Nissan Figaro

The Nissan Figaro is a two-door, fixed-profile convertible with 2+2 seating that Nissan built in 1991 for the Japanese market and sold new only through its Nissan Cherry Stores. It is based on the first generation March (Micra) and shares that car's front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout, but carries a 1.0 litre 987 cc turbocharged engine producing 76 PS through a three-speed automatic, with a stated top speed of 171 km/h. Shown at the 1989 Tokyo Motor Show under the tagline Back to the Future, it was built at Aichi Machine Industry as one of the Pike cars alongside the Be-1, Pao and S-Cargo. Its styling draws on 1950s cars such as the Renault Dauphine and on 1930s Art Deco, with round lamps, chrome trim and wheels made to look like whitewalls. Production came to 20,073, all right-hand drive, sold through a lottery.