10 weird things that only exist in Japan
the rarest cars from Japan, exotic sports coupes in response to Toyota Hummer.
For decades, the automotive industry has been one of the driving forces behind the Japanese economy But for every Camry, Civic or Miata that occurred internationally successful Japanese automakers have produced a model that came and went so fast that you would be hard to find someone who's even seen one in the street, let alone actually led one.
Today we present a field guide, rarer frequently forgotten rides Japan.
Leading is Will Toyota, which because of its design elements have a run of four surprisingly long years featured not only did this cut glass roof, it also came with scissor doors Lamborghini-esque, ensuring that the driver would always attract the attention of birds flying Overheard and everyone in the parking Unfortunately, Will also feature the performance and handling sluggish, and lack of harmony of its look-at-me style and lack driving pleasure caused the discoloration it largely from memory.
Daihatsu engineers who decided to tinker with Leeza Spider fortunately had the good sense not to give it a corporate glass roof as Will Unfortunately, wisdom didn t extend to choose a better car to cut the top of as dry as a piece of old white bread week Leeza hayon.
Needless to say, the open-top version was even shorter than the standard Leeza, who stuck around for seven years.
Daihatsu is not alone in the club of convertible bad decisions, such as the history of the Suzuki company bears the stain of X-90 with proportions so hard your first instinct when looking at a picture of the image is supposed deformed, the desired X-90 to combine the ride height unentertaining an SUV with the lack of practicality and luggage of a compact roadster space the result was two seats with a seat more than necessary, as find someone willing to climb into the passenger seat of the X-90 was a difficult task.
Mazda AZ-all with 1 Despite falling into jidousha light kei class Japanese cars, the AZ-1, with its butterfly doors and engine mounted behind the driver, was built to squeeze the last drop of fun and excitement of a car in the compact class Unfortunately, the AZ-1 hit showrooms just as the bottom fell out of the Japanese bubble economy of the 80s and 90s, and the car was a disaster commercial.
Cara, a rebadged version of the Suzuki car that provided the engine for the AZ-1, Vol didn t better The only apparent justification for the price of sticker Cara higher compared to his cousin, Mazda was a switch to manually light fog lights on and off, and Cara bowed out after only three years and 533 units sold derisory.
The AZ-1 wasn t the only time the exuberance of designers Mazda gained against its accounting restraint His Cosmo luxury coupe, powered by the first and only triple engine rotor, the company offered in the one of its road cars running, was originally expected to be the flagship of its luxury brand for the intended Amati abroad instead, Cosmo, with similar fuel economy to that of a Lamborghini but without the performance or panache to justify sold so poorly in Japan that the financial damage has contributed to the decision by Mazda to fully scrap the project Amati.
Mitsubishi the same way with his overambitious Debonair V limousine, which was offered in European and American style style, the latter with a false top and blackened windows.
Despite the clear effort and thought put into metal roof loving Europeans and visibility both pleasant hating Americans, designers overlooked a critical point of the whole of a limousine is to show others that you have enough money you do not have to go around in a Mitsubishi.
Even the largest automaker in Japan is immune sometimes overestimating the appeal of his plate Originally offered for only the 2000 model year, was designed to look almost exactly like the Toyota Crown sedan years 1950, the first model of the company exported.
A closer examination of the history would have revealed that it was a model ominous for the monkey, though, as the 1950 crown was a colossal failure on the international market, with performance well below that foreign buyers have asked the original price tag of US 7,000,000 yen 70,000 was also a bold choice for a car powered by a meager 220 horsepower, and the limited edition of original production cycle took end after Toyota found about a thousand drivers ready to bite on the initial batch.
Toyota didn t skimp at all on the content of this model, but, as he threw a supercharger, lightweight wheels, new front fascia and spoiler on the sedan comfort Unfortunately, even all this wasn t enough to overcome the image of comfort as a car for taxi companies and driving schools Despite the possibility of a large bed of performance car, was simply asleep, making this variant tuned a rare show of public response .
A Toyota sport another who failed to hang this conversion was open at the top of the famous Corolla AE86 Hachi Roku fastback Offered only by dealers Toyota Tama and with a price tag approaching twice that of the hardtop it was based on, we can see why he never sold in large numbers, however, we apologize that we shed a tear for all the outdoor drift we aren t do.
It is quite easy to make the analogy that Toyota is General Motors of Japan, which in the long history and a great attraction for domestic buyers companies share something else the two have in common is that many like GM offered the Hummer, a civilian version of the military Humvee, Toyota took the ATV built for Self Japanese defense forces and produced a version of the legal street called Cruiser Mega Given the narrow roads of Japan, spaces tiny parking and the expensive gas, you are more likely to see a tank on the road in 6270 lb Mega Cruiser 2850-kg.
Finally, not only would you say a car model is rare, but a manufacturer whole lot of people do not know exists While Mitsuoka s started as a car manufacturer shop that re-skin Nissans more sheet catchy, in 2007 the company released its own original creation, Orochi Despite its exotic looks, the Orochi is equipped with the same engine as the Toyota Land Cruiser SUV powers which, only 220 horse power produces much less thrust than species Italian exotic, it's clearly in the still gunning style service, the presence of the road and unique, it is hard to beat the Orochi, which appears on public roads a little more often than the snake mythical eight heads, it s his name.
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