#subaru vivio bistro

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You've done transmac cars, what about transfem?

I've indeed done transmasc cars, so sure, what's the point in pretending I'm better than that.

As explained in the post above, I feel like for a car to be trans it has to have undergone an aesthetic transformation of some sort - so this post will be about cars that changed face (before to the left, after to the right).

While some voted it most transmasc car of the post and it literally started off with a female name, I actually think the Onevia looks a bit more transfem to me (that's one sentence for the "how did my life end up here" folder).

But there's one more front end alteration with its own name these cars have under their belt.

Enter Mitsuoka, a small Japanese car manufacturer that mostly specializes in taking cars that just aren't weird enough and solving that problem. Indeed, they worked on that Silvia too, turning it into the Mitsuoka Le-Seyde - but I'd rather show you the newer version, based on the last Silvia generation, because I feel like the contrast it offers is genuinely unmatched.

Yep.

And I know what you're thinking - where in the absolute pants did they get this idea? Oh, you're gonna love this one: from Zimmer, an American company founded in the 80s to do exactly that to the Mustang!

Zimmer went bankrupt in '88.

And then was bought up by Art Zimmer (no prior relation) and did the exact same thing to the newer Mustang!

and to the Town car!

Zimmer ceased production again in 2020. "Why?", I cannot fathom anyone wondering. Well, simple: they made the silly mistake of not being in Japan, where Mitsuoka is still thriving doing stuff like this.

Also, speaking of Mitsuoka, you really need to see what they ended up with when they put their hands on the Honda NSX platform (creating a concept that however would reach production as a fully unique car).

And if you thought this couldn't get any better, the two cars above are called, respectively, Galue and Orochi. Wow.

To finish, I would like to submit one I'm not sure can compete but I like too much not to mention: the Pit Crew nose kit for the first generation Mazda Miata!

And of course, I'd be remiss if I didn't include the inspiration for the Dias Classic (which annoyingly seems to have a sweep going on for itself in the poll), the Subaru Vivio Bistro.

And as a treat for y'all, I found one modified in bosozoku style.

I don't believe this poll deserves a larger sample size, but you can reblog this post if like me you think it would at least be really funny.

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#i really have to make a post abut bosozoku at some point #lgbt cars #transfem #nissan s13 silvia #nissan onevia #nissan s15 silvia #mitsuoka le-seyde #ford mustang foxbody #zimmer golden spirit #ford mustang s197 #lincoln town car #mitsuoka galue #honda nsx #mitsuoka orochi #mazda miata #mazda mx-5 #eunos roadster #pit crew #subaru vivio bistro

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And now for something completely different! This is a #SubaruVivio T-top - one of the more eclectic 90s #Kei cars, but it’s also sporting a retro kit. Interest in small retro cars in Japan - where chrome was always desired by some buyers - simmered in the 80s - with new-build Minis, Autobianchi A112s, and 2CVs finding favor among the sleek moderns - but the trend really took off after Nissan’s “Pike” cars - the Be-1, Figaro, Pao, and S-Cargo. - The popularity of those cars led to a wide variety of aftermarket kits and retro-themed production cars. The archetypal 90s #JDM retros came from Mitsuoka - most famous for the Nissan March/Micra-based Viewt and other over-the-top #retrocars. - But the retro trend was popular enough for there to be production retro versions of all sorts of regular cars. The Vivio T-top Bistro and Sambar Dias Classic were Subaru’s first, but the manufacturer later extended the treatment to the other Vivios and the Impreza. - The regular Vivio was considerably more subdued in appearance than this retro T-top, and replaced the Rex in early 1992. The car got its name from it’s displacement - the Roman numerals VI VI O stand for “660” (the engines were actually 658cc, but 660cc was the Kei class displacement limit). Basic Vivios used a 48-hp NA version of the engine, with supercharged and 16V versions available. The cars were featherweights even for Keis - less than 1,600 lbs., so they made good use of their power. - The basic Vivios were a three- and five-door hatch, just like the outgoing Rex, but in the atmosphere on the boom times of the late 80s, Subaru also included a “lifestyle” Convertible - the T-top. The name was a little misleading. The model was called T-top but the roof was called “Multi-top” - and it had five possible configurations with the roof coming off in three panels and the rear window being removable as well, making for a roomy, airy convertible in warm times and a fully-sealed coupe when it was cold. Space was tight, so in the best retro roadster tradition, a spoiler-like luggage rack sits on the trunk lid. - The Vivio was replaced by the Pleo in 1999, and sadly, the T-top didn’t reappear. #SubaruVivioTtop #KeiCars (at SODO-Moto) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo4eDCDlyLr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xcgb00nkemor

#subaruvivio #kei #jdm #retrocars #subaruviviottop #keicars

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[Context: this comment in the Volvo post]

here's the deets on the volvo. i had one of these but it was stock. it was also AWESOME.

