The pics show various NEST vehicles, Optimus Prime, the Spider Can-Am Spyders (that are not Arcee), Ratchet, two copies of the green Chevy Beat, the red Chevy Trax, and the first clear shot of the new corvette that was spotted at Philly by Braden where the model was much debated. I am still sticking with 2009 Chevy Corvette ZR1. Thanks to Chris and Rich for the heads-up.
Also from Chris, a silver car has been mentioned around the base as possibily being Tracks or Wheeljack. Not sure if talking about the above Corvette or maybe the rumored Saab Aero X was spotted. Also Bay spoke about Hot Rod saying "He has to make Bumblebee all of a sudden less popular. Also needs to have a G1 personality with a modern day appearance." Does that mean Hot Rod is in the film? Or it could just be a comment thrown off to answer how the character would be handled if in the film. As always time will tell.
Update: Based on the comments I should add that the Hot Rod comment is the case of a person that overheard this being told to someone else. It is NOT confirmation that the character is in the movie. It could be false information or could just be a conversation about G1 characters and nothing more or Rod could actually be in the movie. Its all speculation until July 27th of next year.
In regards to the Corvette, I recieved an interesting email from a classic car fan, CRB, who noted the "vette is likely a reintroduction of the Stingray, first introduced in '63. The two cars pictured show styling cues from several years of stingrays, including the split rear window from '63 and the swooping, raised front fenders of the late sixties/early seventies models. Even the 'teeth' of the grill bring up images of early stingray concepts." I know next to nothing about cars but its an interesting theory and fits nicely with the rumored "Stinger" Autobot name for that vehicle. Debate and discuss in the comments below.
When and where did this supposed comment by Bay about Hot Rod occur?
ReplyDeleteThat Silver car is the one from the picture with it behind a loading trailer where is was fuzzy and you could only see the side. Also seen being just painted in a paint booth (Both photos on this Website).
ReplyDeleteAlso, where is OPTIMUS PRIME's Exhaust Smoke Stacks???
sounds fishy and it more than likely is so hot rod may not even be in this flim.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure Prime's stacks were removed for transporting purposes.
ReplyDeletemy issue is the size of the autobots. I'm certain the autobots will win whatever war, but seriously...how big can these mini's get when in battle mode? i want to see something huge on the good guys side.
Actually, the unknown Corvette is called Chevrolet Corvette Z03.
ReplyDeleteGoogle it if you are not sure
Can you provide a source for that Michael Bay quote?
ReplyDeleteFYI - Ironhide is there too (he's behind Ratchet in the 3rd pic).
ReplyDeleteI wanna know where the dudes are who were betting money on the concept car being a Chevy Volt. I want my money. haha j/k
ReplyDeleteIn reference to the guy on the size of the Transformers.
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the suvivors are the ones who were small enough to hide while the decpeticons raveged Cybertron.
But think about it... Ratchet wasn't that long of a vehicle but stood fairly tall.
ReplyDeleteEep! Lemme comment this way: The Autobots have normally been transported in special enclosed carriers, right? so why is there a normal car carrier there? It is hyper-likely that I'm reading too much into this, but could that be Ultra Magnus? Just my wild imagination, but take a moment to think about it.
ReplyDeleteCam-Am Spyder is here again, i believe that is a transformers or not.But I am absolutely sure that Chevy Trax is Hot Rod.
ReplyDeleteThe Can-Am Spyders were being used by the military folks in the other scenes, and they weren't transformers. We'll see come next year.
ReplyDeleteis that a sector 7 buggy there aswell???
ReplyDeletewas there not an auotbot called landmine brought 2 life by the power of the allspark.....just thinkin out loud
i forgot.....its in front of optimus
ReplyDeleteIf their going by the original paint styles of the original Cartoon series, then the silver car wouldn't be Hot Rod. I'm thinking that it's Wheeljack. Hot Rod has always been known to have flames decorated on his vehicle form. I also think that the Can-Am Spiders are another form of the military vehicles arsonal. Of course Hot Rod was always a form of a high horsepower vehicle. I know for a fact that the Chevy Trax doesn't have enough horsepower to satisfy Hot Rod's need for speed. I also read that Soundwave WILL be in the ssequel. The only question that remains for that is what will his alternate form be? I'm thinking of either a stealth bomber, or a military grade personell(spelling is wrong, I know) transport. Anyway, there's my two cents, I know it ain't worth much, but there ya go.
ReplyDeleteIf Bay makes Hot Rod a Chevy Trax I am going to have to shoot somebody!!!
ReplyDeleteif those silver cars are zo3's then gm threw away the concept drawings and wnt their own way.
ReplyDelete1. zo3 has 2 grills, these have 1 long one.
2. zo3's have no air ducts in front of the front tires, these obiviously do.
3. hood is completly wrong.
4. zo3's rear window is under a cowl like the old stingrays. this is a fastback.
5. zo3 has a normal c5/c6 vette rear end. this one has a hemeroid.
In my opinion, I think it could be Hot Rod, Blurr, or Wheeljack.
ReplyDeletecould the Spider Can-Am Spyder be Prowl?
ReplyDeleteBack on June 22nd, a poster on CountingDown.com named infamous_emijayne announced it was the reintroduction of the Corvette Stingray. When I read that, I called a friend who lives in Kentucky near the Corvette Museum. He went in and talked to a few people he knows and they confirmed it is in fact a new Stingray concept for 2011. Here's the link: http://www.countingdown.com/movies/3993987/board?viewpost=4038739&folder=0
ReplyDeletenot involving this pic- but Soundwave was huge! Bigger than even Megatron. im slightly surprised that no one has speculated that Soundwave is the SR-71. It would have a huge robot mode. Jetfire could be cover name. I would try to hide the alt mode of soundwave for as long as possible.
ReplyDeleteWho are you?? Michael Bay??
ReplyDeleteNO, the SR-71 IS Jetfire. Why would Soundwave and Jetfire be the same bot? Even the call sheets confirmed this. We'll see next year.
ReplyDeleteI think Soundwave will be the black Hummer H3 that was on display not too long away.
to whoever said that the car carrier could be ultra magnus, they would most likely use that for car's that aren't gonna be 'bots, or one's from the first movie that people would already recognize. we've already seen ironhide, ratchet and barricade on regular car carriers and not in the enclosed versions.
ReplyDeleteThe H3 is way smaller than the H2. No way the can make Soundwave smaller than Ratchet.
ReplyDeleteWell they can, but that would be ridiculous.
Not to mention he has to fit at least Ravage, Lazerbeak, and Rumble inside of him.
The silver car on the 3rd picture (Chevy Corvette ZR1) is Blurr.
ReplyDeleteI have the sources.
And Wheeljack will not make an appearance in the movie. End of discussion.
to the person above me, thats just plain stupid... blurr? are you serious?!
ReplyDeleteHELL NO. that ought to be either Wheeljack or some other cool Autobot. end of story...
blurr? ahahahah... you wish
counterpunch, we shall see.. :)
ReplyDeleteMy sources > your thinking
i hope that hot rods in the movie i got some news of a rumor he is going to transform into a ferrari f14 or some kind of ferrari
ReplyDeletei was hoping he would be a red car like the original
ReplyDeletemay i ask, if anyone notice the other gray/silver car behind the man standing over there, the car (half pictured) which it's behind the other silver car..could that be another autobot just like the concept car everyone else is talking about..
ReplyDeletehot rod would not be a ferrari he woul have to be some thing from the 60s or the 70s like a super bird or a charger
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