Photo: Unnecessary Automobile Nose Swaps on Facebook
The Miata is the best-selling convertible for plenty of reasons. It’s reliable, affordable, very fun, easy to maintain, and pretty friendly with butter-fingered drivers as well. The Huracan, meanwhile, is the best-selling Lamborghini ever thanks to its superlative looks, desirable badge, rev-happy V10, and over-the-top performance on the road and track.
These two have nothing in common other than being two definitions of sportiness, but Unnecessary Automobile Nose Swaps didn’t care about these details when it came up with the Huramiata rendering. That’s right; you’re looking at a Japanese-Italian pixel fantasy with a rather angry face!
“I actually prefer that to both the MX-5 and the [Fiat] 124,” said a Facebook user. “That slope from the Miata hood to the Lamborghini nose is great,” added another Facebook follower of Unnecessary Automobile Nose Swaps. I’m not gonna lie to you; the half-breed sports car looks very pleasing.
Given the proportions and hood design of the Miatacan, it’s also obvious that the rendering artist has kept the front-engine and rear-drive configuration of the MX-5 instead of butchering the Japanese roadster into a midship design. Even the OEM alloy wheels work with the Lamborghini front fascia, which is a more low-slung affair than the bone-stock design from Mazda.
The question is, could this makeover be translated into a real-life conversion? It wouldn’t be impossible, you know. Fiat has already proven it with the 124 Spider, and two years ago, Mitsuoka rolled out a two-door convertible by the name of Himiko which rolls on MX-5 underpinnings.
The Himiko is a retro-modern interpretation of the Jaguar XK120, and it’s exclusively offered with the 1.5-liter version of the SkyActiv-G engine. The U.S., by comparison, gets only the 2.0-liter Miata.
The answer, therefore, is yes. It’s possible to make the MX-5 look like a Huracan with the right tools and enough money, but it wouldn’t be a commercial success. After all, few people are willing to pay thousands of dollars to make the cheerful Miata look like an Italian thoroughbred.
“I actually prefer that to both the MX-5 and the [Fiat] 124,” said a Facebook user. “That slope from the Miata hood to the Lamborghini nose is great,” added another Facebook follower of Unnecessary Automobile Nose Swaps. I’m not gonna lie to you; the half-breed sports car looks very pleasing.
Given the proportions and hood design of the Miatacan, it’s also obvious that the rendering artist has kept the front-engine and rear-drive configuration of the MX-5 instead of butchering the Japanese roadster into a midship design. Even the OEM alloy wheels work with the Lamborghini front fascia, which is a more low-slung affair than the bone-stock design from Mazda.
The question is, could this makeover be translated into a real-life conversion? It wouldn’t be impossible, you know. Fiat has already proven it with the 124 Spider, and two years ago, Mitsuoka rolled out a two-door convertible by the name of Himiko which rolls on MX-5 underpinnings.
The Himiko is a retro-modern interpretation of the Jaguar XK120, and it’s exclusively offered with the 1.5-liter version of the SkyActiv-G engine. The U.S., by comparison, gets only the 2.0-liter Miata.
The answer, therefore, is yes. It’s possible to make the MX-5 look like a Huracan with the right tools and enough money, but it wouldn’t be a commercial success. After all, few people are willing to pay thousands of dollars to make the cheerful Miata look like an Italian thoroughbred.
Lamborghini Huracan/ND Miata
Posted by Unnecessary automobile nose swaps. on Friday, July 17, 2020
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