Give me strength!

[shadowninja]

Another MR2

No matter how many Ferrari badges you put on it, it does NOT make it a Ferrari, nor does it change the proportions to make it look right.

[guydw]

I think that the replica brigade would accuse me of snobbery here, but what's the point ?

I guess if all you want is a car that looks a certain way, then go for it, but that really is messing the point (preaching to the converted I know..). A Ferrari (or a Lambo, or whatever) is all about the sense of occasion, the noise when you turn the ignition, how it all feels, the sound, the smell etc. There can be no sense of occasion in this car...

To be honest I don't even like the near perfect 250GTO's that have been made from a 250 GTE (I'd rather have the GTE), or the DB4 GT Zagato's that AM made a few years ago out of DB6's... I like a car to be what it is. There was a 250 GTO copy at See Red on Sunday, looked like a Datsun (and actually I've always liked the Datsun..) I wouldn't haver the nerve to drive it...

[BossCerbera]

It does at least mention it's a BAD kit (and emphasises the point). I am inclined to agree.

There was one of these in the Sporting Bear line-up at Supercar Sunday earlier this year. It had "£25" written under the photo - I assumed it must be for sale.

[JuniorD]

Looks like someone went mental with a bag of Ferrari stickers.

[james p]

So a BAD kit but with correct lights, mirrors and badges! Seems like a fair description to me.

[burriana]

shadowninja said:

[url]No matter how many Ferrari badges you put on it,

... and that's a LOT of Ferrari badges he's put on.

The most stupid of which is the F1 on the back ... the stick kinda gives the game away ... what? You guessed it wasn't real already?

[zippee]

Theres one of these on the estate I live in St Neots, just looks and sounds wrong. Trouble is all the kids are dropping their jaws in awe thinking it's real as it trundles past.

[BossCerbera]

zippee said:

...trundles...

[zippee]

BossCerbera said:

zippee said:

...trundles...

Well it certainly doesn't roar past like a real one....

[forthright MC]

i've seen the fake 355 in St Neots too, it is pathetic indeed!
funny enough one of my uncles mentioned it to me, under the assumption it was real until he showed me a camera phone picture of it!
it belongs to his best mates next door neighbour.

[BigAlinEmbra]

That's a horror!

[I HATE GATSO]

id prefer a standard mr2

[Pat H]

I HATE GATSO said:

id prefer a standard mr2

Nowt wrong with an MR2.

I'd have one for pottering about in.

But turning it into a lookalike is as disrespectful to the Toyota as it is an insult to a Ferrari.

[guydw]

That's exactly my point - there's nothing wrong with an MR2

To be honest if people want to make fake cars, then why not ? I love it when I see a really bad one (there's a fake F40 somewhere in North Bristol that had me nearly crash my car from laughing...) - but it's when they pass it off as real that it's not so cool.... but hey live and let live, it's not as though anyone here is in any danger of buying it...

[quad_rings]

i really dont see the point of those mr2 / 355 conversions the proportions are totally wrong, the amazing thing is they tend to average around £12-14,000!, surely far better spent on a decent mondial or 308 gt4.

[Pat H]

quad_rings said:

i really dont see the point of those mr2 / 355 conversions the proportions are totally wrong, the amazing thing is they tend to average around £12-14,000!, surely far better spent on a decent mondial or 308 gt4.

I really dont see the point of those mondials as the proportions are totally wrong, the amazing thing is they tend to average around £15-20,000!, surely far better spent on a decent 308 GTB.....

[BigAlinEmbra]

Servicing might be a bit more on a real un?

[DJC]

burriana said:

shadowninja said:

[url]No matter how many Ferrari badges you put on it,

... and that's a LOT of Ferrari badges he's put on.

The most stupid of which is the F1 on the back ... the stick kinda gives the game away ... what? You guessed it wasn't real already?

Well of course the interior shots gave it away...the inside of that looks a damn sight better than the inside of an F355 ever looked!

Still, I love these replica kits simply for when you get to see the ppl who drive them!

[Shnozz]

One day, in the distant future, when my bank balance is swelling, I propose making an MR2 replica from an accident damaged 355. Big panel gaps, lots of Toyota badges badly stuck on the centre cap of the steering wheel, stitched in the headrests, stuck on the door sills etc.

[Polarbert]

This should be in jap chat really shouldn't it? I mean afterall it is a japanese car, not an italian exotic. HTH!