"carcrasher88" (carcrasher88)
08/19/2016 at 21:21 • Filed to: Mitsuoka, Japan
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"carcrasher88" (carcrasher88)
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I’m sure many of you here are familiar with Mitsuoka, a small coachbuilder based in Toyama (city), Toyama (prefecture), Japan.
Many of you are familiar with some of the cars they make and have made...the Miata/Roadster based Himiko, the Camry powered Orochi, and their mainstay, the March based Viewt.
But what about some of their past products?
Did you know they made a version of Nissan’s Z10 Cube, called the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , and inspired by classic London cabs?
Or how about when they made a neo-retro version of the Foxbody Mustang, the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , back in ‘91?
Maybe a retro styled version of the Autozam/Mazda Carol, called the
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? There was also a Ray III, based on the already retro styled Daihatsu Mira Gino.
Oh, and they once made something called the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , a somewhat retro styled version of Mitsubishi’s iMiEV?
That wasn’t the first time they used the Like name, though...this one’s called the
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, which is still in production.
Once, they had a version of Honda’s Accord, the
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. There’s also a version based on the Corolla Axio, the Nouera 6-02...
Another nameplate used more than once, the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , and the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
The Bubu name was also used on a car called the
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.
Before Toyota’s COMS EV, there was the electric single seater Convoy 88.
Along with the Convoy 88, there was the whole !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! series...
K-1/MC-1...
K-2 (clearly inspired by the Messerschmitt Kabinenrollers)...
K-3...
and K-4.
And lastly, the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , both Lotus Super Seven replicas.
Most only know of only a certain few of their products, but as you can see...their past and present are much more diverse than that.
C62030
> carcrasher88
08/19/2016 at 21:29 |
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I have never been so shocked as to the things companies can get away with over there
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carcrasher88
> C62030
08/19/2016 at 21:32 |
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Agreed. But, you know you want one of those K-2s.
not for canada - australian in disguise
> carcrasher88
08/19/2016 at 23:12 |
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I legit like the Yuga. I mean, I would also buy a black cab if you could buy one in regular civilian spec, and also with the knowledge that nobody’s thrown up in the back, so MAYBE I’m not one to talk.
RT
> carcrasher88
08/20/2016 at 09:48 |
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Don’t forget their Neon Genesis Evangelion-themed Orochi livery.
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C62030
> carcrasher88
08/20/2016 at 14:45 |
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Yes. Yes I kinda do.