Classic cars are our passion. Driving our classic cars is an even bigger passion.
But the internet is our addiction ... Just as we can drive for hours, we can surf the internet for hours on end. Always trying to find that special car for sale in some obscure little corner.
As soon as we spotted this car for sale we knew it had been designed by Giugiaro. He designed it when working for Bertone. It looks more like some Italian luxury sedan rather than a Japanese Mazda, or Luce as these cars were known as back in the land of the rising sun. Between 1965 and 1971, more than 120,000 of these Mazdas were produced. Australia would be your best bet to find one these days though …
Unfortunately there is not much information available on this car, but it is a super-duper 2-liter Toyota sedan from the sixties. These cars are very wanted in some corners of the globe, but not so much really in Belgium, where this one is up for sale. It has probably been imported from the US, but we wouldn’t want to bet our life on it since Toyotas were quite popular in Belgium in the sixties.
Update 12/10: We have received more pictures of this car from the owner. Email us if you’re interested.
In some parts of the world, these little cars are close to reaching cult status, not in the least because of a talk show celebrity called Jay Leno producing this little video. Last month, a silver coupe came up for sale in the UK and didn’t sell. We still don’t really understand why not. These cars have “cool” written all over them.
Datsun was the name for Nissan cars destined for export. This one is probably the most famous Datsun of them all, the 240 Z. Inspired by the coupe-style of that other icon of motoring, the Jag E-type, this car went on to become the car of the seventies.
Although these cars were never officially brought out in the UK, among enthousiasts the interest in this particular little roadster seems to be growing. The rumour goes it was based on the MGB, but in our opinion the person who started this little myth needs more than a set of new spectacles.
