Quick shoop I made of the 2007 maserati gran turismo, answering the question: what if they made a sports coupe instead of a grand tourer?
Gave it the approximate wheelbase of the rx-7 fd

>>28516266 (OP)

You're allowed to make cars that don't look 'tarded, anon

>>28516331
Thank you for fixing that appalling quarter glass.

>>28516332
I didn't even try to touch OP's lol. I started from the source image, if anyone else wants to give it a crack

>>28516331
>>28516332
I didn't think it looked retarded or appalling...

>>28516266 (OP)
>what if they made a sports coupe instead of a grand tourer?
...anon

>>28517603
Tried to make it into a bit more of a sports car

>>28517725
it looks like a shitting dog

>>28517763
Inspired by the Shelby Daytona

S O V L

>>28517764
daytona has completely different proportions

>>28517829
shit better have a v16 in it

>>28517887
Do you mean the hood/windshield? The kammback?

>>28517887
lower and curvier beltline, longer rear overhang, shorter front overhang, MUCH longer money gap, shorter and more tear-shaped cabin, it's much lower and flatter than the maserati. look at the gap above the rear wheel.

>>28516266 (OP)
>Gave it the approximate wheelbase of the rx-7 fd
based however the hood is too high and th efront overhang is retarded looking. maseratis are trash especially the new stellantis ones.

>>28517725
LMAO

Latest try. Greatly shortened the wheelbase of RX-8, from 2,703mm (106.4 inches) to ~2,200mm (~86.6 inches), slightly shorter than the miata.
I tried making the roof more sloped which is I think you guys didn't like about the previous shoops.

>>28521170
Anon, I don't understand how your 'shop skills can be so good from a technical standpoint and yet your taste so... unholy

>>28521394
The door is too long and the hood is too short

>>28521409
>door is too long
Bro has never seen a coupe before

>>28521394
I think we might have different approaches.
The first thing I do is to find where the rear wheel would rest if the car had a particular wheelbase I have in mind, and then I try to adapt the rest of the rear/mid body around it. Maybe the final result is not aesthetic to you (I understand).
The wheelbase I went for is between a Triumph TR5 and Lotus Elan. I'm not saying that makes it good, but that was the goal

>>28520715
The grecale and mc20 are good, just expensive
The new GT is a fucking dumpster fire of cost cutting

>>28516338
>>28521394
I cummed

>>28516266 (OP)
>>28516331
>>28517725
>>28517829
Why are they all on STILTS?!

>>28516266 (OP)
here is my attempt
might try to do more later
gonna try and give it even shorter wheelbase
>>28516331
is it me or did you squeeze the image a bit

Kei car version of the MB 190, with super high door sills a la 300SL.
The pointy door looks weird but I didn't know how else to resolve it.

>>28523275
Welp heres the V2
>coupe SWB
>>28523357
honestly this feels too short
unless you could lengthen the rear door bit more
maybe even add bit of metal between door and rear wheels to make it feel more natural and seem more like a proper coupe
maybe with longer midsection you could shorten the nose to keep overall length short

>>28523357
Where the fuck is the drivers head supposed to go?

>>28523357
>The pointy door looks weird but I didn't know how else to resolve it.
round out the rear of the roof edge or change the angle of the rear window to be a bit flatter

>>28523397
>>28523437

>>28523496
personally i meant more like this

>>28523646
Ah, makes sense.
I made the car very short specifically so it'd fit in the kei car 3,400mm length limit regulation.
But it does look too short, almost like a toy.

>>28523655
here is the version with shorter nose i mentioned before
now im not sure if it still fits in kei car regulations but i feel this is closest to proper ish swb 190e we can get

>>28523655
>>28523659
here is even shorter wheel base model i made by cutting into boot and making 190e more of a hatchback.
basically to turn normal car into keicar you cant just remove midsection you need to fuck with other proportions like the bonnet

>>28523661
That looks good! Very balanced.
It does, it's even shorter than strictly needed.
The wheelbase you gave it is 1978mm (77.87 inches) which is very short but would make for a fun car.

>>28524140
i have no idea how you measure wheelbase

>>28524202
Cross multiplication. It's not perfectly accurate.
I look up the official measure, get a side picture of a car, measure the distance from the wheel centers in pixels, calculate what a different wheelbase would be in pixels.
For example, for the 190 I had a length goal, so I looked the official length (4420mm), measured the total length of the car in the picture (1120 pixels), the kei car max length is 3400mm which in pixels would be 3400mm x 1120px / 4420mm = 862px.
Or for your wheelbase, the distance you gave it between the wheel centers is about 501 pixels: 501 x 4420 / 1120 ~= 1978mm. Very rough approximations. If we worked with very high resolution pictures it would be more accurate.

>>28517829
>that fucking door
lmao

>>28523659
dank, I vote to power it with a BMW R-65
with a R-1300 for the sports model

>>28524425
then at the same time why not make it rear engined aswell

also i do enjoy the nr2 opel omega edit though the door seems to be way to long and the window too sharp of an angle in the rear

>>28517829
This is the best one

>>28524932
front mounting the engine makes cooling a bit easier, and the handling a little less chaotic.
some RR cars have the spare tire up front to help balance things out.
>omega
its a nice shape
>door seems to be way to long
I figured this would help with access to the second row of seats / trunk.
maybe two door cars should not have back seats, although the RX8 works farely well.

>>28525188
>front mounting the engine makes cooling a bit easier
fair enough,
>its a nice shape
I do like omegas
>I figured this would help with access to the second
thats why its done but having a door thats entire midsection long on a car with rear seats does not look good imo