Nissan Figaro
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20,073 produced
| Nissan Figaro (E-FK10) | |
|---|---|
 Nissan Figaro finished in Pale Aqua (summer). | |
| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Nissan |
| Production | 1991[1] 20,073 produced |
| Assembly | Oppama Plant, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Designer | Naoki Sakai and Shoji Takahashi |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | City car |
| Body style | 2-door fixed-profile convertible |
| Layout | FF layout |
| Related | |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 987 cc MA10ET turbo I4 |
| Transmission | 3-speed automatic |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 2,300 mm (90.6 in) |
| Length | 3,740 mm (147.2 in) |
| Width | 1,630 mm (64.2 in) |
| Height | 1,365 mm (53.7 in) |
| Curb weight | 810 kg (1,790 lb) |
The Nissan Figaro is a two-door car manufactured by Nissan in 1991 for the Japanese market. Based on the original Nissan March/Micra, the Figaro is a fixed-profile convertible with a 2+2 seating arrangement. It shares the March's front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout. When new, it was sold only through Nissan Cherry Stores.
A total of 20,073 Figaros were produced by Nissan in the convertible's single year of series production,[2] all with right-hand drive;[3] at least several thousand have been grey imported to Great Britain and Ireland.[4][5] There are a few examples of left-hand drive conversions for countries that have right-hand traffic.[6][7]
Because of its origins at Pike Factory, Nissan's special project group, the Figaro (along with the Nissan Pao, Be-1, and S-Cargo) is one of Nissan's "Pike cars," and represented a design strategy that adapted "design and marketing strategies from other industries like personal electronics".[8]
In 2011, design critic Phil Patton, writing for the New York Times, called the Pike cars "the height of postmodernism"[8] and "unabashedly retro, promiscuously combining elements of the Citroën 2CV, Renault 4, Mini, and Fiat 500".[8]
