mazda taiki, your thoughts?

dejawolf

so, the mazda taiki, imho, its got one of the most awesome front ends in car design.
however, the back looks like crap.



so i decided to redesign it.
here's the taiki, after a quick photoshop session:



so, taiki, love it? hate it?
what would you change?

thomasp

is that thing for real? looks like a sloppy subdiv model to me. like someone ran out of ideas in the middle of the "design a futuristic car" task and just rushed it.
your little change there introduces a thin bar right below the door. i imagine it would make getting in/out of the car very "interesting".

dejawolf

real:


[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYUTfFtQZM8[/ame]

boyd600

i kinda like it, but it would be better black, with fins and a jet exhaust!

c0ldhands

Things I Like:

- Its a cool concept in the new line of mazda design language, that features a really cool front.
- I love the lights that glow trough the metal, its like they are under or the covering material is transparent.
-Awesome doors
- Sweet rims.

Dislike:

- The wings that cover the back wheel is a rather smart design that is also practical when speaking about aerodynamic of the car. But I lke ur take on the back wheels better DejaWolf. Rims that nice have to be seen.
- I get the idea that the cars desgin draws inspiration from japanese culture and nature(wind in this case) but I think they go to far in this case to prove their point, tear-drop formed steering wheel,WTF?

But now what we are talking Mazda, I will pic the Mazda Furai anytime over the Taiki, even tough its a race car.

Pedro Amorim

crap

SHEPEIRO

bitmap wrote: »

crap

QFT

now this is a concept

c0ldhands

I specially like the black nipples!

dejawolf

SHEPEIRO wrote: »

QFT

now this is a concept

meh, needs more shuriken rims.

bounchfx

rooster

at a glance the design is all about lowest possible air resistance, so uncovering the back wheels kinda goes against the point i guess. front wheels are obviously a bit harder to cover

edit: that is to say, it's probably designed by drag co-efficient nerds, for drag co-efficient nerds. not for 3d artists :P

Yozora

looks ugly imo.

I like this;

brandoom

Steve Schulze

Bah to all of you and your concept cars (although the missile car has a certain allure). If we're talking silly haute couture vehicles then let's go with a classy looking one.
http://www.webwombat.com.au/motoring/news_reports/holden-efijy-custom-hotrod.htm


FJ Holden Effigy. Curvy.

PixelMasher

yea the front totally looks like clooneys batmobile, kinda neat, the back is lame though for sure.

brandoom: sheit man you would get all the bitches with that mobile. look at the bold rougishness of that paneling.

00Zero

UGH

i saw this POS at the los angeles auto show a few years ago. looks like it was made out of plastic and would fall apart if you turned the engine on.

im honestly sick of all these super out there concept cars. if the designer knows there is no way in hell that it will make production why the hell do they waste time and money on that stuff.

maltuna

Yeah, im not liking this concept. The Mazda Furai that c0ldhands posted is stunning in person.

Ged

looks like a pile of folded paper with giant shopping trolley wheels, not my idea of cool

Mark Dygert

They need to stick to making giant robots. That's what the public wants, that's what they really want to do. It's clear that who ever did this did it just to get paid, while dreaming of 80ft tall robots.

dejawolf

yeah, furai is cool looking as well.

the reason i like the taiki is because the front end reminds me of this thing:

okkun

why does it have bicycle tires?

Zwebbie

The future isn't in fancy front ends or crazy back wheel configurations, it's in alternative fuel sources!


Such as nuclear power.

Mark Dygert

okkun wrote: »

why does it have bicycle tires?

Probably the same reason Lance Armstrong isn't rolling around with these on his bike? Road friction and aerodynamics?

MattQ86

Yozora wrote: »

looks ugly imo.

I like this;

dejawolf

Yozora wrote: »

looks ugly imo.

I like this;

mundane. it lacks an awesome kebab slicer front end.

thomasp

gotta say, all these nasty molten-looking things almost make a DeLorean look appealing in comparison. my dream car... when i was like 10 years old

dejawolf

thomasp wrote: »

gotta say, all these nasty molten-looking things almost make a DeLorean look appealing in comparison. my dream car... when i was like 10 years old

you're just spoiled and hate cars, thats all.
here's a real eyeburner:

Marine

Steve Schulze

dejawolf wrote: »

you're just spoiled and hate cars, thats all.
here's a real eyeburner:

I bet if they ever made a Go-Bots movie, that thing would take up the Bumblebee equivelant role.

jocose

Chunkey

aaah the reliant robin! class motor that! can drive that on a motorbike license too hehe.

Joshua Stubbles

@ dejawolf - that's some seriously fugly shit man. I can't express how shitty that is, heh.

@ Marine - I actually like that one a lot. Old meets new, very slick.

I'm still in the love with the classic camaro though. IMO, it doesn't get much better than this.

dejawolf

Vassago wrote: »

@ dejawolf - that's some seriously fugly shit man. I can't express how shitty that is, heh.

@ Marine - I actually like that one a lot. Old meets new, very slick.

I'm still in the love with the classic camaro though. IMO, it doesn't get much better than this.

yeah, nothing as eyecatching as a 1970s musclecar.

Sandbag

Vig wrote: »

Probably the same reason Lance Armstrong isn't rolling around with these on his bike? Road friction and aerodynamics?

Hm..I'd rather take the road friction and lesser aerodynamics when it = stopping power and traction...

Aside from how ugly and fragile it looks I also immediately thought "wtf" about how skinny those tires are. Tiny contact patch = terrible breaking, turning, etc.

Marine

Vassago wrote: »

I actually like that one a lot. Old meets new, very slick.

yeah, it reminds me of the cars from the batman animated series, love the design, shame it's just a concept

Joshua Stubbles

dejawolf wrote: »

nothing as eyecatching as a 1970s muscle car.

OMG DIE! It's a 1968! :poly127:


THIS is a 1970 camaro (which I DESPISE)
They f'd with the silhouette and don't even get me started on that front end & grill. BLEH