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They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but which the judgment of imitation and caricature which will probably begin in Japan If you have ever seen a Mitsuoka, you know what I mean if you haven t, take a good look at this Galue were the guys who designed this piss take good they certainly took something.
Mitsuoka 350 employees have made very strange cars for two decades in the western Japanese city of Toyama You could say they are a body builder, like almost all cars were based on other cars, either Nissan, Toyota Honda, Mazda or even the Ford Mustang Mitsuokas share the characteristic that is a gaudy retro style and high quality craftsmanship and the increasingly strange logo.
And there are quite a few models to choose Mitsuoka, both large and small I broke a few weeks ago that Viewt sedan based on Nissan in March This is obviously trying to look like a Jaguar MkII with 60 a kind of genetic affliction or perhaps hydrocephalus.
Mitsuoka also make sports cars, electric vehicles based on the Mitsubishi i-MiEV and microcars But they have always excelled, if that is the term that I want is not to make their big cars look more foolish This third generation galue I found this week is an example galue the range was one of the pillars of the production of Mitsuoka as they officially registered as an automobile manufacturer in 1996.
Previous generations were based on 1996-2001 Nissan crew, as above and Cedric Y34 This third generation is based on the Nissan Fuga 2005 Infiniti M35 Y50 alias 45, so a RWD affair powered by a choice of 2 5 and 3 5 liter V6 with a 5-speed automatic.
Even the badges on this car are extravagant At first I thought it spelled Galut Not that Galue is better that I'm not sure that means anything Japanese He certainly seems strange that the car looks good.
It is difficult to find a good angle on this thing Rear clip has a Cadillac defined look, but in a comical manner oddly shaped trunk makes them indistinguishable from similar finned Caddy, but it can not be too good for the luggage space.
The front end is dominated by a massive chrome grille straight out of the nightmare of a Bentley designer Round headlights, recessed in chrome bezels and good inside, looking a bit like a 1935 Hupmobile a problem thyroid rounded front fenders wrap the paste as the stomach of an obese man on a pair of jeans This is the Japanese equivalent motor Jeremy Clarkson.
How about this hood ornament Again, we venture into the Cadillac territory, but with a dose of Mercedes-Benz, just to err on the side of the bad taste Mitsuokas are not common, even in their country originally, but I saw some there, as well as Bangkok, Hong Kong and here in Yangon I understand they are public in Malaysia and Indonesia, and it seems their strike if an agreement with Asian tastes I wonder if are always shipped to the Middle East After all, they used to buy Stutzes and other over-the-top vehicles in this part of the world have all reached the shores of Australia, New Zealand or even in Europe It seems that the roadster Mitsuoka Himiko, which looks like a fugly Morgan, is imported into the United Kingdom.
Perhaps the least discordant view is the side Here, the Nissan roots Mitsuoka really clearly come at least, that's what it feels like until the eye hits the left of the picture and vertical grid bulging fender combo does not exactly blending with the rest of the car.
This car had the dark glass, so I could not photograph the interior Here's his picture I found on the Web from a 2005 model not too bad and a good thing to be a passenger in a Mitsuoka, although course, is that you don t suffer its exterior.
The MkIII Galue seems to have been made from 2005 to 2009 and Mitsuoka is now the fifth generation As I do not know what year it was, I just chose the middle of the production cycle There is also a two-door convertible, and Mitsuoka in 2009 proudly unveiled a stretched version of limo I even saw a hearse Galue while researching this post note, Toyota Century Your days are numbered.
It is one thing to lament the blandness of automobiles today, but it is another thing to dive a Nissan chrome, fins and stick googly eyes on it and call it a luxury car Sayonara, then Mitsuoka galue We hardly knew you, and we want to keep it that way.
I saw pictures of the convertible Galue When it debuted, I immediately recognized the doors and the windshield, he was based out of the convertible Ford Mustang 2005-2009 For about February 1 a minute, I thought it would be really twisted and weird are all imported parts from Japan and convert my Mustang green Galue he wouldn t have been anything like that in the US, that is sure.
