Mini Coupe Recoup

I wasn't overwhelmingly impressed by the Mini Cooper Coupe. For one I thought it should have been named the Mini Couper. But overall I thought the roof was overstylized and that otherwise stock looking rear end looked to abrupt and boxy. Below is my interpretation of a better looking version. My goal was to unclutter the roofline and change the tailights to something more unique and less tall to help visually reduce the height of the rear end. Plus I added a bit of extra scalloping between the taillights. Yeah - the taillights look a bit upset, and it has less visibility out the side windows, but you get the idea.

Thunderbird Reboot?

The photo editing didn't turn out exactly as I'd hope - it looks a bit funky shrunk down (relatively quick chop). But anyway - here's my idea...

I think Ford could use a FWD coupe, the reasoning behind the Taurus coupe chop from which this was based. The Thunderbird name is an iconic one, and I was thinking a mildly retro styled Thunderbird based on the Taurus could serve as a reboot of the T-Bird for modern times. Those who want RWD and sporty can choose the Mustang - this would be more relaxed and FWD or AWD. More of a grand tourer, as the T-Bird was conceived as.

Then the name got me thinking - Thunderbird is a rather "electric" sounding name (what with thunder accompanying lightning), and I was thinking this car could be offered in some kind of relatively ho-po hybrid type of format. Also - the Aston-like grille of the electric Focus has a tinge of 1965 T-Bird to it, so I grafted it onto the front of the Taurus... And then I shortened the greenhouse a tad to look like those earlier birds a bit more (and ironically looking a little like those from the late eigthies as well), and stretched out the trunk. The rear isn't rendered, but it would look a little like those on the pre-facelift MKZ to recall the square birds a bit.

'65 T-Bird for reference:

http://americandreamcars.com/1965thunderbird.jpg

Ford Taurus SHO Coupe

SHOupe? Slightly revised front end with black out trim. Windshield angle raked back some as well. In Grabber Blue with gunmetal Mustang rims. Might add a stripe package afterward...

Ferrari Solstice Coupe

Another one for a competition. This one was to manipulate a pic of a Pontiac Solstice GTP Coupe, and mine actually won. I thought that there were a few Ferrari-ish details to the car, so I edited it some 599 Fiorano details.

PS: This is mine - my pseudonym on the site where this was posted is Speedstick.

2011 Hyundai Elantra Coupe

Playing around in Photoshop upon hearing word that Hyundai plans to release a coupe version of the new Elantra. Pretty much a simple coupification - edited the roofline and photoshopped out the rear door while making the front door larger.

Up front I stuck some LED style headlamps in from the recently release i40, and removed the grille detail to open things up and make it look a like more aggresive. I also enlarged the holes for the fog lights to add some extra inlets to make it look sportier.

Lastly I added some Genesis Coupe rims and lowered it a bit.