The interest of Amcar is strong in Norway, and it has always been there after the war, when Americans have become inaccessible dream objects on the roads Norwegian. A little later, Japanese cars were put up for sale and, over the years, they also attracted crowds of fans
first as a kind of protest movement, but ultimately in a more serious and organized
. . Because there are a lot of cool models to choose from also from Asia, although those that have been regularly on sale in our latitudes are mostly boring.
Large-scale Japanese production started much later than the USA. and one of the appeal points of the amcar movement is that the Japanese have managed to copy what others have done before them. It is very correct in this statement – but precisely why there are also a lot of parallels between American and Japanese manufacturers have been able to afford over the years.
Here are some examples of recreational cars, no matter the size of the garage and the gas budget.
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AMC Gremlin / Datsun Cherry
. And we are not claiming that the American option here has competed equally with the United States. There was little fuel, and the space was good, so the little AMC could be as good as a Cherry for anyone who wanted a "little" car.
Cherry sold on compact dimensions, interior level, low running costs and good accessibility with a 1 liter engine and front wheel drive. The smaller Gremlin engine was a 3.3-liter rack and the drive wheels were obviously behind.
And while the Japanese seemed sleepy, there was something wonderful in the distinctive design and name of AMC Gremlin. Today, both offer a driving experience completely beyond what we are used to, and a lot of positive attention.
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Chevrolet El Camino / Subaru Brat Chevrolet El Camino SS. A total of 4,950 SS editions were built between 1983 and 1987 for GM by Choo-Choo Customs in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
1987 Chevrolet El Camino SS. A total of 4,950 SS editions were built for GM by Choo-Choo Customs in Chattanooga, Tennessee, between 1983 and 1987.
Pickups designed as clean wagons appeared at an early stage. Here, however, there were niche models that focused primarily on the comfort of the car, but the back seat was offered to accommodate a loader of sufficient size for people with "active leisure" such as surfers and seamen
. His Ranchero when the car type popularity took off in the 1950s. But GM lasted until 1987, and became the real exponent of the class with Chevrolet El Camino and GMC Caballero – the cars that became famous when the Norwegian authorities decided that they were "too kind" to be registered as vans despite the fact that
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In order to reduce import costs, Subaru Brat in the United States has stirred a few plates in front of the cargo plane so that it be taxed as a passenger car instead of picking up. Norway is not the only country in the world with strange car costs
In order to reduce import costs, Subaru Brat in the United States has stirred a few seats in front of the cargo plan so that He is taxed as a passenger car rather than a pick-up. Norway is not the only country in the world to pay strange car costs.
The Japanese of course had the sense of collecting well-managed and convenient passenger cars, and what we consider to be the closest to the original American must become Subaru Brat. The transition from the roof and platform and the emphasis traditionally placed by Subarus on the frameless window doors have made the car a greatly reduced El Camino. Unlike the American, it could even come with something as typically American as the T-roof!
The car was just called Subaru Pickup when the brand really had winds on the Norwegian market in the first half of the 1980s and everything from gardeners to sweepers it was considered a perfect four-wheel drive vehicle and a easy car comfort. Hard use does little today, turn on if you find a usable that has survived!
Ford Mustang / Toyota Celica
1971 Ford Mustang Sportsroof
1971 Ford Mustang Sportsroof
A copy C is the greatest compliment you can get, it says. As such, Toyota Celica was a grandiose compliment to the American pony car when it first hit the market in 1971, and some of the success that it reached in the US was ironically in Because of the American ponies moving and becoming The Japanese have obviously realized that the 1.6-liter or 1.8-liter fire engines would never be able to pound with a Mustang or Camaro bigblock, but they focused on the public as the Mustang base was invented. on – those who wanted a small, easy-going car with a sporty appearance. The majority of American pony cars were also sold with rather casual engines.
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1976 Toyota Celica Liftback with bumpers and side lights adapted to the United States
1976 Le Toyota Celica Liftback with bumpers and side marker lights tailored to the US market
The famous Celica was well known, as had already made the 240 Z of Datsun among those who wanted a more popular sports car . Celica sales were even better when the engine was expanded to 2 and later with just over 2.2 liters of volume, then the automatic transmission was also available.
Not all Americans took the Eastern competition seriously. GM continued unsuccessfully to build its strong Camaro and Firebird cars while Chrysler took a break with Challenger after 1974 before renaming Mitsubishi Sapporo in 1978. However, when Ford relayed Little Mustang II on the Pinto platform in 1974, they had actually copied the copy – Mustang II was great as a Celica, but with less quality and driving skills.
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Chrysler "Fuselage" / Nissan Gloria [19659034] If compact cars were originally an Asian parade branch on which Americans snuggle, we can say the opposite with large comfortable seats. It was the real "car" in the United States, and the Japanese end up building several big car seats in the United States, as you never see here. The big Infiniti and Acura are some examples, Toyotas Avalon is another.
But the Japanese also built large sedans earlier. In most cases, the stools are so much bigger than they were, but the length of the car sets the taxes and fees in the country of origin, but with details of design and equipment clearly inspired by contemporary American cars. Many of them have never been exported and are only available to the right-handed ones.
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Among the biggest relentless Americans, it's hard to pass Chrysler- the big cars of the Group from the period 1969-1973. It was made a point that they were designed as a fly hook when they were new and the nickname "Chrysler fuselage" was attached. It looks like the biggest cars of the Nissan group of the same era, Cedric and Gloria, although the vision is deteriorating: the Nissan models were just 4.7m long, while a New Yorker Chrysler was more close to 5.85 m in 1973. [19659003] What makes Cedric and dearest Gloria to the most American Japanese sedan in our eyes, is the fact that they could be delivered as a hardtop to four lanes without a B-post 1973 and well into the 1990s. No one was surprised from where had been coming from, already in the 1960s, Gloria looked like she was in the nineties. AMC ambassador reduced
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