With the market continuing to shift toward crossovers and SUVs, us wagon lovers need all the help we can get to keep this body style under the spotlights. And the rendering we have here delivers quite a bit of boost to the cause, since it sees a Buick Roadmaster Estate being taken down the NASCAR route.
Now, before you start wondering if this sort of extreme digital build could have any sort of connection to the real world, even a remote one, you should know comedian and “Armchair Expert” co-host Dax Shepard plays his private-life role as a father driving the family around in a 1994 Roadmaster Estate with 700 hp on tap (more on this in the piece of footage at the bottom of the page, which sees Shepard talking about the contraption with Conan O’Brien).
Of course, this is the virtual world, so digital artist Abimelec Arellano, who is responsible for the work, has taken the project one step further by throwing the said NASCAR chassis into the equation.
Gone is the respectable factory LT1 V8 of the Buick, with this having been sacrificed for the sake of a good old LS swap. Oh, and note that the motor has been relocated, sitting further back to improve weight distribution.
The wheels are now buried deep into the vehicle, with these having been designed by the said artists - they're wrapped in monstrous Goodyear rubber.
In fact, the pixel master has something to tell us, as showcased in the Instagram post below: "Surprisingly the roof looks kinda chopped from some angles, but that’s stock, it’s all in the stance,"
The mix between the wood panels and the single-seater conversion, roll cage and all, is the kind that can get one in a dreamy mood, even though the kids might want those seats back...
In his quest to bring you the most impressive automotive creations, Andrei relies on learning as a superpower. There's quite a bit of room in the garage that is this aficionado's heart, so factory-condition classics and widebody contraptions with turbos poking through the hood can peacefully coexist. Full profile
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