Cool Compact Cadillac Concept; The Cadillac Urban.

I came across a cool compact concept from Cadillac called the Urban. It is in my opinion that it is cool; others might not think so but this is my blog and I think it is cool.

Cadillac Urban Luxury Concept - Wikipedia

Looking at the performance overview from the Wikipedia page, I can see myself trading in my Smart Fortwo for it. I think it would be a step up.

I think this has an aggressive stance to the design. 

I like the grill / front end design. It connects it to the Cadillac lineup. 

I think this takes the 'lambo' doors and makes them even cooler; in my opinion. 

I like that it is a hatchback. 

I would make the side windows a little bigger. While it looks cool, it does seem to limit ones side view.  I think they production version would have taller windows.

Cadillac Urban Luxury Concept - Los Angelos Auto Show - YouTube. 

This video is very informative. It is about the car that is the subject of this blog.

Car and Driver - Cadillac Urban Luxury Concept

Motor Trend - Cadillac Urban Luxury Concept

There are other articles online about it but I only chose a couple; for no particular reason except to show that other sites have information on it.

TomLeeM

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The Miata That Became A Corvette? Rock Star?

There was another article at Motor1 that was about the Rock Star by Mitsuoka; a Miata made to look like a Corvette. It seems they chose an earlier model of the Corvette and not the current one. It does have a lot of similarities and differences. I think they chose a good one to duplicate; not that there were any bad Corvette designs (some just better than others).

I had a search looking for vehicles that used the Mazda MX5 Miata as the donor car and/or platform for another vehicle design. I have found one - Himiki - which lead to this one. I think it is a neat find.

The Mitsuoka Motors emblem.

I think it looks like an earlier version of the Corvette. I think this copy of it is really nice. 

I think it looks cool from this angle. It does have the appearance of the earlier Corvette. Perhaps it could be sold as the Opel GT replacement / update? 

Makes wonder what other 'duplicates' that could be made using the platform of the Mazda MX5 Miata. I think it has a lot of potential - especially for someone with lots of imagination and lots of money (I doubt doing this is cheap).

I wonder if one could create an updated version of the Goggomobil Dart using the Mazda MX5 Miata? (just thinking out loud but still a possibility?). Perhaps an King Midget inspired body on a Miata? 

Here is a model of the King Midget that doesn't seem to have been made before the company stopped making cars. Perhaps it could be adapted / stretched to fit onto the Miata platform? (some more 'thinking out loud'). 

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Miata as a Morgan? Himiko?

Motor1 has an article that I think is really neat. I was looking for vehicles that used the Mazda MX5 Miata as a platform or basis for another vehicle; a vehicle body built onto or in place of another cars body - modifying it to give it a totally different look. I came across this article.

'Mazda Miata MX5 Gets Morgan Looks Thanks To Mitsuoka'. 

Himiko - the link to the site of the car. 

I think this is amazing. I think they did a great job of combining the Miata and the Morgan. 

I think the design is truly elegant.  Unlike the writer of the article, I don't consider this to be weird but rather cool looking. 

Here is the view of the engine. 

I hope it goes beyond being a concept car. It looks really cool and it would be neat if it was seen on roads around where I live.

'Japan's Mitsuoka is a wonderfully weird company that tends to graft bizarre looks onto existing vehicles. Its latest project is the Himiko that takes the thoroughly modern looking Mazda MX-5 Miata and transforms the exterior to be a retro-inspired roadster. '
- copied from the Motor1 article. 

I think James Bond - or some other cool spy kind of guy - would be cooler driving this car. 


I will be checking out their other vehicles. It seems they have created vehicles. They seem to have some more cool cars at their site. 

TomLeeM

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