Interesting cars you've never seen before

[DavidB]

Has anyone got any decent curio's that may be quite common in their home country, but not seen much outside? I know pretty much has been seen by now (thanks to internet), but looking for some interesting stuff, possibly from Japan, who seem to have an infinite amount of capital when it comes to making cars for a small market!

eg. The Honda WOW ("Wonderful Openhearted Wagon"):





This is crappy example, but you get my drift.
Or even models that are pretty rare, anything really.

[bdtd]

Nissan S-Cargo?
AFAIK, there was only ever 1000 made. They were built at the Pike Factory in Japan. I been told that McDonalds brought most to Australia as 'Ronald McDonald' Cars.Oh yeah, I got one of the ones that weren't.

[TurboDieselWeasel]

May I present to you the AWS Shopper:





Take a Goggomobil, a bit of square tube, some alloy profile and a bit of plastic coated sheet metal - et voilá - the AWS Shopper! ;D Surprisingly, they sold over 1400 of them...

[DavidB]

Mitsubishi Minica:



I can't believe I hadn't seen this little kei cutie-pie before:

Also in 'Skipper' version:





'55':





Think the model name is still used today??

[BenzBoy]

Toyota Will



I saw one at a local car dealership. I think they're pretty quirky, and I'm fairly sure they weren't officially sold in the UK?

[scoobypete]

loving those little mitsi's,as much as i liked the mighty mouse? when i first saw one of those on here ;D

[Hirst]

I like this one:


Tired of your dog barking? Take them for a spin in the new Honda Dogmaster! The handy dashboard-mounted attachment pipes exhaust fumes into the face of your "best friend" and conveniently silences them forever, etc.

[needabeetle]

Benzboy - I've not seen any of those in person outside of NZ! There were a whole load there, very strange cars

Also some random cars that were totally badgeless from factory and so I didn't get to work out what they were

[V-Force]

Mitsubishi i:



Toyota Caldina GT-Four (2.0 Turbo, 280BHP and 4WD)



Toyota Succeed Wagon:



Toyota Vellfire:





Toyota Verossa:



Nissan Homy Elgrand:



Nissan President Sovereign:

[8bitash]

not retro but -

[Dánáidh]

Dec 23, 2010 10:37:38 GMT V-Force said:

Toyota Caldina GT-Four (2.0 Turbo, 280BHP and 4WD)



Toyota Succeed Wagon:




Nissan President Sovereign:

LOve theses!!!!!! would love to own the Nissan!!!!

[Mad Max]

Cool! That nissan at the bottom is beyond coolness! That needs murdering out! Low and slow...

[alfazer]

These were made in Ireland. It's called a Shamrock. Think it was GRP and made in pretty small numbers.

[Camp Davy]

Mitsuoka Galue

[Roobeh]

^^ shock non micra model!

[rodney]

looks like random shed thats had a run in with a mk2 jag,.

[TurboDieselWeasel]

Again not japanese, but interesting nevertheless...




1951 Gutbrod Superior. First production car with direct fuel injection (700cc, two-stroke, 26HP, 30% more MPG than the carbed models)

[G A R'goyle]

Saab 92 motorhome


The second version of Saab motorhome is in the background!

Futureliner under restoration in sweden. I saw that monster in Rättvik 2008

[pauldaf44]

I suppose you could count most of our cars in this category really.

Cityel

[TurboDieselWeasel]

Our neighbour had one of those CityELs for years... Made me giggle everytime he drove by ;D ;D