Jap only city cars. This is brilliant

[rhinochopig]

I've always loved Japan's Kei Cars, but I've never seen one of these before.

A half scale VW camper with AWD and a supercharger. You may not agree, but I think it's bloody excellent.

If there are any other interesting Kei cars, please enlighten me.

http://www.subarusambar.co.uk/

[edo]

er, sorry, not with you on that.

[soad]

Never knew these existed, let alone seen one.

Thanks for the link.

[rhinochopig]

soad said:

Never knew these existed, let alone seen one.

Thanks for the link.

Me neither - I was actually looking for a twin turbo legacy estate and one was for sale at an importers. Bonkers isn't it.

[saaby93]

The full sizes ones there are going for useful prices too

[stormrider2]

I love the quirky kei cars. A garage near me that specialises in jap mpvs like the mazda bongo etc had one recently looked identical to the one posted, had to have a double take as it looked so strange.

The diahatsu mira walkthrough is a strange looking thing too.

[The Nur]

One of those drove past me on wednesday, exactly like the one in the pic.

It looked pretty good, in an odd jap vehicle sort of way.

You could almost, at a glance, mistake it for a real camper. In a this one is small, this one is far away sort of scenario

[k-ink]

600cc !

[Adz The Rat]

The place I bought my old Corrado from on The Wirral had a few of those in stock, they are horrible.

[deeen]

The "Jag Mk2" Nissan Micra in the classifieds is equally strange...

[bimsb6]

deeen said:

The "Jag Mk2" Nissan Micra in the classifieds is equally strange...

one of those lives in dunstable .

[Marf]

Mira/Cuore TRxx - 659cc turbo, all wheel drive



Autozam Mazda AZ-1 - 659cc turbo, mid engine rear drive

[Marf]

Suzuki Cappucino - 659cc Turbo front engine rear drive



Subaru Vivio RX-R - 659cc supercharged all wheel drive

[John D.]

Marf said:

Autozam Mazda AZ-1 - 659cc turbo, mid engine rear drive

Is that supposed to look like an RS200?

[Marf]

RS200 crossed with an F40 I reckon. Would be a hoot to drive

[aww999]

I remember EVO and all the other car mags spaffling on about the Daihatsu Cuore Avanzanto TRxx as if it were the greatest car ever made - I would love to know how many are still about and how they stack up today!

[glazbagun]

aww999 said:

I remember EVO and all the other car mags spaffling on about the Daihatsu Cuore Avanzanto TRxx as if it were the greatest car ever made - I would love to know how many are still about and how they stack up today!

There was a rally spec one in the classefieds last year for about £3.5K iirc. Have wanted one since I was a kid, just for the sheer audacity- it's almost like formula one in finding ways of abusing the rules.

[Marf]

aww999 said:

I remember EVO and all the other car mags spaffling on about the Daihatsu Cuore Avanzanto TRxx as if it were the greatest car ever made - I would love to know how many are still about and how they stack up today!

Theres not many about, less than 100 official UK cars I believe, most ended up as rally cars prepped by Harry Hockley.

Here's an ex-Hockley car.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...

The standard car is a hoot to drive, jumps out of the blocks quickly when launched right, they are nippy, but by no stretch of the imagination fast, losing alot of go after 60mph. Very secure handling, though you can hang the tail out somewhat

I've only driven a standard car, but I should imagine with basic breathing mods, less body roll and some good rubber that it would make a great b-road car.

[TheEnd]

John D. said:

Marf said:

Autozam Mazda AZ-1 - 659cc turbo, mid engine rear drive

Is that supposed to look like an RS200?

It was about long before the RS200 copied it's design!

[Marf]

Err, the RS200 pre-dates the AZ1 by 10 years.