by "carcrasher88" (carcrasher88)
Published 06/11/2017 at 17:22
by "carcrasher88" (carcrasher88)
Published 06/11/2017 at 17:22
Tags: Goo-Net
; Autozam Revue
STARS: 0
I was poking around Goo-Net Exchange and came across a real JDM unicorn...
...a 1994 Autozam Revue . The Revue was built from 1990 to 1998, sold in it’s first five years under the Autozam marque, until it’s demise in 1994. After that, it was sold as the Mazda Revue.
It was also sold in export markets like Europe (replaced by a rebadged Ford Fiesta after 1995), Australia, and New Zealand as the Mazda 121.
Interestingly, the styling of the Revue may remind people of the second generation GEO/Chevrolet Metro, which was introduced the same year this was built, and lasted two years after the Revue was discontinued.
The Revue offered three engines: a 1.1 liter (Europe only), 1.3 liter, and 1.5 liter, with either a five-speed manual or four-speed automatic transmission.
This Revue Luna S is equipped with the 1.3 (76PS) and the automatic transmission.
If you can find a Revue built before July 1992, those models are now legal to be imported to the US. This one in particular was built in May of 1994, meaning it still has a little under two years before it’s able to possibly make the voyage here.
It’s a small, interesting looking oddball that would certainly turn heads. Now that I think of it...imagine a comparison of this against a 1.3 liter equipped Metro.
As hard as it seems these Revues are to find, they’re really cheap when you do find one. This one in particular is listed at 190,000 yen, which comes out to just $1,721.70. Of course, that’s with 108,265 km on the odometer.
"BvdV - The Dutch Engineer" (dutchengineer)
06/11/2017 at 17:29, STARS: 3
Needs the Ronal Teddybear wheels:
"FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
06/11/2017 at 17:36, STARS: 0
Immediately thought of that as well. There is a yellow 121 with those Ronal (I believe) teddy bear wheels. Iirc those where a factory option. Maybe I’m wrong though.
"KnowsAboutCars" (knowsaboutcars)
06/11/2017 at 17:44, STARS: 0
Not sure about the teddy bears but koalas were factory option.
Edit: apparently the teddy bears were too.
"FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
06/11/2017 at 17:55, STARS: 0
Wait, there are Koala wheels? That’s a new one for me. Maybe the teddy bears were a Europe specific thing but I still remember maybe half the 121s I saw having them.
"BvdV - The Dutch Engineer" (dutchengineer)
06/11/2017 at 17:56, STARS: 0
Yep, factory option, as well as the (rarer, I think) Koala ones. Nowadays a lot of them are put on VWs, sometimes in modified state:
"FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
06/11/2017 at 18:01, STARS: 0
That’s so hideous tbh. I’ve seen some teddies on a NA MX5 and I wasn’t convinced. Haven’t seen any 121 in ages, not even the rebadged Ford Fiesta 121.
"KnowsAboutCars" (knowsaboutcars)
06/11/2017 at 18:08, STARS: 1
Yup, I’m pretty sure both were Europe only items. Also, I’ve never seen either of them on 121s (or on anything else for that matter) so I think these might’ve been a central European thing.
"BvdV - The Dutch Engineer" (dutchengineer)
06/11/2017 at 18:08, STARS: 0
Yes the modder Teddybears are horrible, I’ve seen some slightly better ones, but the idea doesn’t really work, what do you want to be? Sporty or cute?
Apart from a 121 sedan somebody at university drove for a while, I can’t say I’ve seen one either. But they are all between 19 and 26 years old, so that is not a surprise really. The Fiesta based 121 is younger though, but also completely gone from the streets, being a Ford I’m betting on rust problems
"FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
06/11/2017 at 18:13, STARS: 1
Now that you mention it, seems like all the old Fiestas with their engines that sound like sewing machines have vanished from the earth’s surface. I have unexplanatory hate for them somehow so good riddance.
"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
06/11/2017 at 19:30, STARS: 0
Oooh, a Mazda 121 bubble! Used to see them quite often but they’ve disappeared by now.
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
06/11/2017 at 21:37, STARS: 0
rare to see them here down under now
"carcrasher88" (carcrasher88)
06/11/2017 at 21:55, STARS: 0
I’d love import one of these here to the US, so I can go to car shows with what’s basically just an average compact car, but something that the majority of Americans have never seen, let alone heard of, and then be bombarded with questions about it.
I imagine it could drum up more attention than most muscle cars at a car show, especially with it being badged as an Autozam instead of a Mazda.
And then put it head to head with a Metro sedan. That would be fun.
"duurtlang" (duurtlang)
06/12/2017 at 11:08, STARS: 0
Would you want one? I’m sure I or any other European here can find you a left hand drive one with a manual. 25+ years old if needed.
"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
06/12/2017 at 12:05, STARS: 0
when I got my license my ride was a ‘92 Holden Barina (a rebadged Suzuki Swift), and my best friend’s was a Mazda 121, “the jellybean”
a perfectly matched pair for drag racing to the speed limit and rallying like idiots.
"Nauraushaun" (nauraushaun12)
06/13/2017 at 18:28, STARS: 0
Some have a cloth roof!
"carcrasher88" (carcrasher88)
06/13/2017 at 22:34, STARS: 0
Yep. But honestly, I’d only import one of those over if I got one without it to go along with it, because that would clearly not be comfortable to drive in the winter.
"Nauraushaun" (nauraushaun12)
06/13/2017 at 23:36, STARS: 0
HI
COMPACT
BOX
Australian Winters aren’t so bad. I’d take it.
Couldn’t find one online, but the peeling paint on the roof of
this
one is reason enough for me.