Nissan Pao

The Nissan Pao is a retro-styled three-door hatchback that Nissan sold for the 1989 to 1991 model years, originally only in Japan and through its Nissan Cherry Stores. It was first announced at the Tokyo Motor Show in October 1987 and offered by reservation from January to April 1989 without Nissan branding; with 51,657 applications it sold out in three months. One of the Pike series with the Be-1, the Figaro and the S-Cargo, it was designed as a fashionable retro city car, borrowing external door hinges from the early Mini, flap-up windows like those of the Citroën 2CV and a split tailgate recalling the Austin A40 Farina Countryman. Its design is usually credited to Naoki Sakai. It uses the March's 1.0 litre 987 cc four-cylinder MA10S engine, rated at 52 PS, with a three-speed automatic or five-speed manual gearbox, and a published production total of 31,352.