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Peel replica, Steve Fisk

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Honda caren , any info known ?
« on: July 13, 2014, 09:20:27 PM »
This is the car I was trying to remember the name of , Bob + Jean , so honda caren any one got one ?
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Peel replica, Steve Fisk

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Re: Honda caren , any info known ?
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2014, 09:20:58 PM »
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« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2014, 09:26:03 PM »
I want one!
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« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2014, 10:03:18 PM »
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« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2014, 10:13:49 PM »
and if you can't find one to buy, you can lease this one for only $6000 USD per month!

http://www.themiamiautomuseum.com/1990-honda-caren-c-306.htm
note: this is the same vehicle that used to be in the BW Microcar Museum.

this Russian car blog has a nice collection of images of the Honda Caren, including ones from a brochure showing cute girls sitting in one and someone driving one!
http://carakoom.com/blog14638.html

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Peel replica, Steve Fisk

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Re: Honda caren , any info known ?
« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2014, 11:06:14 PM »
I haven't seen a lot of them pictures from googling , really funny car bet it's a pig to drive !
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Re: Honda caren , any info known ?
« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2014, 11:23:00 PM »
Quote from: Peel replica, Steve Fisk on July 13, 2014, 09:20:27 PM
This is the car I was trying to remember the name of , Bob + Jean , so honda caren any one got one ?

No wonder I couldn't help you remember it Steve. I have never seen one before. When I said the AC sociable had similar wheel configuration of course I meant the Scott Sociable. Like this one.
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Re: Honda caren , any info known ?
« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2014, 12:26:05 AM »
The car is actually called a ?????? URI-?(which translates as something like sidecar URI-II), designed by a company called Moonfleet and based upon and around a 2-wheel 50cc Honda Caren moped, a little like the Moby in the Hammond Collection is based on a Yamaha QT50. Here's the page the Russian's seem to have nicked their info from.

http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/rara1735/8438135.html

a little video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxBXpTSDl4g
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Re: Honda caren , any info known ?
« Reply #8 on: July 14, 2014, 07:57:48 AM »
What I would class as a Cabin Moped
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« Reply #9 on: July 14, 2014, 11:25:57 AM »
Steve,I have never seen or heard of this one before but it is so like the Moby in basic design, one wonders who cribbed from who?  Jean
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Bob Purton

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« Reply #10 on: July 14, 2014, 12:50:46 PM »
This is the one Jean and I were trying to remember, the Suzuki CV1
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« Reply #11 on: July 14, 2014, 01:48:40 PM »
Now after the awful looking Caren that looks great  :)
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« Reply #12 on: July 14, 2014, 02:53:56 PM »
The Honda CV1 is certainly one of the best looking of the Micro World's tiddlers. Also, whereas 'schmitts and Isettas have frequently had their styling "borrowed", the CV1 appears to be more influenced by Heinkel.
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« Reply #13 on: July 14, 2014, 03:04:08 PM »
Err, its a Suzuki.
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Re: Honda caren , any info known ?
« Reply #14 on: July 14, 2014, 03:15:45 PM »
DOH! Engage brain before typing, Marcus!
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