GEN 2 What else is in your garage?

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Ok so I just picked up something unusual!! I couldn't help it my wife has always wanted a baby blue VW bug but I just couldn't do it. When we found this it was a done deal. It's a Nissan Figaro made for 1 year in Japan!
Never seen anything like that, very cool, do you have a picture of the engine? It looks like it is rear wheel drive?
 

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Never seen anything like that, very cool, do you have a picture of the engine? It looks like it is rear wheel drive?

It's fWD (for now). Honestly, I will probably keep it pretty stock it's really my wife's car and there aren't a lot of parts around. It's a 1000cc Turbo I4 and it runs well enough it just needs one more gear for the highway. It's only a 3 speed auto.
 

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Never seen anything like that, very cool, do you have a picture of the engine? It looks like it is rear wheel drive?

These are KEI cars, pretty unusual but pretty common in Japan. Honda Beat would be another one. City driving it would not be that bad, and with the 25 year rule you avoid federal regulations on the car. These are fun little rides but if you are over 5 foot 10 or so I am not sure how comfortable they would be,
 

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It's fWD (for now). Honestly, I will probably keep it pretty stock it's really my wife's car and there aren't a lot of parts around. It's a 1000cc Turbo I4 and it runs well enough it just needs one more gear for the highway. It's only a 3 speed auto.
Dang, air conditioning on a convertible, a lot of engineering into that car for 1991 even. I wonder how many were made in that configuration. It's nice to see its getting driven!
 

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These are KEI cars, pretty unusual but pretty common in Japan. Honda Beat would be another one. City driving it would not be that bad, and with the 25 year rule you avoid federal regulations on the car. These are fun little rides but if you are over 5 foot 10 or so I am not sure how comfortable they would be,
If you are over 5' 10" it's fine........with the top down. This is really the only Kei car I can get into.
Dang, air conditioning on a convertible, a lot of engineering into that car for 1991 even. I wonder how many were made in that configuration. It's nice to see its getting driven!
They made 8000 and they were so popular they held a lottery and made 12000 more, so 20k total. Every one of them was the same except the color. They made 4 colors, one for summer, autumn, spring, and winter. This is a winter car.
 
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