You’ve gotta give plenty of credits to the Japanese students of the Shizuoka Professional College of Automobile Technology for building this cool and Mazda Carol Hot-Rod wannabe. The students combined the body and interior of a 60’s Mazda Carol (rear-engined) with the all-wheel-drive powertrain and chassis of a mid 80’s Suzuki Jimny / Samurai. Too bad that they decided to retain the Suzuki’s puny 23 HP strong 0.5-liter engine unit. -More pics after the jump
Link: Shizuoka
This project is incredibly cool! It's especially refreshing to see a hot rod that has something other than the usual Chevy small-block. A car doesn't require a V8 to be cool!
Ye, but more than 23hp would also be cool!
Carscoop guys, make sure you keep in touch with the 2CV hot rod, that is a very cool project.
Laugh now, but when gas hit's $5.00 a gallon that will be one bad looking machine.
Actually I find it cool now.