"Raphael Orlove" (orlove) 12/04/2014 at 23:20 • Filed to: Nissan Cherry

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If you've ever wondered how much I want one of these tiny little front-drive twin carb'd Datsun Cherry X-1s, the answer is extremely very much yes a thousand times yes.

Here's a look at that 1.2 liter engine.

83 horsepower! At least as !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Yes !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and they're cool but I'm afraid of going too far down the japanese nostalgic car rabbit hole. I don't want to be racing a Fuji Grand Prix period replica pretending I'm some spry 1960s bank manager with a dream.

A tiny rev-happy sedan is enough for me.

Photo Credits: Nissan

Nibby > Raphael Orlove 12/04/2014 at 23:27

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kawaii

TheHondaBro > Raphael Orlove 12/04/2014 at 23:28

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You see this shit right here?

I approve this shit right here.

HammerheadFistpunch > Raphael Orlove 12/04/2014 at 23:28

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Sall, japanese, quirky. Doesnt really seem like your style man

Raphael Orlove > Nibby 12/04/2014 at 23:29

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ughhhh the base version is even cuter

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > Raphael Orlove 12/04/2014 at 23:33

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Awwww. It's so cute. I just want to pinch its cheeks.

Nibby > Raphael Orlove 12/04/2014 at 23:35

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dem wheels

CRider > Raphael Orlove 12/04/2014 at 23:38

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If you want something tiny, Japanese and painfully slow, why not go with something modern and reliable too?

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Raphael Orlove 12/04/2014 at 23:38

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If you were to crash one, would it be popping a cherry?

Trunk Impaired 318 > Raphael Orlove 12/04/2014 at 23:38

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Back when Japanese cars were actually interesting

PatBateman > Raphael Orlove 12/04/2014 at 23:40

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You need some Hellcat in your life, Bro-Seph.

My citroen won't start > Raphael Orlove 12/04/2014 at 23:42

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The Europa-esque coupe also looks nice.

Raphael Orlove > CRider 12/04/2014 at 23:45

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insufficiently minute

Raphael Orlove > My citroen won't start 12/04/2014 at 23:45

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I used to absolutely lust after those things, particularly the X-1R, which was one of the first cars I saw on the Internet that I couldn't identify.

Raphael Orlove > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 12/04/2014 at 23:46

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[frowns in sadness forever]

Zibodiz > HammerheadFistpunch 12/04/2014 at 23:46

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eh? The Beetle is the closest thing to this readily available here in the states. Seems to make sense to me.

Raphael Orlove > PatBateman 12/04/2014 at 23:46

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burnouts, man

why are they so much fun

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Raphael Orlove 12/04/2014 at 23:50

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DEM FENDER MIRRORS!!!

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Raphael Orlove 12/04/2014 at 23:51

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sorry

CRider > Raphael Orlove 12/04/2014 at 23:51

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Sorry, when I said painfully slow I forgot I was talking to a Baja Bug driver. Maybe the new Smart 4-2?

Raphael Orlove > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 12/04/2014 at 23:56

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I'm sorry I was mean here's a present

PatBateman > Raphael Orlove 12/04/2014 at 23:59

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One word: Science.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Raphael Orlove 12/05/2014 at 00:00

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luvs its

Raphael Orlove > PatBateman 12/05/2014 at 00:03

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::nods in approval::

HammerheadFistpunch > Zibodiz 12/05/2014 at 00:12

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HammerheadFistpunch > Trunk Impaired 318 12/05/2014 at 00:20

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Japan still cool

Zibodiz > HammerheadFistpunch 12/05/2014 at 00:52

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lol I still think the Internet has defined the need for a symbol. My bad.

Bird > Raphael Orlove 12/05/2014 at 01:01

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I first learned about the Cherry because it's a popular mod to put Cherry taillights on Bosozoku style cars:

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I'm a big fan of them...especially with louvres:

Trunk Impaired 318 > HammerheadFistpunch 12/05/2014 at 01:07

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But EVERYTHING back then was pretty cool

Fatee > CRider 12/05/2014 at 09:43

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Not small.