car question????

xxxevelinexxx

hi people, quick auestion! does anybody know the make and model of the car Lucy 'the girl who use to be in podge and rodge' is driving in the bord gas add ?

peasant

Nissan Figaro

Abelloid

There's a few of those around here, scruffy ones. Why somebody would spend that much on an old Micra and let it fall apart is beyond me.

xxxevelinexxx

JustinOval wrote: »

There's a few of those around here, scruffy ones. Why somebody would spend that much on an old Micra and let it fall apart is beyond me.

what do you mean ?????:o

corktina

these horrid little cars are based on the Micra....

trevorbrady

I like 'em but they're ridiculously overpriced for an obsolete Micra in a dress...

here is a nice one:

Abelloid

xxxevelinexxx wrote: »

what do you mean ?????:o

They're based on a Micra but because of the styling are often mistaken for classics and over-priced accordingly (€10kish!), these are 18 year old Nissans don't forget.

The ones I see regularly aren't very well looked after.

xxxevelinexxx

where would i get one to restore ,when i looked them up tonight it said there was 20,000 made between 91 n 92 i realy like them but i do agree they are way over priced

Abelloid

There are 20 odd on carzone now.

trevorbrady

and 100+ on ebay.co.uk

the prices are a small bit better (before VRT) but still overpriced for what it is...

you'd buy a much nicer genuine classic mini, beetle, morris minor, 2CV etc for the same or less money than the Figaro that will keep its value a lot better and be easier to work on. Plus you'd have genuine classic car credibility, not a pastiche of same...

xxxevelinexxx

i know what you mean ,i have a moggie already ...i was thinking a beetle would be savage,your rite i could get a beetle maybe a 2000 for around 6000euro i think ????? for every day use .or a old style for 3000 or so

Max Headroom

In fairness to them, theyre a nissan so they'll go for ever , auto, air-con etc...theyre not macho enough for most of us blokes :rolleyes: ..but i still think they might turn out to be collectable some years down the road..AND they'll be still in fairly good nick too...theyre already nearly twenty years old..:o..go for it..

carchaeologist

They are turbocharged too,definatly a car for the girls though.

Max Headroom

Deffo..i've never seen a male driver in one....;);)

carchaeologist

Interior is very retro alright.




More info here..
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://nissanfigaro.org/resources/figaro-wallpaper.jpg&imgrefurl=http://nissanfigaro.org/2.html&usg=__G2QvIANGZyIMIfjZERBZc30hc6k=&h=451&w=593&sz=59&hl=en&start=9&um=1&tbnid=gVX7A1MPo3yLJM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfigaro%2Bstyling%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26rlz%3D1T4FUJC_en-GBIE287IE287%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1

And here..
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.algysautos.com/Algys%2520Autos%2520supply%2520fully%2520restored%2520Nissan%2520Figaro_files/nissan-figaro-interior.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.algysautos.com/figaro_restorationpage.html&usg=__ZGbwzsqTMjvVoRN2fXDQx1GtoM4=&h=262&w=350&sz=26&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=3zexmlosVZFgEM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=120&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfigaro%2Binterior%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26rlz%3D1T4FUJC_en-GBIE287IE287%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1

xxxevelinexxx

i realy like the old look made new ,def a girly car ,would you believe i saw this car first on the athy carlow with a man driver.and seen him a few times since????

Max Headroom

xxxevelinexxx wrote: »

i saw this car first on the athy carlow with a man driver.and seen him a few times since????

Probs a hairdresser though............:P

Big Nasty

Does Clive know about these thoughts you've been having? I hope not!

alastair

I drive a Nissan Pao - another retro model from the 'Pike' team that brought out the Figaro. Figaro's fetch strong money, not because they're mistaken for classics, but because they are relatively rare, very practical to run, and offer a bit of style that is miles away from a twenty year old Micra - no one is manipulating the price of them - it's just what the market will/did bear. I'd have one in a flash if they came with a manual box (and I'm not a woman, gay or a hairdresser). Generally favoured by the ladies though alright.

xxxevelinexxx

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Does Clive know about these thoughts you've been having? I hope not!

he knows me ,he thinks its a nice car for me...mind you he prob is just goin along with me 4 a easy life ,:D

CharlieCroker

GF's sister has an absolutely mint one. Very retro with a lovely interior.
I remember at the time, the VRT was mad on it, something like €3 or €4k.

G Luxel

Extremely overpriced overhere for a 91 Nissan. Im guessing that the design is a retro copy of the 1958 Autobianchi Bianchina

and the figaro was originally a concept car at the 1989 Tokyo Motor Show.

