed NASCAR gearbox would have been trick!

 

[Leonidae@MFT]

It tries bit too hard to please everyone, and ends up looking awkward.

 

[kikie]

I have only one smiley to say:

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[Beeblebrox237]

I have a problem with this car. Every time I see the thread title, I think of this:

 

[Joel]

Yeah, when I first saw the thread title I thought Hyundai was going to do a bad thing.

 

[Blackbird.]

I might be able to swallow $100k but nearly $300k is stupid...

But, if I was filithy rich i'd buy it anyway. Who wouldn't?

 

[sems4arsenal]

DDDDDDDDrop the bass, also why hasn't it got 770 BHP.

I'm going to call it the Ultra Badass 640

 

[Endless-Wilso]

Looks like a 68 fastback roofline and the front reminds me of a 70 Cuda.

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Cuda front ends, mid to back are mustang. 69 Cuda though.

 

[RDF97]

I have a problem with this car. Every time I see the thread title, I think of this:

Oh is that Hyundai Equus? Is it?