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Old 09-18-06, 05:06 PM
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FD Aston Marton?

WTF?

It is an FD isnt it? I'm not seeing things?
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Old 09-18-06, 05:07 PM
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yeah, it's an FD with one fugly-*** conversion...
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Looks more like a Ferrari 550 or 575.
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ITs a repost... yes its an FD... and is spelled Aston Martin.
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There was a published report that Mazda had designed a show car that looked like a small version of an Aston Martin, but after that one report I never heard anymore about it.
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it looks like a lot of things .. kinda looks like a mazerati (sp) to me
Old 09-18-06, 06:34 PM
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its just mazda playing with other ford cars altogether,almost looks as ugly as my front bumper
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It's a Mazdarati
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Originally Posted by Scrub
It's a Mazdarati

lol nice
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Originally Posted by Scrub
It's a Mazdarati


huh thats a good one!
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Originally Posted by JConn2299
There was a published report that Mazda had designed a show car that looked like a small version of an Aston Martin, but after that one report I never heard anymore about it.
http://www.mazda.com/publicity/relea...310/1009e.html -> is this the one? Especially the Type E looks like a baby Aston. well sort of...
Old 09-19-06, 12:11 AM
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Kits are gay.
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Originally Posted by peterh
No, that's not it. Although I must admit I never saw a picture of the car. The report was in one of the car magazines. I forget which one. The car was said to be very attractive and to look like a baby Aston Martin, which is why I can't figure out why it never ended up on the show circuit or was made public on some way.

I know there are a couple of people from Mazda in Irvine who read this forum. Maybe one of them could give us more info.
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http://cars.ign.com/articles/456/456708p1.html

Here's an article where they DO compare the looks of the Type E to an Aston Martin. Was that the reference you were thinking of JConn?

I wish the export Roadster Coupe would have followed these lines instead of the hard top convertable that they are releasing.

Though there is also this mx5 based kit:
http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2006/07...ase-aston.html

meh. I like the Roadster Coupe better.
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and the Aston martin DB7 uses the same ashtray as the FD - useless fact
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and the Aston martin DB7 uses the same ashtray as the FD - useless fact
You brought a 2 year old thread back for that?
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well the koenigsegg uses the FD rear reflector/reverse lights!




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