Tag: Japanese
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Early CVT
We usually bitch about anything without a clutch pedal here at Oddimotive, but this is an exception. Long before Carlos Ghosn knew what a Nissan was, and even before he worked at Renault, Subaru offered its humble Justy with ECVT transaxle and AWD. Unfortunately, we doubt the 1.2 liter three cylinder provides much fun when…
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When’d you last see one in good shape? 1988 Acura Legend Coupe
These were very nice in their day, but are rarely seen today, save for the occasional beater. This one appears to be in great shape and has a clutch pedal. By today’s standards, these don’t have a lot of power, but they made for a great package at the time. Your humble host got to…
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Custom Honda 600 pickup
Sadly, Honda never made a pickup version of the 600. The closest thing was the cab-over TN360. Regardless, some have decided to take matters into their own hands and create N600 trucks. We applaud them for their contributions to automotive weirdness. This example appears to be in good shape and the seller claims it runs…
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Baja = Brat II?
What’s not to love about a Subaru Baja Turbo with a manual trans? Freakshow styling that yields limited utility? Check! Two-seater rear bench to removed expected practicality? Check! Detuned STI engine? Check! AWD? Check! It probably sounds like we’re making fun of this beast, but the fact is we love it. What could be more…
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Amigoes like hell?
Here we have something we never expected to see. No, it’s not something original and rare. It’s an Isuzu Amigo with a Corvette LT-1 small block Chevy V8 installed. …did anyone ask WHY? Not too surprisingly, this is located in your humble host’s home state, which means I understand it more than most. The Amigo…
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Odd news: Goodbye little Aston oddity
Some day, we’ll find one in the US when they’re importable. Click for Autoblog story Post by CG Sadly, it looks like Aston’s odd attempt at affordability and higher average fuel economy via a gussied-up, $50K version the Toyota/Scion IQ has failed after a whopping two years. This was never offered in the US market,…
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Rare in USA (or anywhere) Nissan Sunny Ute
We’ll admit right here that we didn’t know this existed. Apparently, a Sunny-based Ute (AKA small truck) was once sold in Australia and Japan. Needles to say,we love it! This particular example has a couple mods we’d reverse, but we like the upgrade engine and dual Mikunis. Click for eBay ad Bellevue, Washington $2,225 with…
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Something for everyone – all in one vehicle
You can’t decide what you want in a toy car? A convertible, a pickup or a motorcycle? A Honda or a Datsun? How about a GM product? Here you can have all of those in one: This is a Datsun pickup cab and bed mated to a Honda bike, powered by a GM V6 and…
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A first for us: Subaru FF-1 Star
We’ve never seen one of these, but it was Subaru’s first venture beyond the microcar and also its first production use of a flat 4 engine. Internet resources indicate it was sold as the Star in the US and the FF-1 elsewhere. Unfortunately, the pictures with this auction are small and not of great quality,…
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Mazda MX-5 Eunos in Camo
Here we have a JDM MX-5, known as a Eunos, gutted and painted camo. The owner will also throw in various parts to create a Lucra kit car, but points out that they won’t fit this car…hmm. This looks track-ish, but the seller speaks about needing to fully bolt down the cage and also about…