Well, it's much better than this one:
https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-car...p-to-the-hype/
Well, it's much better than this one:
https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-car...p-to-the-hype/
From the front it looks ok, but the doorhandle, b pillar and rear fenders not so in my opinion. I suppose it has to do with the safety structure of the Smart Roadster donor.
Cheers, Pim
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Luctor et Emergo
Hi Pim,
Yes, I suppose as its using an unmodified chassis they have had to design it around certain features of the base car.
Like to see one in the flesh.
Wonder if they would ever show it at Stoneleigh or would they market it towards the classic car owner?
Oh of course, the Smart Roadster.
I was looking at the side intake and wondering where I'd seen it before?
The John Wheeler MC220 Darrian based A110 replica is still the best.
I think it's great. Falls into the same category as those Ferrari 250-inspired body replacements on a BMW Z3... keeps a lot of the donor hardware on display so not trying to be a replica, just a bit of fun and infinitely better-looking than the donor (which, for what it's worth, I also like).
I seem to remember that when the Smart Roadster/Coupe went out of production, there were a few parties interested in buying the tooling and carrying on with them. And one of them was some guys who'd bought, or were looking to buy, the AC name and market it as the AC Roadster. Wonder if they'd have got round to sticking a 7-litre V8 in it? Maybe in some alternate reality...Haha!
This might be next?:
Well it'd get my vote, so long as you changed the name to something less like a tube of sweeties and a bit further away from "Smartarse"
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