My little red car for the day.
For one point, please respond and identify this car.
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God, I guess this one will be much more difficult for me !
I'm quite sure it's not french, is it ? ;D
It is not French, otherwise you would have known it, wouldn't you? ;D
Hey, nothing's sure when it comes to microcars ! ;D
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 ?
Not Spanish
European ?
No
American ?
I'm not sure whether it was built in the USA, but it was marketed there by a company with an English spoken name.
Zoe Motors ?
No, but following the same concept
So, was it a japanese microcar, like a Mitsuoka, built/sold under another name in USA ?
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.
Maybe a Takeoka under another name... ???
I think the car is much older than Takeoka.
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This is a Japanese micro from the 1980s called the Bona - or at least that's what the katakana symbols suggest in the brochure:
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.
Vespa?
No
It is Honda powered and has been referred to as a BUB, but the manufacturer, or rather the US Distributor was called ORANGECRATE
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. :D