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Nissan Be-1

The Nissan Be-1 is a retro two-door saloon made by Nissan in Japan from 1987 to 1988. Its weirdest quirk: Nissan sold it with no Nissan branding at all, and only to people who'd reserved one.

The first of Nissan's Pike cars: a Micra underneath with a cartoon-retro body on top. It was sold without any Nissan badges, by reservation only, in Japan only.

1987–1988 · Retro two-door saloon · 0 sold prices logged

Photo of a Nissan Be-1
Photo: 1987 Nissan Be-1. By TTTNIS, via Wikimedia Commons, CC0. Cropped by Wrong Turn Garage; the homepage thumbnail is a stylized duotone version.

Quick facts

  • Maker: Nissan
  • Years: 1987–1988
  • Country of origin: Japan
  • Body type: Retro two-door saloon
  • Engine: 1.0-litre MA10S four
  • Weirdest quirk: Nissan sold it with no Nissan branding at all, and only to people who'd reserved one.
  • Sold prices logged: 0

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