Have you ever thought of buying a MITSUOKA GALUE

[ingenieur]

Your chance to own a MITSUOKA GALUE.

Never heard of it...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265746486221

[carl_w]

Don't these run on Nissan 200SX running gear?

I believe they also do one based on a Mustang.

I think it's all metal construction too, not fibreglass.

I think their motto used to be "We are happy. It's not logical."

[anonymous-user]

The fact that this even exists makes me happy. What a truly pointless monstrosity, yet somehow spellbinding in the collision of the Japanese luxo-interior and the…. different…… exterior.

[EDLT]

carl_w said:

Don't these run on Nissan 200SX running gear?

I believe they also do one based on a Mustang.

I think it's all metal construction too, not fibreglass.

I think their motto used to be "We are happy. It's not logical."

If I've deciphered the ebay speak correctly, it's a Nissan Cedric

[jfdi]

"Have you ever thought of buying a MITSUOKA GALUE?"

Erm, NO!

A face only a mother could love.

[biggbn]

I love these Japanese oddities, it also gives us perspective on how some cultures are viewed by others. I had an S-cargo briefly, simply to sell on but I'd love another, or the Nissan Pao.

[ingenieur]

charltjr said:

The fact that this even exists makes me happy. What a truly pointless monstrosity, yet somehow spellbinding in the collision of the Japanese luxo-interior and the…. different…… exterior.

Kinda my view on it. I just don't think I could afford to spend that much on a car I would hardly ever want to be seen in. You wouldn't want to become known as "that man who drives the weird car"

[NDNDNDND]

[lrdisco]

Not for me but pleased it’s out there.

[carl_w]

Mitsuoaka Le Seyde is the one I'm thinking of. Looks like Liberace's car.

[texaxile]

lrdisco said:

Not for me but pleased it’s out there.

Yep agree.

Someone once went into a showroom, looked at that and said " I want that car". It wasn't me, but if I were flush with cash I'd buy that





for my wife to drive.

[Draxindustries1]

50's meets 90's/ 2000's.
Better than current Mercs and Audis anyway..

[Cold]

What's the supercar type one which looks a bit like a fish? Fantastic thing.

[Ivan stewart]

ingenieur said:

charltjr said:

The fact that this even exists makes me happy. What a truly pointless monstrosity, yet somehow spellbinding in the collision of the Japanese luxo-interior and the…. different…… exterior.

Kinda my view on it. I just don't think I could afford to spend that much on a car I would hardly ever want to be seen in. You wouldn't want to become known as "that man who drives the weird car"

the man who drives the weird car , or the man who drives the same sort of dreary soulless German POS everyone else drives ??

[underwhelmist]

There’s a place near me that sells these, or used to - I think they sell more run of the mill Japanese imports now. There are a few Mitsuokas running around locally, the one I see most often is (I think) based on a Suzuki 4x4 but styled to look 1930s. Ish. Don’t want one, but glad they exist. I love/hate this one…

[jamesbilluk]

Cold said:

What's the supercar type one which looks a bit like a fish? Fantastic thing.

Is this the one? The Mitsuoka Orochi

[pd2]

They do a roadster in the UK based off the MX5, I quite like it.

https://www.mitsuoka-motor.co.uk/used-cars/

They have done loads of different cars over the years, I used to look at them on the import sites.

If the links work…. I just like these.

The rockstar, also mx5
https://www.mitsuoka-motor.com/lineup/rock-star/

The buddy, rav4 based
https://www.mitsuoka-motor.com/lineup/buddy/

Edited by pd2 on Monday 4th July 01:46

[rodericb]

Yeah whoah the Galue is something else. Their MX5 based things lately look pretty good. They do another one which looks like an old Corvette. That Ebay advertiser has a couple of "interesting" vehicles, this one for the budding mini cab operator who wants to carve out their own territory: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265746490630

[wpa1975]

That looks awful.

[K50 DEL]

Not my cup of tea at all, but I'm glad they're out there all the same.

Amazingly I even used to see one of these (the Le Seyde mentioned above) in the capital of Angola



It looks no better in real life lol