Look at what I saw tooling around town yesterday!

Post by **Brad Lustig** » Sun May 06, 2007 11:53 am

Anyone know what it is?

I'll post the answer if nobody knows.

Post by **spl310** » Sun May 06, 2007 1:04 pm

Reminds me of the Barber of Seville... Figaro, Figaro, Figaro!!

Post by **Brad Lustig** » Sun May 06, 2007 4:29 pm

Well, that must have been too easy...

What a cool little car. They should try to release that here now since smaller cars are becoming popular. Don't know if they could meet safety standards, though. Must be a fun little car. 75hp 1liter turbo and about 1800lbs.

More info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Figaro

Alvin · Post by **Alvin** » Sun May 06, 2007 7:30 pm

Saw my first Figaro 2 years ago at the F&F set:

Post by **itsa68** » Sun May 06, 2007 8:35 pm

They must be fairly cheap to import because I've already seen 4 or five zipping around my area. Some were even seen the during winter months.

Maybe these are an alternative to all the Smartcars that have just come out from winter hibernation.

Ray B

Post by **Brad Lustig** » Mon May 07, 2007 7:18 am

I could see myself driving this little guy before most other cars that get 40mpg. Only 20,000 ever made so they'd definitely be a collectors' item.

Primm69 · Post by **Primm69** » Tue May 08, 2007 9:51 pm

I didn't think you got them over there?

Far as I knew, they were Japan and UK only, and such a limited run that there was a ballot to decide who got to buy one.

Post by **Brad Lustig** » Wed May 09, 2007 7:25 am

No, it's definitely a special import. It was a right-hand drive. Probably doesn't meet our safety standards. I think I read somewhere that there was initially only 8,000 in the initial run and they added 12,000 to keep up with demand.

Alvin · Post by **Alvin** » Wed May 09, 2007 8:45 pm

One on Ebay right now color is blah:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/91-NISSA ... dZViewItem