Contessa on second floor - Team-BHP

stampro · 16th March 2009, 12:19

I saw this at Thirunelveli.
It is on top of HM dealer's building.

akshay4587 · 16th March 2009, 12:25

this was a adveritising gimmick adopted by HM dealers way back in nineties
i remember seeing one like this in 1996 when i was a kid

suren181 · 16th March 2009, 12:32

Chop a good car into halves. Holy cow, even in those days it was a relatively expensive car to own.

Coming to think of it atleast Maruti has not chopped their cars for advertisement purposes but just used the bodyshell of the swift. That seems an ok thing to do and yes so does Mitsubishi.

Edit: Couldn't they have done something like this in POP or a wooden mock-up. Sorry am ranting but it sure pains to see what used to be done.

gajsh · 16th March 2009, 12:46

haha, amazing, I guess its a water tank, I had seen a similar such water tank of a maruti omni in JPNagar

YamahaBoy · 6th April 2009, 18:13

Damn.. Some people are hell bent on cutting cars up. They must be having some sort of Psycho feeling.

Cheers!!!

lamborghini · 6th April 2009, 18:21

Definitely fake. Not a real car. Just look at the pic closely.

GTO · 7th April 2009, 12:00

There was another thread of a Jeep enthusiast, who put a Willy's cutout jutting out of his building!

Definitely an eye-catcher (and thus, purpose served).

deky · 7th April 2009, 21:25

I agree, great marketing gimmic.

Here in Jaipur a dhaba owner also did the same, he put a truck body on top of the roof. It did invite a lot of customers for him as it was something unique

andre1774 · 8th April 2009, 00:48

even the Mitsubishi motors have put similar ones near the air port chennai, and also an old hopefully Datsun car by the Lovato auto gas conversion dealer near Mount road chennai. all kinds of attrating the customers.

abhinav.gupta88 · 8th April 2009, 01:27

I remember a similar picture of a maruti 800 posted on team-bhp itself.
That too was for a restaurant/dhaba if i remember correctly

deepclutch · 8th April 2009, 01:45

I remember seeing a maruti omni(real one,not fake) put on the top floor of a building with it's 2/3rd of the body popping out from the building.@steeroid will be knowing this.saw this somewhere near shoranur(kerala) or ottapalam while returning from attapaadi.

nikibusa · 8th April 2009, 01:56

Here is a pic a Conti cut in half and mounted above the entrance of his auto accessory shop in Pune. This Conti had strobes fitted in the headlights and underbody neons. Killer Stuff.

zaks · 8th April 2009, 11:41

These kinds of display is also seen abroad, I have seen one on Harley Davidson showroom.

torrent2073 · 8th April 2009, 21:36

check out this billboard for araldite from the 80;s

navin · 26th April 2009, 01:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTO

There was another thread of a Jeep enthusiast, who put a Willy's cutout jutting out of his building!

Definitely an eye-catcher (and thus, purpose served).

In the 80s (83 or 84) a group of restraunters chopped a NYC cab and used the front half as their decor in a NYC (village) restraunt.

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16th March 2009, 12:19	#1 (permalink)
stampro BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Madurai Posts: 157	Contessa on second floor I saw this at Thirunelveli. It is on top of HM dealer's building. Attached Thumbnails

16th March 2009, 12:25	#2 (permalink)
akshay4587 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chandigarh/Mohali/Ambala Cantt Posts: 1,147 View My Garage	this was a adveritising gimmick adopted by HM dealers way back in nineties i remember seeing one like this in 1996 when i was a kid __________________ 1997 Gypsy MG410W(Sold) 2001 Bolero GLX 1983 Premier Padmini DX 1978 RE STD 350 1999 RE Machismo 350 2005 Zma 225 2006 Accent GLE

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suren181 BHPian Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 790 View My Garage	Chop a good car into halves. Holy cow, even in those days it was a relatively expensive car to own. Coming to think of it atleast Maruti has not chopped their cars for advertisement purposes but just used the bodyshell of the swift. That seems an ok thing to do and yes so does Mitsubishi. Edit: Couldn't they have done something like this in POP or a wooden mock-up. Sorry am ranting but it sure pains to see what used to be done. __________________ 1957 Fiat Elegant, 2008 Verna, 1963 Vespa, 1982 Rajdoot GTS (Bobby) 2005 Bajaj Discover DTSi Last edited by suren181 : 16th March 2009 at 12:34.

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gajsh BHPian Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: bengaluru Posts: 63	haha, amazing, I guess its a water tank, I had seen a similar such water tank of a maruti omni in JPNagar __________________ gajee RX 135 5 Speed - 2001

6th April 2009, 18:13	#5 (permalink)
YamahaBoy BHPian Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Bangalore Permanent: Palghat, Kerala Posts: 63 View My Garage	Damn.. Some people are hell bent on cutting cars up. They must be having some sort of Psycho feeling. Cheers!!! __________________ Burn Rubber & not your Soul !!!!! 2006 - Honda Activa 2005 - Bajaj Pulsar 150 Dtsi 1998 - Maruti 800 1995 - Yamaha RX-100

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GTO Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 18,786 View My Garage	There was another thread of a Jeep enthusiast, who put a Willy's cutout jutting out of his building! Definitely an eye-catcher (and thus, purpose served). __________________ GTO Work backward from your imagination, not forward from the past! Please don't PM for support. Use the Contact Form instead. Please read the NEW Team-BHP FAQ section for all your queries.

7th April 2009, 21:25	#8 (permalink)
deky BHPian Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Jaipur Posts: 425	I agree, great marketing gimmic. Here in Jaipur a dhaba owner also did the same, he put a truck body on top of the roof. It did invite a lot of customers for him as it was something unique __________________ Jai Hind!!

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andre1774 BHPian Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Chennai Posts: 36 View My Garage	even the Mitsubishi motors have put similar ones near the air port chennai, and also an old hopefully Datsun car by the Lovato auto gas conversion dealer near Mount road chennai. all kinds of attrating the customers. __________________ Niren

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abhinav.gupta88 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Delhi ; Surrey, United Kingdom Posts: 3,814 View My Garage	I remember a similar picture of a maruti 800 posted on team-bhp itself. That too was for a restaurant/dhaba if i remember correctly __________________ *vRs(q)® \| ECLIPSE CD7200 MKII \| Illusion Carbon ND-6 \| Harman/Kardon CA470 \| Harman/Kardon CA1500M \| Stereo Integrity MAG D2 V4*

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deepclutch BHPian Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: INDIA Posts: 740	I remember seeing a maruti omni(real one,not fake) put on the top floor of a building with it's 2/3rd of the body popping out from the building.@steeroid will be knowing this.saw this somewhere near shoranur(kerala) or ottapalam while returning from attapaadi. __________________ Get GNU/Linux ever learning procedure of becoming a defensive driver.

8th April 2009, 01:56	#12 (permalink)
nikibusa BHPian Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Vikhroli - (Mumbai) Posts: 533	Here is a pic a Conti cut in half and mounted above the entrance of his auto accessory shop in Pune. This Conti had strobes fitted in the headlights and underbody neons. Killer Stuff. Attached Images __________________ NISSAN: "We don't defy physics with the GT-R, we apply it properly."....! Last edited by nikibusa : 8th April 2009 at 01:57.

8th April 2009, 11:41	#13 (permalink)
zaks BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 530 View My Garage	These kinds of display is also seen abroad, I have seen one on Harley Davidson showroom.

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torrent2073 Newbie Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: bangalore Posts: 9	check out this billboard for araldite from the 80;s

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