There are two other retromobiles, the BE-1 and the S-Cargo built by Nissan using Micra parts.

trevorbrady

don't forget the Mitsuoka View-T, another retro-styled beauty based on the poor old '90s Micra...

alastair

G Luxel wrote: »

Extremely overpriced overhere for a 91 Nissan. Im guessing that the design is a retro copy of the 1958 Autobianchi Bianchina

and the figaro was originally a concept car at the 1989 Tokyo Motor Show.

There are two other retromobiles, the BE-1 and the S-Cargo built by Nissan using Micra parts.

There's a fourth retro Nissan - the Pao.


The S-Cargo isn't Micra-based btw - the mechanics are from the Sunny.

Max Headroom

trevorbrady wrote: »

don't forget the Mitsuoka View-T, another retro-styled beauty based on the poor old '90s Micra...

C'mon Trev...i've just had me dinner...does "beauty" mean repulsive nowadays..:p......like "that car is sick "....:rolleyes:

corktina

no no no NO ....ban these people posting these ...these....these....WRONG THINGS:eek:

junkyard

corktina wrote: »

no no no NO ....ban these people posting these ...these....these....WRONG THINGS:eek:

Or what about this beauty corktina.:)

carchaeologist

junkyard wrote: »

Or what about this beauty corktina.:)

Loks like something id design after 15 pints...

Abelloid

trevorbrady wrote: »

don't forget the Mitsuoka View-T, another retro-styled beauty based on the poor old '90s Micra...

I think they're hirarious.

Max Headroom

Maybe,,,but not vely loomy......:D

xxxevelinexxx

trevorbrady wrote: »

don't forget the Mitsuoka View-T, another retro-styled beauty based on the poor old '90s Micra...

i realy like this car too

unkel

trevorbrady wrote: »

don't forget the Mitsuoka View-T, another retro-styled beauty based on the poor old '90s Micra...

Nooooohhhh, not again :mad:

And that's coming from me - I quite likes Figaros...

sogood

I recently saw a little japanese car, possibly Nissan, that looked for all the world like a slightly smaller version of the old Austin 1100. It was even grey! Any ideas what it was?

Big Nasty

corktina wrote: »

no no no NO ....ban these people posting these ...these....these....WRONG THINGS:eek:

Have to agree dude, they all deserve three hail mary's and a decade of the rosary!

On a side note, anyone know the term of endearment for the S-Cargo? First with the right answer gets a choc-ice!

unkel

MCMLXXV wrote: »

anyone know the term of endearment for the S-Cargo?

S-Hit?

high horse

MCMLXXV wrote: »

On a side note, anyone know the term of endearment for the S-Cargo? First with the right answer gets a choc-ice!

well they look quite like a snail so I'll go with that, plus S-Cargo is very like the french escargot (sp?)

Big Nasty

unkel wrote: »

S-Hit?

Well that could be another affectionate term but not the one I was looking for!

Big Nasty

high horse wrote: »

well they look quite like a snail so I'll go with that, plus S-Cargo is very like the french escargot (sp?)

Spot on!

Choc-Ice in post!

high horse

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Spot on!

Choc-Ice in post!

Woo Hoo!!!

Abelloid

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Have to agree dude, they all deserve three hail mary's and a decade of the rosary!

On a side note, anyone know the term of endearment for the S-Cargo? First with the right answer gets a choc-ice!

'Look at that s-car go'

Trading Places.

Blue850

Lotas Princess March



Copel Bonito






Subaru Sambar,Saw one of these in Galway at the w/end, they're tiny!

trevorbrady

what's that awful Mitsuoka Le Baron based on?

the View-T is just wrong wrong wrong and I like Figaros. There's just too much of the Micra visible. At least with the Figaro and Pao you can't see the Micra underneath.

I like those Subaru Sambars too and I own a proper VW van (albeit baywindow). If I *had* to own a city car, it'd be a Sambar
However, like the Figaros, they're also horrendously overpriced :rolleyes:

alastair

unkel wrote: »

S-Hit?

Hey!

I've an S-Cargo.

Not to everyone's taste, but it does its job very well - reliable, solidy built, distinctive, well-designed town delivery van.

Tomebagel

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Rolls-Royce/Silver-Shadow/Silver--/200851191270393/advert?channel=CARS:eek:

G Luxel

Apparently this is the next generation micra according to a japanese motor magazine. On the bottom corner are a few other micra clones. The one missing is a Micra with a Fiat 500 front and rear.

G Luxel

and this 2009 Nissan Verita which is the 2nd generation Micra. Looks like an Austin 1100 from the front.

carchaeologist

Oh dear....:p