Solved: Wendax 580 - Orangecrate BUB (US version of the Bona)

Wendax · May 16, 2012, 02:22:56 AM

My little red car for the day.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.

Wendax · May 23, 2012, 02:32:16 AM

up

cmetisse · May 23, 2012, 07:43:09 AM

God, I guess this one will be much more difficult for me !

I'm quite sure it's not french, is it ?

Wendax · May 23, 2012, 07:52:47 AM

It is not French, otherwise you would have known it, wouldn't you?

cmetisse · May 23, 2012, 09:09:26 AM

Hey, nothing's sure when it comes to microcars !

I still have for the 60's/70's two or three names for which I really don't have a clue nor a single picture...

Anyway, spanish ?

Wendax · May 23, 2012, 09:18:03 AM

Not Spanish

cmetisse · May 23, 2012, 10:08:28 AM

European ?

Wendax · May 23, 2012, 11:20:20 AM

No

cmetisse · May 23, 2012, 01:22:02 PM

American ?

Wendax · May 23, 2012, 01:30:03 PM

I'm not sure whether it was built in the USA, but it was marketed there by a company with an English spoken name.

cmetisse · May 23, 2012, 07:09:54 PM

Zoe Motors ?

Wendax · May 24, 2012, 02:11:24 AM

No, but following the same concept

cmetisse · May 24, 2012, 02:32:40 AM

So, was it a japanese microcar, like a Mitsuoka, built/sold under another name in USA ?

Wendax · May 24, 2012, 02:52:30 AM

I think so, because the car has Japanese components and the picture was taken in the US.
I only have a name and wasn't able to find additional information.

cmetisse · May 24, 2012, 07:25:23 AM

Maybe a Takeoka under another name...

Wendax · May 24, 2012, 07:34:52 AM

I think the car is much older than Takeoka.

Wendax · May 31, 2012, 03:22:48 AM

up again

Quiller · May 31, 2012, 12:25:38 PM

This is a Japanese micro from the 1980s called the Bona - or at least that's what the katakana symbols suggest in the brochure:

Wendax · May 31, 2012, 01:19:04 PM

Great! I didn't know about this one. That's obviously worth a point. Another one remains on offer for finding the name it was known as in the States.

sydvicious · June 19, 2012, 01:02:25 AM

Vespa?

Wendax · June 19, 2012, 02:10:04 AM

No

microcars · July 31, 2012, 01:23:14 AM

It is Honda powered and has been referred to as a BUB, but the manufacturer, or rather the US Distributor was called ORANGECRATE

Wendax · July 31, 2012, 02:25:20 AM

Congratulations, Orangecrate is the name I was looking for. One point for you, microcars.

The pictured car was a "special" fire chief version, as you can see in the original picture.

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Solved: Wendax 580 - Orangecrate BUB (US version of the Bona)