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BBC - h2g2 - The Nissan Figaro |
 | | The Nissan Figaro has been referred to as a 'retro fashion car', and was born out of the Japanese 'boutique' movement in car design - sub-compact vehicles (such as Honda's Beat, Mitsubishi's Minica Dangan and Suzuki's Cappuccino) were based on the mechanical components of mainstream cars, but were externally very different. |
 | | Nissan announced that they were to produce 20,000 Figaros (to be released in three batches, between February and September 1991), but demand was so great that potential users had to enter a lottery in order to win the chance to buy the new car, which was priced at 1,870,000 yen (£10,000). |
 | | The Figaro was produced in four colours: lapis grey (it's lilac when the sun shines, honest), pale aqua (light blue), emerald (pale green) and the rarer topaz mist (a sort of caramel colour). |
| www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A3054601 (1274 words) |
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