Nissan Figaro

O Nissan Figaro era um pequeno carro retrô fabricado pela Nissan. Originalmente, era vendido apenas no Japão, mas obteve certa popularidade na Inglaterra, Irlanda e sudeste da Asia, principalmente pela popularidade dso carros usados de segunda mão importados. Sua aparência tem similaridades com o 1960 Datsun Fairldy. No Japão era vendido exclusivamente em uma revenda autorizada, a Nissan Cherry Store.

O Figaro apareceu em 1989 no tokyo Motor Show sob o slogan "Back to the Future", e o nome do carros era uma referência a pela "As Bodas de Figaro" de Pierre Beaumarchais. O carro foi construído por time de projetos especiais denominado Pike Factory, que também produzia carros com o Be-1, Pao e S-Cargo. Era baseado no Nissan Micra. Apenas quatro cores estavam disponíveis: Topza Mist, Emerald Green, Pale Aqua e Lapis Grey. Cada cor simbolizava uma estação do ano. Quando foi lançado, a cor Topaz Mist se tornou a menos popular. Apenas 2.000 foram produzidos na cor Topaz Mist, por isto ela se tornou bastante rara.


The Figaro was a small retro car made by Nissan. The car was originally sold only in Japan, but nowadays it has become popular with owners in the UK, Ireland and South East Asia, mostly because of the popularity of second-hand Japanese import cars. Its appearance has some similarities to the 1960s Datsun Fairlady models. In Japan, it was exclusive to a Japanese Nissan dealership network called Nissan Cherry Store.

The Figaro was introduced at the 1989 Tokyo Motor Show under the slogan "Back to the Future", and the name "Figaro" was a reference to the main character in the play "The Marriage of Figaro" by Pierre Beaumarchais. It was built by a Nissan special projects group called Pike Factory, which also produced cars like the Be-1, Pao and S-Cargo. It was based on the Nissan Micra (or March). Only four colours were available: Topaz Mist, Emerald Green, Pale Aqua and Lapis Grey. Each colour symbolised a season of the year. When the car was launched, Topaz Mist was the least popular colour. There were only 2,000 produced in Topaz Mist, so they have become very rare.