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Entroper · 07-14-2015, 03:51 AM

I feel like it's opposite day sometimes when I come into this thread. High hood line? High belt line? Factually ugly? What the hell is going on here?

DAEMANO · 07-14-2015, 03:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Entroper

I feel like it's opposite day sometimes when I come into this thread. High hood line? High belt line? Factually ugly? What the hell is going on here?

Don't even try to understand it. Just ride the wave baby.

tennisfreak · 07-14-2015, 12:39 PM

I saw it at the DFW auto show back in March and thought it was considerably more appealing than it had appeared in any of the pictures I had seen prior.

DarkSunrise · 07-15-2015, 09:16 AM

Just found an ND coupe rendering, compared against an FR-S. Looks a bit like a mini F-Type (good thing), but I can see what some are talking about re. the hood bulge on the new Miata. It's got a bit of a Roman nose.

Looks aside, if Mazda sold an actual ND coupe, I'd strongly consider one.

ZDan · 07-15-2015, 09:48 AM

They should have laid the engine over a la Porsche 924/944/968 to keep the hoodline and cowl low. Vertical inline 4 => high(ish) hood/cowl due to stupid pedestrian impact standards. Better solution still: V4!

strat61caster · 07-15-2015, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by ZDan

They should have laid the engine over a la Porsche 924/944/968 to keep the hoodline and cowl low. Vertical inline 4 => high(ish) hood/cowl due to stupid pedestrian impact standards. Better solution still: V4!

Or a Wankel...

thill · 07-15-2015, 05:48 PM

I saw an ND here in Minnesota in my home town drive by right in front of me... Might be a dealer preprod model. Was red and had tan leather interior. Car looked really good, I thought it looked much better in person than in pictures.

DAEMANO · 07-15-2015, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by thill

I saw an ND here in Minnesota in my home town drive by right in front of me... Might be a dealer preprod model. Was red and had tan leather interior. Car looked really good, I thought it looked much better in person than in pictures.

Pulled in behind a red one just this morning on the 55N to 5N interchange. That rear end is hideous. OMG so bad!

JS + BRZ · 07-15-2015, 06:33 PM

Jesus, DAEMANO.

DAEMANO · 07-15-2015, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by JS + BRZ

Jesus, DAEMANO.

What?

JS + BRZ · 07-15-2015, 06:43 PM

I don't know, man. You are pretty annoying.

Well, no offense. LOL

themajesticone · 07-15-2015, 11:56 PM

Looks REALLY different in the video vs. the pictures. Almost doesn't look like the same car.

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swarb · 07-16-2015, 12:06 AM

^I've mentioned it before, because the top is always down in pics and at low angles.
The video makes it look very much like the old miatas but with tiny headlights.

Twin4Life · 07-16-2015, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by strat61caster

Or a Wankel...

The M67 grenade of engines? Terrible power, floods like the Euphrates and gets worse gas mileage than a Hummer.

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ZDan Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Drives: '23 BRZ Location: Providence, RI Posts: 4,672 Thanks: 1,439 Thanked 4,011 Times in 2,097 Posts Mentioned: 85 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	They should have laid the engine over a la Porsche 924/944/968 to keep the hoodline and cowl low. Vertical inline 4 => high(ish) hood/cowl due to stupid pedestrian impact standards. Better solution still: V4!

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thill Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Drives: 2020 SS1LE (previous 13 BRZ owner) Location: North Pole Posts: 2,753 Thanks: 328 Thanked 1,463 Times in 802 Posts Mentioned: 20 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I saw an ND here in Minnesota in my home town drive by right in front of me... Might be a dealer preprod model. Was red and had tan leather interior. Car looked really good, I thought it looked much better in person than in pictures.

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JS + BRZ Banned Join Date: Dec 2013 Drives: 2010 MS3 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,820 Thanks: 1,180 Thanked 1,161 Times in 597 Posts Mentioned: 18 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I don't know, man. You are pretty annoying. Well, no offense. LOL

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swarb Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Drives: BRZ Location: Los Angeles Posts: 3,052 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,451 Times in 1,271 Posts Mentioned: 79 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	^I've mentioned it before, because the top is always down in pics and at low angles. The video makes it look very much like the old miatas but with tiny headlights.

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