Fun things to do with your MR2: Ferrari 360 replica
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Why is it that people feel the need to saddle perfectly good cars with replica bodywork to make them look like exotics? There's nothing wrong with the last generation Toyota MR2, true, it's no Ferrari, but then again, you can buy an entire MR2 for very much less than a Ferrari 360; an amount closer to the downpayment, most likely. We'd keep the bodykit away from the MR2 and spend the extra dough on suspension and engine mods. If you really must project the image that a Ferrari brings (you know – this car costs more than your house, and I'll sell it for more, too. Yes, that does make me better than you) you could follow the lead of this MR2 Spyder's owner.
If you can stomach the truncated proportions that haven't survived scaling well, your MR2 will make a solid basis for you to become a total poseur. From what we can see, the car pictured has had time and energy lavished on it. The extra-wide door gap is not pretty, but overall, there's a lot of detail here, and the pictures show something that's reasonably turned out, instead of a total hack job. It's a very well done tribute, in fact. At least you can be fairly certain that the MR2 will have more uptime than the Ferrari, and when it does need to go see the doctor, the prescription's cost will lean more toward ibuprofen, not radical walletectomy.
Gallery: Toyota MR2 Ferrari 360 replica
[Source: Carscoop]
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wenge 10:33AM (6/11/2007)
Crushing it in a trash compactor would be pretty fun.
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Seminole 10:37AM (6/11/2007)
Except for some obvious proportional differences, it actually doesn't look half bad...
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JamesWB 10:42AM (6/11/2007)
Not as bad as extreme cars kit to make a Peugeot 406 look like a 360. At least this is MR rather than FF.
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zach 10:51AM (6/11/2007)
Wonder how long til he gets a cease and desist letter from Ferrari NA. From everything I've ever read, they don't look kindly upon their logo being used on junk like this.
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Jim 11:02AM (6/11/2007)
I've never understood these types of knock-offs. The only people fooled into thinking this car is a real Ferrari are people you don't car to impress. So what if the lady standing on the pourch of her trailer smoking a cig while holding her baby on her hip thinks its real. Here in SoCal we have plenty of the real things, and fakers from inland who come to the beach cities are only laughed at. You won't believe how many times I've easily smoked a "M3" that hinted very strongly at a Civic in my slow RX SUV. The money would have been better spend on actually improving the car, or on some college courses to help them get a career where they could actually afford a Ferrari if that is their goal.
Jim
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Nellydesign 11:07AM (6/11/2007)
Pow Pow Powerwheels... Pow Powerwheels!
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rv 12:38PM (6/11/2007)
If it wasn't red and had zero Ferrari stuff on it, that would be an okay little MR2 bodymod. I don't understand the whole imposter business...
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SprNtrl 11:15AM (6/11/2007)
Go real or go home!
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Brandon 12:49PM (6/11/2007)
Looks cute to me. I'd drive it, but remove the yellow logos and get a license plate that says FAKE360
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Quattrofan 11:17AM (6/11/2007)
I knew this rich girl driving a Fiero with 318 body work over it. I thought that was a travesty. So is this.
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Steve C 11:29AM (6/11/2007)
OK, let's see. I Googled around and it looks like you'd be out upwards of $20,000 for body parts, wheels, headlights, etc., etc., etc. Add that to the cost of a used MR2 with low mileage -- say $16,000. Total = $36,000.
OR
Buy a late 70's 328 GTS for $37,500:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1978-Ferrari-308-GTS-documented-38k-Full-records-MINT_W0QQitemZ110132030944QQihZ001QQcategoryZ6212QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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bmoredlj 11:57AM (6/11/2007)
VERY Fiat Barchetta-y.
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Jared. 11:59AM (6/11/2007)
I know a lot of college chixz that would think it's real.
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Jp 12:09PM (6/11/2007)
I think this guy is talented. Misguided talent... but talent none the less.
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Slo_Mo_Shun 12:47PM (6/11/2007)
If you got the time and money for this, why not make it into a BETTER looking Ferrari, the 355. It fits the MR2 body style and bit more and there are more authentic body kits floating around.
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/curld7/myhomepage/auto.html
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Zepolcire 1:14PM (6/11/2007)
What Ferrari should do is sell these as replacements to all those people that can't drive a Ferrari and crash them.
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Dave 2:27PM (6/11/2007)
Ug. For the same money, you can easily have a new S2000 or slightly used Boxter.
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LaughingTooHard 3:44PM (6/11/2007)
I was impressed, kind of, until I saw the brakes. Well that did it for me.
"Yeah do you have those Ferrari Caliper Covers I ordered? Now let me J-B weld those on. Great! 8.5 inch rotors shared with the Echo behind 18" rims with faux Ferrari calipers. Damn, I am so good that this!"
Come, on dude! You spent like, Gawd-knows how much on the rest of the car, ya could have coughed up the $500 for a nice set of big brakes...freaking Chibi-Anime influences have rotted the brains of American youth.
Any word on the Engine mods…? I love to see unloved cars hooked up with go-fast goodies, but this is just poser to the extreme.
I think there is a market for these in NY: Rich white girls who think the VW is Eos is ugly, the Sky is too macho and the Solara for fat chicks.
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willem 3:56PM (6/11/2007)
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
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Paul Kenny 8:14PM (6/11/2007)
I'm not a fan of kit cars either but here's a much better mr2 based 360 replica:
http://www.dnaautomotive.com/
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