Gojirra99

Does this look like James Bond's Aston Martin Vanquish to you? It's a labor of love for an Australian Aston fan, who built it off a Mazda Miata. (Photo courtesy of Custom Automotive Restyling.com)

Gym Rat: Miata Kit Turns Weakling Into Sand-Kicking Aston Martin
Date posted: 07-14-2006

BRISBANE, Australia — Rebodying Mazda Miatas is already a thriving business in Japan and now an Australian has come up with a radical package that turns the two-seater into something resembling an Aston Martin Vanquish.

Fitness instructor Michael Lebedev, 32, said it was a life-changing moment when he saw the Aston Martin Vanquish in the James Bond film Die Another Day. He used the Vanquish as inspiration for a Mazda Miata-based creation, which claimed the Dare to Be Different trophy at a local tuning show.

Lebedev has set up a company called Custom Automotive Restyling to sell his Mazda-based creation. The car is called the AMX07; the MX stands for MX-5 Miata, and the 07 is both a James Bond and an Aston reference. Body panels are made from fiberglass, and the headlamps were lifted from Smart. The company is selling the restyling kit for A$7,500 (about U.S. $5,650) without a donor car.

What this means to you: Here's an alternative to Toyota MR2-based Ferraris...

source : edmunds

rominl

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looks way too funny to begin with anyway

Gojirra99

source : leftlanenews

Richie

Doesn't really look pretty

Milla...

Makes for a very nice go kart worth fighting over at Disneyland.
- I got dibbs on the grey one..
- No its mine I saw it first..
- Only if you beat me to it...

Oh and thats it, other than that its wack...and very funny looking

PhilipMSPT

iTrader: (5)

They got the face pretty close, but the body and tail is still a Miata.

James Bond face with a Mini-Me body...

Stage3

iTrader: (3)

That looks goofy as hell.

Nextourer

looks like a pedal car!

LexusChris

iTrader: (1)

Are those Hyundai Sonata tailamps...?

BlkGS3

What are you people talking about?! Compared to a regular Miata this car looks like....well.... an Aston Martin!

AJ

Looks good props to him for creativity

GFerg

Like the idea, and also give props on trying this, but IMO its too small of a car and some of the proportions are out of wack. For example the front wheel is pushed towards the rear of the fender.

chuckb

all the gaps between body panels look bad.

rominl

iTrader: (4)

more pics only show just how ugly the car is in person?! it's completely off

bruce van

This one is a Aston Martin inspired Miata based on the new version. I personally think this
one is MUCH MUCH better.


More images here:

http://www.damd.co.jp/products/roadster/index.html

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