If you are planning to buy a small weird Japanese car, choosing a Nissan Pao for sale will be a perfect choice for you. The small car has many interesting things from its beautiful exterior to amazing inside for you to discover. To find out more information about this car, let’s check the review below:
Looking For A Nissan Pao For Sale? Read The Complete Rundown
Introduction
The Nissan Pao is a small retro-styled 3-door hatchback produced by Nissan for 3 model years: 1989, 1990, 1991; and initially made for the Japanese domestic market only. So now if you want to buy a Nissan Pao for sale, the only way you can get it is to import a used Nissan Pao from Japan as the productions of the car already ended in 1991.
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Now, let’s move to the history of the car. The Pao was first introduced to the public in October 1987. At the beginning, it offered an optional textile sunroof and was initially marketed without Nissan branding, by reservation only between Jan 15th to Apr 14, 1989. Later cars were sold on a first come - first served basis.
The Nissan Pao, along with the Nissan S-Cargo, Be-1 and Figaro - are called as Nissan’s “Pike cars” because of their origins at Pike Factory, a Nissan’s special project group.
Nissan Pao - A little wagon that has never decided to grow up.
Exterior And Interior
The Nissan Pao has an interesting design because it is designed to follow retro-style but it is not retro like the way we often see. Modern cars like the Mini, the Fiat 500 and the VW Beetle own a design approach to translating past design which is different to the Pao: they interpret classic designs into a new design vocabulary. Most of modern retro cars have a modern look with interpretations of former designs. In contrast, the Nissan Pao is a modern car (for when it was produced) which is made with an older design vocabulary and methods.
Nissan Pao: Boot space.
For instance, the Nissan Pao has bumpers that are simple tubes; it has actual corrugated body panels; it has visible, external door hinges, flip-up rear windows, basic round lights and so on. It’s a 1960s-style body on a late 1980s platform.
Additionally, the Nissan Pao isn’t built to re-work one particular car. It seems like the Nissan designers picked the best features of the best small car designs of the 1960s and put them together into the Nissan Pao. The clamshell tailgate feels a bit like an old Austin, the flip-up windows and corrugated sides are like a Citroen 2CV, the overall shape is very a Renault 4CV, the front end is a bit like a classic Mini and the license plate light is like what VW gave to pre-1964 Beetles. As you can see, there is a little of everything put on the Pao.
Nissan Pao: Interior and Exterior.
Get into the car, you will be in love with its interior design. There is body-colored all around, the radio has a look like a Geiger counter or something, the seats are covered in a tough, large-weave canvas which suggests some sort of safari or adventure car, the rear seats have astonishing small “backpacks” on them and the whole thing is arity, open and charming.
Engine And Performance
The Nissan Pao is fitted with the same engine of the Nissan March/Micra, a pretty popular small Nissan hatchback sold in a lot of countries in the world. It is a 987 cc four with an uncommon electronically-controlled carb which produces 52 HP.
Nissan Pao engine.
The car is available in both a 3-speed auto and a 5-speed manual transmissions. It weighs about 1600 pounds, so it really does not feel that slow. When running the Pao on the road, it idles so smooth without any sacry smells, sounds or anything.
Summary And Price
All in all, the Nissan Pao is truly a car for car enthusiasts; the small car built for cruising through summer with the stereo up, windows down and breaking necks for all the right reasons wherever you go.
The Nissan Pao price varies from $ 4,000 to $ 13,000 depending the condition of the car. But beer in mind that you should always buy a used Nissan Pao for sale from renowned dealers as they can offer you a car with a long life left at the best price.
