Mazda MX-5 Miata Wearing An RX-7 Rear End Looks …Not Bad?

Not long after we stumbled across an FD Mazda RX-7 equipped with the front fascia of an RX-8, a bizarre Mazda MX-5 Miata has appeared for sale in Japan.

The sports car has been listed by Yahoo! Auctions but is far from a regular Miata. Gone is the old-fashioned rear of the original car and in its place sits the rear of an FD-generation RX-7. On paper, equipping a Miata with the rear from a completely different car may seem like a stupid idea but we think it actually looks quite nice.

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We have no idea how the owner managed to get the RX-7’s rear to fit onto the Miata but it looks like it was well-executed, so much so that you could be forgiven for thinking the Miata actually left the factory looking like this. Perhaps this shouldn’t be that much of a surprise. After all, the NA-generation MX-5 was built by Mazda between 1989 and 1997 while the FD RX-7 was produced from 1992 through to 2002, so it makes sense that the designs work quite well together.

A host of other modifications have been made to the car. For example, it has been equipped with an aftermarket front bumper and sits on unique wheels with a lot of negative camber. Lowered suspension and flared wheel arches complete the look.

The listing notes that the car has around 150,000 km (~93,000 miles) on the clock and while no bids have been placed, it can be purchased for 1.2 million yen (~$11,000).