Fuck, now I want THREE of these.

I don't see mention of an AWD conversion in the article tho, has he done it after thi- what is it? Oh, why I would want three. Yeah that's a fair question. So, well, I want one like that, obviously, and as for the remaining two, well: For one, I've had this project I nicknamed "Rice 'n' Shine". (Rice as in the automotive term for tacky, low-tier garb stapled onto a car to emulate cooler cars, which people claim to stem from the acronym "Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancements" because saying the term originated from this style being applied to Japanese cars sounds kinda racist dunnit.) A way to celebrate and showcase the creativity that can be found in the car world, to create a spectacle that lights up people's day and, hopefully, sparks someone's imagination. Basically, the core idea is going through the car's every component and go "what is the wildest, most absurd, most miles-out-of-left-field shit I have ever seen done with this component... and how can I outdo it?"

For example, the exhaust. Remember that crazy Subaru Vivio Bistro I posted at the end of the transfem cars post? (How's that for a sentence most people will not say, eh) Well, I've seen crazier. Because the bosozoku style keeps on giving, there would be too many pictures of crazy exhausts to show, but worthy for the longest time the title of most outlandish exhaust to ever grace my eyes has been held by this picture.

Thus, here is a sketch from my ’17/’18 school diary of how I would do the exhaust on this Volvo.

Of note are the transparent shapes on the lower half, which would be the bodykit. See, of course, the Volvo should have a bodykit, right, and of course it should be quite the outlandish thing. Yet again, bosozoku to the rescue.

(And I've seen people more ignorant of bosozoku culture call bundle builds like these with "rice", but at this point the word kind of starts to lose its meaning. I mean, defining this years-long effort with the same word as the people who put whistles in their exhaust to pretend they have a turbo (real thing btw)? And also, it very much stretches "race inspired". I mean, fuck kinda racecars do you think the Japanese had?

Hm. Fair enough.) But the idea there was, instead of having the exhaust stick out of the bodykit, to have it within the bodykit's width, and when it gets to the edge of the exhausts it just... stops, to only keep going when there's no exhaust again, creating all those shapes that stick out the fenders like horizontal scale skyscrapers. However, given the idea is to make it out of acrylic so its entire profile can look like these little side skirt accents...

...it could just be inside the bodykit, as it would still be visible. However, I noticed literally as I was writing that I can't both have the exhaust not stick out from the bodykit and have it go over a rear wheel that sticks out as far as the bodykit does. So how's this for an idea: what if that one wheel just doesn't? What if that one wheel just stays narrow? After all, it's not like the Renault R4 didn't just fucking have one rear wheel further forward than the other.

Because of course it's the French. And you know what? They're right! Why the fuck not? Nothing can be forbidden when you recognize no God. Trade nudes with your professor. Oh, and also, those little circles in the corner window are outward facing speakers, so you can do the whole "car plays music so loud I hear it very clearly from a distance away" without getting hearing damage. So those were three ideas out of the several dozens I have. I should probably make an MMMM-style list once I'm done with that.

Either way, the second idea is more performance-oriented, but do not take this to mean it's any bit more serious. See, as shown by this picture from the article, Volvo engine bays have tons of foolishly empty space that could be filled with more cylinders.

I'm far from the first one to wise up to this, so much that you have multiple people who make mounts and bits for those ditching the stock engine in favor of an LS V8. But I don't want the 5.3L LS. I want a 4.0L V8 (like Toyota's 1UZ) to stick two turbos to and bring it to 600hp. Why specify specifications so specific, you may ask. Well, because 4.0L, eight cylinders split into two cylinder banks, two turbos and 600hp is exactly half the specs of the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport. So if I just put another identical engine in the trunk to power the rear wheels... Basically, this.

Oh, actually, here is the best meme of this sort I've ever seen:

It's not just the quality of the picture, it's that this is Caterham camera car (Caterha car?) is real...

...and that this is not a meme, that is actually the car that filmed the Chiron video. Well, the 'lower speed' parts. The other one was another Bugatti. OBVIOUSLY.

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#submission #volvo 940 turbo #station wagon #oh how thoughtful she already wrote the tags for me! #bosozoku #nissan 240sx s13 #nissan silvia s12 #renault r4 #bugatti veyron #bugatti chiron #caterham seven #i guess i can't really complain that she didn't add these ones too can i #the great catchup