A car you didn't knew that existed

"edu-petrolhead" (edu-petrolhead) 11/26/2014 at 13:09 • Filed to: tips

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Nor do I. I discovered it this morning. Gentlemen, I present you the Renha Formigão, a small Brazilian fiberglass kit car pickup truck. Plus, formigão means big ant.

Curiously, after Renha went bankrupt, the Coyote company bought the fiberglass molds and modified them to resell the car as the Coyote Country (in green, below).

505Turbeaux > edu-petrolhead 11/26/2014 at 13:12

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dude is jelly

Mercedes Streeter > edu-petrolhead 11/26/2014 at 13:14

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Nissan NX. Saw one for the first time last week. Thought it was some gray market import that someone let become super rusty...

T5Killer > Mercedes Streeter 11/26/2014 at 13:24

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Oddly there was 3 or 4 girls that drove them when I was in HS in the late '90s. Random car to be common in the Senior class parking lot.

T5Killer > 505Turbeaux 11/26/2014 at 13:26

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I am Jelly I would drive one.

Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig > edu-petrolhead 11/26/2014 at 13:26

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I want that. What platform was the kit built on?

edu-petrolhead > Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig 11/26/2014 at 13:29

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It was built by Renha over a VW Kombi (VW Bus) chassis, with its engine :)

It was made for a very small time during the 80's. I browsed Brazilian equivalents of eBay and craiglist, but I only found two for sale.

ranwhenparked > edu-petrolhead 11/26/2014 at 13:37

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I'm convinced that protectionist-era Brazil was like the Galapagos Islands of the automotive industry.

edu-petrolhead > ranwhenparked 11/26/2014 at 13:41

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Hahaha, something like this :D

Jayhawk Jake > edu-petrolhead 11/26/2014 at 13:44

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10/10 would dd

Hermann > ranwhenparked 11/26/2014 at 14:00

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This is the best analogy I've heard so far.

Hermann > edu-petrolhead 11/26/2014 at 14:02

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I saw the thumbnail and already knew it was another Air cooled VW-Based Brazilian car.

Eazy-O > edu-petrolhead 11/27/2014 at 17:00

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I think it looks surprisingly good and modern, though I do kinda like Gurgels as well.