For these people that simply have to drive one thing completely different, there’s Mitsuoka.
The Japanese automotive customizer and coachbuilder has been round because the Nineteen Sixties, and has constructed up a status through the years for turning mundane autos into retro designs that positively stand out.
The corporate’s newest creation is a five-door hatchback that blends components of the Dodge Challenger and different muscle vehicles, and relies on the platform of a Honda Civic, particularly the Civic Hatchback.
It is often known as the M55, and at the moment it is solely an idea. Mitsuoka mentioned it constructed the idea to seize the temper on the time of the corporate’s founding, when Japan began adopting components of American tradition, therefore the resemblance to the unique Challenger. The rear window louvers had been usually a signature type piece within the muscle period of the late ’60s and the next decade.
Mitsuoka M55 idea
Mitsuoka hasn’t talked about any particulars on what’s lurking below the hood. The Civic Hatchback is at the moment supplied with the selection of a 158-hp 2.0-liter inline-4 or a 180-hp 1.5-liter turbo-4, and it is possible one in every of these powertrains powers the M55. An inside shot reveals Mitsuoka has opted for the Civic’s 6-speed guide transmission somewhat than the automotive’s obtainable CVT.
The Civic Hatchback can be the idea for the Civic Kind R which sports activities a 2.0-liter turbo-4 that is good for 315 hp, however Mitsuoka hasn’t used the Kind R for the M55.
Mitsuoka plans to show the M55 at its showroom in Tokyo from Nov. 24 to Dec. 16, after which at its showroom in Toyama from Jan. 12-28. Ought to it have sufficient takers, it is potential a manufacturing model will comply with.
