Honda designers getting surpassed by backyard builders

[95ttht]

From the kit-car forum. One guy designed this and is building it from scratch.

You can follow the thread here:

http://www.kitcarsforum.com/build-diaries/polystyrene-plug-but-what-epoxy-to-coat-it/

compared to what the geniuses at Acura California came up with after 5 years and no doubt many millions of dollars:

 

[95ttht]

Another nice design by a backyard builder.

 

[95ttht]

 

[Johnny@JETZ]

Well...Honda should have just make "me" into production :wink:

 

[Swift]

with the amount of money he is already spending, if it works, it would be foolish of him NOT to market these body pieces. This car is breathtaking!!!!

 

[MAJOR STONER]

That is a nice design, maybe better than the new Lambo.

 

[CL65 Captain]

OMG I hope those wheels are just pre-production rollers.

 

[Timpo]

nice kit, is that for Pontiac Fiero or NSX?

 

[Timpo]

ok looks like that kit is for MR2.

 

[95ttht]

The black one in post #1 is being built on a porsche boxster chassis.

From the thread, this is the donor. He bought for ~$4000:

I'm not promoting kit cars, I'm just pointing out that people with little or no automotive design background are coming up with much better looking material than Honda.

 

[jordansx]

I gotta admit some of these guys are pretty talented...

First it was the homebuilt reventon

Now someone is almost done with his enzo shell. Sadly I'm pretty sure hes planning on sticking an NSX under it though.

 

[sahtt]

I gotta admit some of these guys are pretty talented...

First it was the homebuilt reventon

Now someone is almost done with his enzo shell. Sadly I'm pretty sure hes planning on sticking an NSX under it though.

At least they are giving it a proper aluminum chassis etc. Can't blame them for using the best since they invested so much time/$$.

 

[PhiAlpha44]

That car is F-ing gorgeous. I would unload everything in my garage for something like that.

 

[nastinupe1]

Agreed, that car is hot. I'm just not so sure about that cheap looking wing. They should have done an NSXish wing on the back instead of a ricer looking one. It reminds me of the wing on the back of the S2000 CR.

 

[MAJOR STONER]

http://www.vtec.net/news/news-item?news_item_id=799209

 

[JamieD]

Just to let you know this is my company who is making this car. We have already started taking orders. A few more pics of one of the finished panels below

Thanks for all the coments aswell

That car is F-ing gorgeous. I would unload everything in my garage for something like that.

 

[lazynok]

Just to let you know this is my company who is making this car. We have already started taking orders. A few more pics of one of the finished panels below

Thanks for all the coments aswell

That's the car in the original post? I wants.

 

[JamieD]

Yes it is

That's the car in the original post? I wants.

 

[Swift]

So are you selling just the kit body pieces, turn key, interior????

and then for what cost. This is a great looking car!

 

[JamieD]

We are just doing turn key at the moment £15,000 upto £20,000 depending on what you want.

So are you selling just the kit body pieces, turn key, interior????

and then for what cost. This is a great looking car!

 

[JamieD]

One more pic, already fibreglassed and ready to be smoothed and sprayed

Doors, bonnet and side skirts

 

[JamieD]

New pic update, Purple flip

 

[Moses]

i've always liked the K1 Attack

and most of them are honda powered:biggrin:

 

[lazynok]

i've always liked the K1 Attack

and most of them are honda powered:biggrin:

Another k1 Attack fan! Recently, there was a post on, I think honda-tech, about somebody selling there's for 90,0004 and it only ran mid 14s or something.. so of course those honda-techer's were bashing it!

But I still like it!

 

[swerve2007]

nice project