I remember this car, because, speaking of you compare Jeremy Clarkson, it was tested on Top Gear Granted, it was James May, but I still recognize the car.
I liked some odd cars, I'll admit as much, especially for obvious facsimiles based on the most common platforms These large Stutz cars 70s love, Zimmer Quicksilver I actually like but I do understood what the point was for these cars until I started thinking about it.
I'm sure there are people in Japan who dream of owning a Cadillac or a Rolls Royce or a Bentley These cars are a lifelong goal for them to call their own, but it's not going to be the case that some I understand the car culture of Japan, owning a car like that would be impossible for your average citizen fuel costs is certainly one thing, but these cars are too large and unwieldy for normally cramped urban cities of most of the country Add in the fact that, if I remember correctly, Japan huge car taxes based on the size of the engine scope Whereas cars I mentioned were all major engines, I mean even their small engines are nearly five litters of size, costs will be astronomical and let's not even get into the puzzle of trying to get them imported into the country, let alone find a mechanic that i know how to work on them if and when they go wrong.
So what do you do well, you hope there's car can be raw that could give you the same experience for a lot less and Galue is the answer they're still great, to be sure, but their not too big like cars they imitate they have large engines for Japan's standards, but they won t have the same penalties as something like June 75 litter in a Rolls Royce Silver Shadow, or 472 engine in a 65 Deville Cup you will not have to sell your children's school funds whenever you need to fill, and you because they're based on boring cars, familiar to anyone who specializes in auto repair.
Of course it is not perfect, you can say that it is not a proprietary platform, the style is a bit of a hodgepodge of oddities in general, and for people who are familiar with the source material, this imitation seems laughable at best, downright insulting at worst, but for all those in the domestic market of this car, that near the dream as they can get it is easy for people here who can afford the genuine article laugh parody, but for others, the parody is all they have and all they can afford to have some people do not care, some people even scratch the surface and realize that But it really is for people who would buy one, it's a dream come true and for some people, having a cheap facsimile of a dream you can have in your life is better than letting go unrealized .
Of course, I might be a little crazy loon reading too much into this, so what I really know.
No, you're not crazy, it makes sense, but perhaps you are looking at this from the rational point of view, which may not be the most appropriate in this case.
The way I see it from my very incomplete understanding of the culture, the Japanese are a nation of fetishists The term used in the language otaku is someone who is obsessed with something to be weird, I'm sure most of us here in DC can identify with that.
Mitsuoka is I think the restoration of classic British car otaku market but it goes beyond RR Bentley otaku see the range Mitsuoka in its entirety to get an understanding The Viewt based Nissan March is to people who covet Jags; Yuga for those who want something that looks like a black London taxi; Ryoga emulates the Jaguar S-Type; Ray is a Wolseley Hornet, etc.
And Mitsuoka aren t alone they just cornered the British car market lookalike, but just look at the Subaru Sambar VW or guys who can turn a Daihatsu in a Renault 4 Lapine.
It is not a million miles from Excalibur, Stutzes and other retrocars replicas There are small businesses in Europe and the United States also specialize in this sort of thing, but the Japanese are at a different level abroad and much more otaku with this attention to detail.
Well, that is an angle that I have watched I mean, I'm not totally ignorant of what Otaku is and what it involves most of my friends in high school were lovers of anime, and anime is the stereotypical obsession we think when the word Otaku appears in their head, I also have features like myself, so I'm not really a stranger to what it means to be an otaku .
I must also admit that outside of this car Jaguar and emulation, the only other car I am not familiar with Mitsuoka Orochi is the attempt they tried to do a few years back supercar It doesn certainly does fit into the themes style other efforts, and it is the style is somewhat so I was also looking unfamiliar with the other products of the company, I also remember another car they were called-Syde , which was based out of business a Zimmer Golden Spirit a car built on a normal car platform to look like a classic car, which directly copy another car built on a normal car to look like a classic car Brand this twister brain how you will.
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