Design me a car
 

Having a misses , 2 kids and a dog I would like to have something a bit special to drive daily
Needs to have back seats and a boot
I was thinking of using an Alfa Romeo gt
Cheap doner, and rake of the windscreen looks good
Maybe a completely unique design not a replica of anything.but I was liking the Ferrari ff
But Iam no good at photoshop etc
Can anyone come up with any designs ?
This has potential to be made if the design works and do you think the market needs a design like this ?

something like this (ignore the crap photoshopping ;) [IMG]https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8686/2...c798869a_h.jpg_1ffkit by paul ward, on Flickr[/IMG]

ideas

another one

nice cars - but I thought you had to generally include the proportions of the donor within the design?

That one you posted looks like this - the 612 GTO https://youtu.be/B-dZm0b5sMY

Does the market need a design like this


In a word yes lots of people are actually put off by the impracticality of the dream 2 seater purely because life doesn't fit in with it

Decent 4 seater has to be a winner ?

That's a good point.
I have been building kit cars since the 1980's. In that time there has been some good 4 seaters on offer but none were successful.

There was the Rickman Metisse
https://youtu.be/QjDLxN1_VrE

Chad super sport ss4
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ch...bqfaeEV5cJM%3A
The Ginetta g26 g28 g30 g31 had reasonable following.
And the quantum coupe / saloon sold in good quantities

So while there maybe a market - is it small and fussy?

I thought of this thread yesterday, when one of these pulled up in traffic outside where I was sitting...

http://ipocars.com/imgs/a/e/r/e/b/bm...2002_5_lgw.jpg

I couldn't help wondering if the panels unbolted like the Z3...

Then what could Tribute do with a fixed hard top roof to keep the rear seats useable...

But it drove off before my imagination could go any further. :rolleyes:

Either way, it would be interested to see how this develops.

Good luck, Paul. :)

PS
"Tudor" hot rods kits are another family option.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PwH4Gxy28M4/hqdefault.jpg

I think that BMW would give a slightly better shape at the front than the alfa maybe - due to the front wheels being slightly further forward compared to the windscreen

Ive always thought that the Mazda RX8 would be a good base for this kind of conversion. Its a bit of an ugly duckling but fantastic to drive and they can be picked up very cheaply these days.

I am going down the same road, and currently 11 years in.
http://www.madabout-kitcars.com/foru...ead.php?t=6080

However from your first concept and from the classic market trends and don't laugh I'd be looking for a good classic.
Resto mod it, but keep all the original parts and don't do a mod you cannot unbolt.
Three examples from the sublime to the ridiculous.