Stuart, your Replicar has enjoyed a number of positive comments here, and I think they'd be more universally positive if not for the high expectations prompted by your earlier promos, which indicated it was a painstakingly accurate replica of a DBR1 body ("Faithfully copied from drawings, pictures and measurements from the original" as it said on your now closed Replicar site). Seen as a body to fit an unmodified Miata engine, PPF and subframes, it's a remarkable product, and unless one is willing to shorten the driveshaft and move the engine back, it's going to be difficult to improve the aesthetics of what you have here.
stiggymills wrote:
Making a car that is identical to the Aston Martin could open up a case of "passing off".
I believe you have successfully dodged that bullet.
stiggymills wrote:
I am not sure that the comments re Monster on here have been useful but thank you anyway.
They probably haven't been useful to you, but perhaps they will serve as a warning to others
stiggymills wrote:
The latest Caterham concept based on a 7 is interesting, codenamed aeroseven, check it out.
Yeah, we've been checking it out for a couple of pages now, see
http://locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.p ... en#p170340 and the styling has not received universal praise from our constituency. Even people who find your Monster unappealing will acknowledge that the Aeroseven proves you have no monopoly on ugly. You have so many designs, there's a favorite Stuart Mills design for everybody, but the flip side of that is that everybody has a least favorite as well.
stiggymills wrote:
sadly however due to high demand in the UK we are not able to take orders for export.
Sad news indeed. Perhaps the folks at Exomotive can do a Replicar makeover, a la their enhanced Exocet.