Miata Mailing List: August 1996, Message #121
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   From: Eric Hodges 
Subject: Re: If you were in charge of the Miata restyle...
   Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 00:38:39 -0400

> 
> What would you do?
> 

Headlights:

I'd make them flush with the body.  I don't like the pop-ups.  But I do
like them being hidden when off, so I'd cover them with a retractable door
like the doors on Star Trek.  With the appropriate accompanying noise.

Hips:

(By that I mean the region around the rear wheels.)  I'd accentuate the
gentle flare back there.  There's something very erotic about that shape,
and I'd like to see more of it.  But not too much more.  Just a "skosche".
Perhaps a metric "skosche".

Mouth:

I'd make the mouth bigger.  I love the mouth.

Hardtop:

I'd offer a clear Lexan hard-top.  Like in the Jetsons.  With the appropriate
accompanying noise.

Hood:

I'd get rid of the "ornament", and the little hump in the middle.  Make it
perfectly smooth.

That's all I'd change.  Well, I'd offer optional "Goofy Teeth", a set
of ventillated plastic teeth that insert into the mouth.  Much like the
teeth on the Chevron car ads and plastic toys.

And maybe one of those rocket things in the back, like on the Batmobile
from the 60s TV show.  That would rule.

Eric Hodges
1996 M-Edition "Pizzicato"