In 1991 Nissan Motor Company were to celebrate 50 years of manufacture and thus decided to celebrate with the design and production of a very limited car. They hired the services of the Pyke design team and gave instructions the car was to be something 'Very special and that would reflect both style and quality for many years to come'.
Thus the Nissan Figaro was born. Nissan announced that they were to produce 20,000 Nissan Figaro (to be released in three batches, between February and September 1991), but demand was so great that potential users had to enter a lottery in order to win the chance to buy the new car, which was priced at 1,870,000 yen (£10,000). Literally tens of thousands of lottery tickets were sold and winning tickets changed hands for far in excess of the launch selling price!
The Nissan Figaro has a 1950/60 retro bodystyle with matching interior, instruments and cd/radio, but with total 1990's specification including power steering, power windows, full air conditioning, Retro CD player, 2+2 seating, auto box coupled to a 1.0 litre turbo engine and total Nissan Micra running gear. The car was introduced to the public at the 1989 Tokyo Motor Show under the slogan 'Back to the Future.'
Undeniably cute but is it cool?
To see all the Cool Wall cars
click on this link
All the cars are now in the new Cool Wall section in the T-Bar