Back then when they were imported, these were cars of which the male buyers were mostly hairdressers or emerging garage- or punk band member types. You'd never see hardhats in them, Nowadays, they wouldn't stand out that way, thanks to surrounding modern mostly genderless vehicles. They were built on the Renault 18 platform which was a normal car: If I'm not mistaken, the Fuego was one of those export only models. I once had to replace the cylinder wet-liner rings, on one of those. I think, it was because the customer overheated the engine. Yes, they were also offered as station wagons
1978 Chevrolet Chevette "Scooter". As bare bones as you can get! https://roanoke.craigslist.org/cto/d/henry-1978-chevorlet-chevette-scooter-2/6782827474.html
That, and a Pinto Runabout, were just one step up from the Yugo, which didn't even have openable windows their first year or two!
Here's one dissapearing, because owners drive them in Winter and don't take necessary anti-rust precautions. Some call it the Japanese Rover Mini. It's actually a 2007 Daihatsu Trevis up for sale. The seller is a member of a Daihatsu forum of which I'm also a member. His reason for selling it is because of a death in his family. Might be his mom or dad's car. The odometer reads 6000 kilometers. I'd be interested in it myself, had I had the cash flow at the moment. He doesen't yet know how much he wants for it. But, I'll browse any now going for sale. Beginning at 980€ to 4200€ are the four offered through privat owners in Germany: https://www.autoscout24.de/lst/daih...e=1&cy=D&priceto=17500&fregfrom=1961&atype=C& If you want to expand the search for entire Europe including dealers, 44 are available: https://www.autoscout24.de/lst/daih...0&page=1&priceto=17500&fregfrom=1961&atype=C&
Yeah then marketing decided Scooter wasn’t classy enough. The same S-Box was rebadged “Sandpiper” with the optional passenger seat and sun visor.
That was a car you never saw before, even 60 years before. Lol. Somebody spent a lotta doe on that thing.