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"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse) 01/14/2015 at 09:18 • Filed to: Mitsuoka

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Here's a Viewt. Without asking Mr Google who can recognise a familiar little Japanese car under all that?

jkm7680 > Cé hé sin 01/14/2015 at 09:22

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Micra?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Cé hé sin 01/14/2015 at 09:25

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It's not a Figaro, is it?

KnowsAboutCars > Cé hé sin 01/14/2015 at 09:26

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K12 Micra!

Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast > jkm7680 01/14/2015 at 09:27

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That's what I was thinking.

Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast > Cé hé sin 01/14/2015 at 09:27

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Japuar

Cé hé sin > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/14/2015 at 09:34

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Nope, but based on a newer model of the donor car for the Figaro.

Cé hé sin > KnowsAboutCars 01/14/2015 at 09:38

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Yes, the side window area is the same.

Cé hé sin > jkm7680 01/14/2015 at 09:39

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That's the one. The side windows are the same.

KnowsAboutCars > Cé hé sin 01/14/2015 at 09:41

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This second gen Viewt is definitely better looking than the K11 based first generation.

jkm7680 > Cé hé sin 01/14/2015 at 09:42

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Haha, Yay.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Cé hé sin 01/14/2015 at 09:47

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Technically it's a Nissan March. In Japan the Micra is called a March. A coachbuilt car by Mitsuoka I wrote a piece on it before.

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/mitsuoka-one-o…

Dsscats > Cé hé sin 01/14/2015 at 09:48

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Nissan

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Cé hé sin 01/14/2015 at 10:04

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My guess was going to be Nissan Figaro as well.

Cé hé sin > Dsscats 01/14/2015 at 10:07

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Yes, a Micra.

Cé hé sin > BaconSandwich is tasty. 01/14/2015 at 10:08

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Both the Figaro and the Viewt are based on the Micra, although different models.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Cé hé sin 01/14/2015 at 10:11

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I don't know my JDM models very well. There's so many that they get over there that we hardly even ever hear about. Only reason I know the Figaro is I've seen one driving around a few times.

Cé hé sin > BaconSandwich is tasty. 01/14/2015 at 10:21

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Nissan did a whole range of odd cars in the 1990s until changing economic times meant that they had to go back to basics.

Here's a Pao and an S Cargo:

Scorpio GTX1 > Cé hé sin 01/14/2015 at 10:30

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This is pretty much the only Mitsuoka that doesn't make me want to vomit.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Cé hé sin 01/14/2015 at 10:45

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I've actually seen an S-Cargo around here as well. There's certainly nothing wrong with going back to basics.

Cé hé sin > BaconSandwich is tasty. 01/14/2015 at 10:53

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No, but I meant that they had to go back to making mass market models rather than slow selling niche cars like the Figaro.

kanadanmajava1 > Cé hé sin 01/14/2015 at 11:01

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Definitely some Mitsuoka. I think they had a model called Viewt which the headline is hinting too.

Cé hé sin > kanadanmajava1 01/14/2015 at 11:35

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Yes, there's a Mk2 Micra underneath.

Mitsuoka sell the most spectacularly weird variations of Japanese cars.

punkgoose17 > Cé hé sin 01/14/2015 at 11:38

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I love the Pao. I am very glad it can be imported to the U.S. now.

kanadanmajava1 > Cé hé sin 01/14/2015 at 12:40

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It's silly but I kinda like it. I haven't seen any of those here but couple of Figaros, at least one Pao and even a Le-Seyde have managed to end up in Finland.

One family company here was bored of selling just concrete and they decided to try their luck with importing Japanese cars. They imported a lot of interesting cars but managed to drive the whole company to bankruptcy. And that included the concrete business too.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Cé hé sin 01/14/2015 at 14:43

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It's Viewtiful.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > Cé hé sin 01/14/2015 at 14:54

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Is this based off of a March?

Cé hé sin > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 01/14/2015 at 14:55

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Yes, or a Micra as it's called elsewhere.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > Cé hé sin 01/14/2015 at 15:02

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I just know it by it's Japanese designation. I kind of wish we had them here though.