A few years back, when retro styling was all the rage, the guys at GM decided to break another glass door in the automotive world. They introduced what was probably the worlds first mass market convertible pickup truck — there was the ill-fated Dodge Dakota Sport, but that was another ASC hack job, not to […]
In the late 1980s Nissan released a series of retro-styled vehicles into the Japanese market built on what is called the Pike platform. The wacky designs were penned by Naoki Sakai who was noted for bringing retro styling to Olympus brand cameras. The limited production retro-minis included Be-1, K10-Micra, Pao, Figaro and snail styled S-Cargo. […]
Back in the 1980s when retro-styling wasn’t a thing, the nuts at Nissan built a series of cars known as the Pike family that consisted of the Be-1, Pao, Figaro and S-Cargo. Various examples of the Pao and Figaro seem to be for sale around the web from time-to-time, but the S-Cargo version is much […]
Starting in the late 1990s, cars with retro styling cues have become big sellers in the US. The retro car trend did not originate in America, however. PT Cruisers, Prowlers, SSRs, HHRs, Crossfires, VW Beetles, Fiat 500s, Mustangs, Camaros and Minis all owe something to this early pioneer of the nostalgic aesthetic movement. Find this […]