Flight '03

Flight 03 is a contemporary early 2000s hot hatch featuring influences from the tuner subculture and design elements from Super GT and DTM cars. The car was conceived "following an unhappy experience" attempting to license a mildly modified Acura Integra show car which ultimately was never produced. In development the casting was given the placeholder name of "My Tuna", described by designer Mark Jones as a "goofy working name"; he also had some input in the graphic for the castings first release. A rather odd feature of the casting is the molded triangular centerpiece to the grille (which on the casting is part of the clear piece for the windows). The castings interior piece also acts as a body kit on the exterior of the casting. Another interesting feature of this casting is that, when looked at from an angle in certain light, the plastic of the interior piece (which the grille and headlights are part of) reflects the light, making it look like the headlights are glowing as if they a