KIT DESIGN CONTEST- REBODY AN MX5 OR MR2
Discussion
grahambell said:
fuoriserie said:
Oh great, yet another kit form not-quite-lookalike, when what the industry could really do with is more GOOD original design!
In a past thread we had stylists moaning that kit car companies wouldn't pay to use them and I challenged them to put their money where their mouths were and try making a car themselves rather than always expecting the engineers to do it.
Well seems to me that designing a body kit would be the ideal way to do it as you've no chassis or suspension worries and all the main dimensions are already fixed.
Reckon there must be a demand for something along the lines of the Finale - i.e. exotic but original styling - to suit a Mk2 MR2. Veranti is OK but styling bit bland (well it does rather resemble a Boxster
). Sure you do something that looks every bit as exotic as a Ferrari with having to resort to doing yet another fake F355... Plenty of low cost base cars, potentially big international market (UK, US and Japan at least).
So, anybody want to give it a go?
I will give it a go, and hope all the other guys will too, and create a few body shapes for the Mazda Mx5 and the Toyota mr2 mk.2
I guess we could create a coupe for the Mazda and roadster for the Toyota, or viceversa, but any design sketch or rendering will do.
So please join the thread and sketch your best ideas, and let's have fun and show kitcar manufacturers what we can do with these 2 cars....
Edited by fuoriserie on Friday 14th July 22:11
A new kit body conversion for the Toyota mr2
www.totalkitcar.com/tkc_article_1179.php
and photo gallery
www.ridecars.com/gallery.php
www.totalkitcar.com/tkc_article_1179.php
and photo gallery
www.ridecars.com/gallery.php
Edited by fuoriserie on Monday 17th July 11:05
Edited by fuoriserie on Monday 17th July 11:12
Edited by fuoriserie on Monday 17th July 11:13
If I had not just been to the toilet I would be p****** myself right now after looking at that! Scaled down Shelby GT? More like crashed-into-a-wall-at-high-speed Shelby GT!
Whoever built it as obviously got some talent, as i have said before its no more effort to build a pretty car than an ugly one. Its the designing they do wrong. He should have shown pictures to 10 strangers in the street, I am sure one of them would have cracked up. What the hell is going on with the bonnet?????
Whoever built it as obviously got some talent, as i have said before its no more effort to build a pretty car than an ugly one. Its the designing they do wrong. He should have shown pictures to 10 strangers in the street, I am sure one of them would have cracked up. What the hell is going on with the bonnet?????
Edited by Furyblade_Lee on Monday 17th July 18:27
These are fast rough sketches, just to get the topic going, for a more aggressive coupe body conversion based on the Toyota mr2 .
I took these images from the PH classifieds, and want to thank the owner for his great artistic eye and car.
The idea is to shorten the rear overhang, and add a few fiberglass panels to hide the rear 3/4 glass., redesign the front bumper with a different front opening, bigger side air intakes and wheel arches.
I would call this a mild body conversion, without major changes apart from the rear shortening .
I will show a rear 3/4 view of the car , hopefully by tomorrow...
Let me know what you think of this first attempt, but I guess you could design so many different shapes over this platform.
I took these images from the PH classifieds, and want to thank the owner for his great artistic eye and car.
The idea is to shorten the rear overhang, and add a few fiberglass panels to hide the rear 3/4 glass., redesign the front bumper with a different front opening, bigger side air intakes and wheel arches.
I would call this a mild body conversion, without major changes apart from the rear shortening .
I will show a rear 3/4 view of the car , hopefully by tomorrow...
Let me know what you think of this first attempt, but I guess you could design so many different shapes over this platform.
Edited by fuoriserie on Tuesday 18th July 17:00
g32turbo said:
Really can't see the point. The MR2 is a good looking sportscar in its own right. If you want to spend your time doing something really useful, try making a Wagon R look good.
I see your point, but this thread was born from thie following :
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?p=1&f=30&t=274610&h=0
The point was to create a cheaper kitcar body conversion , using an existing platform like the Mr2 or mazda mx5.
This should hopefully create a new and cheaper niche in the kitcar industry, while having more unique designs, but utilising an existing car and available technology.
I believe the Wagon R is interesting little car and in dire need of a styling update, but I can hardly see it been taken by the kitcar Industry as your next sportscar design update....but if you think it useful, let me know what body conversion do you envision for the Wagon R, I will gladly show you a few rough sketches, time permitting offcourse!
Edited by fuoriserie on Thursday 20th July 11:18
Edited by fuoriserie on Thursday 20th July 11:19
fuoriserie said:
The point was to create a cheaper kitcar body conversion , using an existing platform like the Mr2 or mazda mx5.
This should hopefully create a new and cheaper niche in the kitcar industry
This should hopefully create a new and cheaper niche in the kitcar industry
But why would a kitcar builder want to create a sportscar from a ....... sportscar?
Is this really aimed at a niche in the kitcar industry or an existing spoiler/bodykit market? Although not a fan of scoops, spoilers and splitters I can see why someone might want to make their standard hatchback look sportier by adding a kit. I can see no logical reason for spending money turning a good looking sportscar into an equally good looking sportscar unless on the grounds of individuality. However if its individuality you'd sell your designs on then the market would be severely limited as the more kits you sell, the less exclusive they become.
If you really want to exploit a niche in the kitcar market try designing a coupe body to fit an existing 7 inspired chassis. A miniature Ultima perhaps.
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