btw… this is actually something I like
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Looked like it had shrunk in the wash… remember it well… 
Hi, Yes our local dealer had 2 of these for sale on their forecourt for some years struggling to move them. They looked like a pimp’s car !!!
I’m not sure how the neo classic movement ever gained traction, does one need a wierd sense of naievity, irony and or humour blended with superd eye for detail and craftsmanship to out Edsel the Edsel ? Whatever there are a truly bewildering array of automotive quasimodo’s to choose from.
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If I had to choose one it would be for completely turning the concept of it’s donor vehicle on it’s head, step forward the Zimmer Quicksilver, based on a midengined Pontiac Fiero, and a bonus for Mk1 fans it comes with pop up head lights.
…this became the topic of attrocities…one exception is (my opinion)…the BMW Z3 based ferrari 250swb by Tribute (uk based company who also did an awfull 250 GTO on a Mazda MX5 NA). If someone would go tor this…, please ; no Ferrari badges!
And to answer their question, 10 points for the “clownshoe” Z3 coupé which i believe is a great practical sportscar .
Here is another Z3 based replica, I am sure they are great fun, but they don’t float my boat like the neo classics, particularly the Zimmer Quiicksilver …
As the 250swb is not in the “tribute” catalogue anymore, they have this now ; the Z3gt which aims at earlier Zagato, Abarth…bodyworks and which also is (in my opinion) a fair achievement based on the Z.3.
(https://zroadster.org/attachments/3dcf73ba-198d-45c7-9832-b84845b40f7c-jpeg.155413/)
Its a shame these butchers are turning their attention now to the Z3; not that many left now.
This NB based Alfa Romeo “replica” appears from time to time. Its a one off.
The origins of the car remains a mystery. I think it was a failed attempt at a commercial kit, rather than a true one off. Each to their own.
Once one starts feeding a algorithm… I suppose being good with the Zimmer Quicksilver I should not be having too much of a Victor Meldrew moment with this… but I do wonder where it all might end :-
Wrong on many many levels
Besides the idea that a FR car could ever be a 356 replica, cooling looks marginal. But this is a kit car, with nothing of the MX5 unibody left. Having a MX5 engine does not make it a MX5. If it did, then the Monster Miata should be called a Ford Mustang…
This started out as a NB Roadster
Some sort of homage to the Mazda Cosmo
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