The coolest cars you've never heard of

[Goodspeed]

Post up old, rare, or simply unheard of cars that you think are really cool for whatever reason. There are tons outside of the US that nobody knows about, and I know there are a few members here (Rex and Jeff off the top of my head) that have vast knowledge of weird cars from decades past or even today that nobody has ever heard about.

My favorite is the Suzuki Cappuccino. Built from 1991 - 97, it was Suzuki's answer to the "kei" car segment in Japan, whereby cars are of a certian size and price to offer affordable transportation. Powered by a 657cc (660cc is the max allowed for Kei cars) inline 3, turbocharged and intercooled producing an advertised 63 hp, though probably more in the typical Japanese fashion. It was rear wheel drive, had 4 wheel discs and double wishbone suspension.

Why do I think its cool? Well, besides having a thing for weird little cars, its a mini-Miata basically. I'd love to have one. Another weird creation from the land of the rising sun.







Also, in no particular order:

The Alfa Romeo GTV. What an awesome looking car



The Vauxhall/Opel Astra VXR. Awesome little hot hatch; I like it for its surprising upgradability, a chip and exhaust and you have 280+ stonking torque steering horsepower. It'll be coming to the States as part of the Saturn-Opel transmogrification, but it'll be sprayed with the suck gun first and won't be nearly as cool



The NSX. Seriously. I wish it got the respect it deserved.

I know you've heard of it, my point is you should've heard about it much more