Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Nissan S-Cargo Edge Entertainment's Cool Vehicle

Here is one of Edge Entertainment's vehicles that we have it is a 1989 Nissan S-Cargo as of writing it has 42,500 kms.

A little bit about these weird looking vehicles:
The Nissan S-Cargo is a small commercial van manufactured by Nissan. Its name was an amusing double entendre meaning both "Small Cargo" as well as "Escargot", the French word for snail. This was because the styling of the S-Cargo looked a lot like a snail. The S-Cargo design was directly inspired by the appearance of the tiny French Citroen 2CV camionette or small truck, even including the single spoke steering wheel. The 2CV was relatively popular in Japan at this time. Its internal workings are identical to the Nissan March / Micra.
The car was introduced at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1989, and was built from 1989 to 1992 by Pike Factory for Nissan. Approximately 12,000 were manufactured. All S-Cargo's are right hand drive. While initially marketed only in Japan, S-Cargo's have spread as grey import vehicles.
It has a small cult following, in spite of being criticised for looking "toy like". Its rarity, quirky looks and huge signage panels make it an attention-grabbing vehicle.
The S-Cargo was equipped with a 1.5-litre 4-cylinder gasoline engine, a 3-speed automatic transmission, and air conditioning.
Optional items:
- An oval portal window installed on each side panel
- An electric canvas sunroof


1 comment:

Unknown said...

Nice! The one I drove ran perfect at 180 KPH! The signage on it looks well designed and applied also... LOL