Mitsuoka Ryoga

Bear with me - I'm almost through the Mitsuoka range, past and present. Behold the Ryoga, a kind of Bentley/Jaguar/90's Nissan bastard child. Also behold this Engrish description:

"Each time a new one is over. Over yonder. I think that single-minded move. One of fulfillment get to the summit, however, gone tomorrow. Go even higher. So his way over for the continued though. "Excel". Devote yourself to the spirit of my car. We would not like to run life is the same person. Who's not. Ask for my own happiness. It is caught era without the Joneses without it. Own aesthetic dictates just wrestle, run. "Excel". Devote yourself to the aspirations of my car. Again, age, the boy remain. Coming out journey. Relaxed mind. Fresh air to the brain and sink into come. Beyond the day-to-day is a much more relaxed. The boy's heart is as full of adventure. "Excel". Devote yourself to the freedom of my car. Challenge. The dream destination. And the mountains, valleys. Road is not flat. But his it should challenge. As long as my aim, without having to succumb to the difficulties face forward. Now the dream is still on the way. You stare on making the utmost efforts. "Excel". Devote yourself to my life to the car."

Mitsuoka Nouera 6-02

Oddly, Mitsuoka also sells ANOTHER Corolla based retro-car. This one comes across as being more mainstream, in that it isn't quite as classical and they offer a station wagon. However, the front end on this guy actually looks worse, almost a taller version of the mug on it's Orochi brother. Out back, things look much the same as the Galue 2-04.

Mitsuoka Galue 2-04

Thought I would post this one seperately from the other Galue, as it looks different and is based off a Corolla. Intended for people who want a really fugly car in a smaller package, the Galue 2-04's looks skew more towards Bentley than Rolls. Although that kind of like comparing apples to dog feces shaped like an apple.

Mitsuoka Galue

The Mitsuoka Galue has a long and storied history of fugliness. I'll start off with what you can go out and purchase right now, should you suffer from a temporary lapse in judgement.

The Galue range currently consists of 4 cars; the Galue-III (based off the Nissan Fuga or Infitini M), the Galue S50 Limo (same), the Galue Convertible (based off the Mustang), and the Galue 2-04 (based off the Corolla). I'm only going to cover the first two in this post.

In the conversion from Fuga to Galue, a Roll-ish front end is plopped on with about 5 feet of front overhang. At the rear, Cadillac tailights are grafted on as the body narrows to a pinches rear end.



The S50 limo follows the same conversion process, yet the stretch adds a strange central window that makes the limo actually look far worse than the sedan.



For the convertible, basically apply the same styling principles to a Mustang. Someone should have turned this Mustang into glue, not a Galue.



For your viewing displeasure, I've also included a pic of the Galue-II (based off a Nissan Cedric, yet with a similar front end look) and Galue-I.




I'm not sure why, but the British website for Mitsuoka only lists info on the first generation Galue. So for you Engrish reader pleasure, I present to you the overview of the Galue-I:

"In 1996, Butte, following Oka Akira KURASHIKKUTEISUTO swarming four-door sedan that gave birth to the self-taught, GALUE-I. GALUE-I engine will be mounted, 130-horsepower six straight OHC L 2. Mission 4 and 5 AT MT can choose from two types. It features appearances by the dress-up, round eyes and rounded fender headlights, large-plated grill, over plating with a rider attached to the front bumper and around the British-car atmosphere. And the vertical rear combination lamp design, but with a rider over bumper plating and will be seated."

Mitsuoka Le-Seyde, Pt. 2

So I've covered the Mitsuoka Le-Seyde before when AutoFug first started, but I found some new pics and thought I would do some updating. Any guesses as to what this began as? I'm guessing Nissan Silvia. Another reason for updating is that I've stumbled across Misuoka's website for selling cars in the UK, and it contains some pretty awesome Engrish. See below...

"There is no special car. Originality and classic styling to fully enjoy the appreciation alone is not enough. Normally ride. Le-Seyde premise that if you ride and break equipped with modern features. This is a purely practical car. The classic car is the only mainstream dynamic styling, it was like watching a car, maybe. The original elegance to leave the car and ran to his roommate's Le-Seyde. Just go in the car. Ribbon equipment such as wheel spokes and tires DITIRU loyalty is bright. But it is not alone. Bend strength tests on the safety standards of about 2.8 times the mainframe. The body is stronger than 7 iron to 14 m / m use of FRP. Cornering expand to tread, such as strength and safety are also excel. Want to run slowly. Naturally the car is able to run faster. However, the slow-moving car that was rarely enjoy. FORUMU own, in addition to their beauty. Sometimes venture with the purpose of enjoying at 40 km per hour. Run, the scenery and enjoy themselves as much as anything to the car. Also part of car maintenance. Japan-based car using its own integration methods and car bodies, reliability and safety. RIBIRUTO is not using any. Of course, parts, the parts are made in Japan, so quick service anywhere across the country, also encouraged to get maintenance. Also play experience. Classic cars on the honest people's voice gave birth, with features such as PW.PS.AC the car. Not special, can ride every day. Driving one's own values are fully enjoy oneself. That car can be claimed."

Mitsuoka ViewT

Mitsuoka is a Japanese car company that rebodies current Japanese models to look like old Biritsh cars. If fact, they've been doing it "successfully" for quite a while. Their ViewT model is based off the luxurious Nissan Micra, with a healthy does of Jaguar S-Type/Mark 2 slathered on either end. It's about as appealing as cheap sushi coated in grey poupon.

Fug Life

I so wish I had better/more pics of this one. It's so over the top it looks like a cartoon. Almost like that cab in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". And not only does the bodystyle clash to an extreme degree, the narrow body squashes all the front end features together.

*EDIT* - I found out after the fact that this is (or was) a Honda Life.

Mini Byuck

Another Buick ripoff, based off.... something. All these damn mini minivans look the same. This one has much more bodywork done, which is more respectable. Too bad it's fugly.

Suzuki Wagon R, Retirement Version

Another Wagon R, with those damn headlights again. This one has some tri-tone paint, and a cool "I Can't Believe It's Not Metal" front bumper. The Buick teeth grille is a nice change, as are white walls. Perfect for Florida octogenarians.

RatRod Yaris

Here's a beaut! Hard to believe this was once a Toyota Yaris. Aka Toyota Echo hatch in Canada, aka a three door version of the American Echo. Special features here are a toothy chroome grille and what appear to be dirty white wall tires mounted on snazzy black pressed steel rims. Additional features include faired in rear wheels and weird downward bend rear view mirrors (also note that it looks like the stalk of the original mirrors is still there).

Mini Retrovan

Wow - it's like a neoclassic minivan, retro style. And it appears as if the wood "grain" (I say grain as the simulated texture looks like pulp, or clipboard maybe) might even be painted on.

De-Forrestation

I think this was at one point a Subaru Forrester.

Mitsuoka Le-Seyde

The slogan right from their website says it all: "Le-Seyde: We are happy, it's not logic."

Sadly their site is not as hilarious as it used to be. All their imagery had badly translate English overtop, but they've dumbed it down since then.

This however does not take away from their cars. All based off newer Japanese cars, their modified to look like older autos. Could you tell? All that the end up looking like is an awkward hybrid with clashing lines. This is AutoFug in the extreme.