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July 03, 2006
Cutest. Car. Ever.










Behold the Suzuki LC -- a concept car the company released this year. It's an update of the 1955 Suzulight, Suzuki's first-ever automobile that launched the firm. As Automobile Magazine describes it:

The LC microcar has space for only two people inside its two-door, 10.5-foot-long body. The split-level cabin with plaid seats is decidedly minimalist, but the detailing throughout the car is fantastic. Suzuki's three-cylinder, 660-cc minicar engine is under the hood. It's just the car for zipping through Tokyo's crowded streets.

I want one this instant. I had long planned to buy a Nash Metropolitan, a squat little 1950s car that looks precisely like this one, so I could do a cross-country road trip in it. But then I discovered that, alas, most Metropolitans have a top speed of about 50 mph, which would rule out much interstate driving. I bet an LC could break 60 or 70 mph, though!


(Thanks to El Rey for this one!)

Posted by Clive Thompson at July 03, 2006 08:22 PM

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Hi Clive,
this is pretty cool but is very reminiscent of the Nissan Figaro that was made in the early nineties. You can see it here - http://www.iobjects.co.uk/figaro/figaro.html

Posted by: inscrutable_chicken [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 4, 2006 5:14 PM

are you listening to me, Suzuki Marketroids?

"Suzulight" is WAY cooler and fun-sounding than "Suzuki LC." Change the name of this car -- now -- or suffer my wrath!!

Then send me one as payment for saving your job. :)

Posted by: bud [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 4, 2006 7:31 PM

inscrutable_chicken, that Figaro is gorgeous! I want one of those too.

Bud, yes, migod, Suzulight is an incomparably better name.

Posted by: Clive [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 6, 2006 1:40 PM

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