Cool Wall - Nissan Figaro

In 1991 Nissan Motor Company were to celebrate 50 years of manufacture and thus decided to celebrate with the design and production of a very limited car. They hired the services of the Pyke design team and gave instructions the car was to be something 'Very special and that would reflect both style and quality for many years to come'.



Thus the Nissan Figaro was born. Nissan announced that they were to produce 20,000 Nissan Figaro (to be released in three batches, between February and September 1991), but demand was so great that potential users had to enter a lottery in order to win the chance to buy the new car, which was priced at 1,870,000 yen (£10,000). Literally tens of thousands of lottery tickets were sold and winning tickets changed hands for far in excess of the launch selling price!



The Nissan Figaro has a 1950/60 retro bodystyle with matching interior, instruments and cd/radio, but with total 1990's specification including power steering, power windows, full air conditioning, Retro CD player, 2+2 seating, auto box coupled to a 1.0 litre turbo engine and total Nissan Micra running gear. The car was introduced to the public at the 1989 Tokyo Motor Show under the slogan 'Back to the Future.'



Undeniably cute but is it cool?

To see all the Cool Wall cars click on this link :yesnod:

All the cars are now in the new Cool Wall section in the T-Bar :broon:

There's a pink one drives around and about in my area. I had no idea what it was when I first saw it and assumed it was a renovation job of something from the fifties or sixties.

Individuality and character

Feelin' the luv :broon:

there are quite a few around where I live.
Interesting little cars with a lot of character.

I think they look great :broon:

I do the them :yesnod: There are quite a number around Brighton and do quite fancy one

They come in similar colours to the Fiat 400, but wouldn't drive one of those!

They do look cool, and there are two mint green ones next to each other by me (different households - very odd!).

However the BIG problem with them is that they are in fact a MICRA with a modified top body shell - so they drive like a Micra, rust like a Micra, have about as much poke as a MIcra... need I say more?

An opportunity lost in my eyes.. pity as it is so cute!

And what is wrong with a Micra?! I had a 998cc BRG Micra for 3 years - never did me wrong!

You tell him Hari :yesnod:

adamelphick I think you are missing the point, most of the coolest cars in the world are not the most reliable or well made. Cool is do people love them, cherish them and despite their faults still look at them and say 'I'd like to have one of those and go for a :drive: '

Couldn't have put it better myself Paul. In fact, some of the 'coolest' cars are the least reliable! But the Figaro is a reliable car! The Micra certainly is (pre 2002 anyway)

PQD44 wrote: Cool is do people love them, cherish them and despite their faults still look at them and say 'I'd like to have one of those and go for a :drive: '

Blimey! You're talking about us innit!

Ooer - hit a raw note didn't i! LOL :spank:

My wife would like one of these,so she tells me it's cool. so it must be. she's never wrong.