When it comes to quirky BMWs, the Z3 M Coupe certainly takes the cake. That’s why this render of a Mazda Miata MX-5 in shooting brake-ish attire caught our eye instantly.

No, this is not the work of Mazda and in all fairness, we wouldn't want it to be in the first place. Here's why.

Meet the would-be Japanese clown shoe

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Along with breadvan and hearse, that is. The Z3 M Coupe came to life as engineer Burkhard Goschel’s desire for a stiffer Z3. BMW didn’t quite like the idea, although the open-top Z3 was falling behind the MX-5 when it came to driving dynamics, but it eventually gave the greenlight on the project provided costs were kept in check.

Unfortunately, the Z3 M Coupe didn’t quite manage to raise the enthusiast’s heart rate, hence the slow sales. But what if Mazda took the same avenue with the MX-5 and came up with a fixed-roof ND-generation Miata to complement the canvas-roof version and the hardtop RF?

I mean, the MX-5 certainly doesn’t need a stiffer chassis and more torsional rigidity as it is, but maybe Mazda had some budget left and it decided to go for a bread van-style MX-5, possibly wearing the Mazdaspeed badge.

Well, lucky for all the dreamers out there, Spanish artist Jose Antonio Aranda already thought of that, as MotorTrend reports. At the same time, given that the regular MX-5 is simply great, is there a real-world application for a fixed roof, clown shoe-looking version of it?

Having driven the MX-5 and experienced the sheer amount of smiles per mile it puts on your face, we’d be inclined to say that anything that’s not from the current MX-5 recipe might throw the car’s soul out of balance.