Q177 - solved - Intermeccanica Viva

[Quiller]

What's the make and model designation of this car?

[Anton]

De Tomaso Longchamp Spyder?

[Quiller]

Afraid not

[Quiller]

One rung oop

[ImpishGrin]

I think it's the American Custom Coachworks Nissan 200 SX conversion.

[Arunas]

Intermeccanica Viva 200 SX convertible

[Quiller]

That's correct, Arunas! Based on a Nissan 200 SX, and all round rather a low point for the once-great Intermeccanica

[ImpishGrin]

Hmm... You sure?

[Quiller]

I agree your pics do look very similar.

Here's what info was posted with the Intermeccanica Viva pic:

"In 1982, Nissan released the 200SX.   Intermeccanica struck a deal to make a factory authorized convertible.  Soon thereafter, Nissan killed the project and handed it to ASC (American Sunroof) because Nissan didn't want to deal with a smaller company such as Intermeccanica.   Intermeccanica brought two cars to the 1981-82 New York autoshow (one convertible and one with a removable hardtop) but never had a chance to show them. After the deal with Nissan fell through (20 cars into project), Intermeccanica made a deal to sell the tooling to a limousine manufacturer in Mexico.  Intermeccanica produced approximately 50 Nissan 200sx convertibles and sold them mostly in Mexico."

Is there a connection with the American Custom Coachworks Nissan 200 SX I wonder?

[ImpishGrin]

I know the info, it was the first place I checked for this car. The thing is, other pictures of the Intermeccanica Viva I've seen, show a somewhat different car. Unfortunately, I can't find them now. That website you've taken it from is the only place where I've seen the Viva illustrated with this picture.
But I guess none of us can prove the other one wrong in this case, so of course it's only an academic discussion ;)