“...low, angular, rear-engined, air-cooled car with gullwing doors, very prominent indicators and taillights, and lots of crap stuck on the outside.”

Where’s my Miataopnik?

Is the grille big enough to be a grill?

You can say the same for video games; you’re not really that character, nor really beating a monster.

“I mean, that sounds cool and all, but it also seems kind of hilarious that the press release is treating this very virtual car that does not even exist in prototype form as if it were a real thing.”

Proportions of cars change over time. Sometimes for style, and sometimes it’s necessary.

Raked rear and long front overhang? YES, PLEASE.

“... so our customers will love and hold onto their Mazda for a long time.”

*Sets up roadside, self-certified, wheel-tightening stands outside Michigan auto shops.

Given autonomous tech, I wonder if a future hypercar will have a mode where you basically just sit in the car and experience 0-400-0 without holding the wheel. The gps system will make sure you’re on a track or something.

Daihatsu must have the largest budget for full-size concept car models of any company in the world.

If my car weren’t dark blue, green would be my fave color.

These are nice examples, but the good ones have a good bit of blue in them. It’s the ones with too much gold flake that throw me off.

Buy green. Green works well on most cars. Forest green, olive green, British Racing green, etc. Just don’t do metallic green.

Perfect daily.

That’s the joke.

I kid. I just want a 2-door version of the 4-door version of the original 2-door version.

“A speaker mounted in the front bumper generates a distinct audible alert that varies in volume depending on vehicle speed and is easily noticeable to pedestrians, but nearly inaudible to the driver or passengers under most circumstances.”