Nissan Figaro - Instructions Available on Rebrickable
The first of four ‘Pike’ cars from Nissan – the 1991 Figaro was a retro design draped over the conventional Nissan Micra platform. The Figaro was reminiscent of classic British, French and Italian convertible cars from the 1950s.
More formally the car is known as a fixed-profile convertible, one where the B-pillar connects to the windscreen, but the rear window and roof retract.
Externally the car was available from the factory in one of four hues representing the seasons: Topaz Mist (Autumn), Emerald Green (Spring), Pale Aqua (Summer) and Lapis Grey (Winter). The car continued the retro theme inside where the car was finished in off-white, and had a soft-feel dashboard top. Subsequently many cars have been refinished in a more conventional palette.
The Figaro was not a rapid car, being powered by the Micra’s 1.0 L turbocharged 4-cylinder engine producing 76 hp (57 kW). Peed was not the cars purpose though – rather to be a distinctive and fun mode of transport in a sea of boring grey and white hatchbacks.
And that, it does very well.
Instructions to build this Nissan Figaro model area available of Rebrickable:
rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-49210/lego911/nissan-figaro-121-...
Being October, which had always been the LUGNuts anniversary month, this Nissan Figaro has been built to the 117th challenge theme 'A Cult Following'.
Nissan Figaro - Instructions Available on Rebrickable
The first of four ‘Pike’ cars from Nissan – the 1991 Figaro was a retro design draped over the conventional Nissan Micra platform. The Figaro was reminiscent of classic British, French and Italian convertible cars from the 1950s.
More formally the car is known as a fixed-profile convertible, one where the B-pillar connects to the windscreen, but the rear window and roof retract.
Externally the car was available from the factory in one of four hues representing the seasons: Topaz Mist (Autumn), Emerald Green (Spring), Pale Aqua (Summer) and Lapis Grey (Winter). The car continued the retro theme inside where the car was finished in off-white, and had a soft-feel dashboard top. Subsequently many cars have been refinished in a more conventional palette.
The Figaro was not a rapid car, being powered by the Micra’s 1.0 L turbocharged 4-cylinder engine producing 76 hp (57 kW). Peed was not the cars purpose though – rather to be a distinctive and fun mode of transport in a sea of boring grey and white hatchbacks.
And that, it does very well.
Instructions to build this Nissan Figaro model area available of Rebrickable:
rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-49210/lego911/nissan-figaro-121-...
Being October, which had always been the LUGNuts anniversary month, this Nissan Figaro has been built to the 117th challenge theme 'A Cult Following'.