Gransport MCV Japan version?

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Looks like an MCV, also MCV fenders with integrated Tricolore, but not the MCV seats!
Or just a Japan version we don't know?
 

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Could be.
But do we know of a "10th anniversary edition" at all?
Interesting car this is!
Sadly transport and taxes make it to expensive to bring it over.
 
The Japanese drive on the left, like us sane and cultured people. That's a left hooker so I doubt it's a Japanese version.
 
Japan's main importer 'Cores' or something like that, frequently commisions special batches of cars... it could be one of them.
 
midlifecrisis said:
The Japanese drive on the left, like us sane and cultured people. That's a left hooker so I doubt it's a Japanese version.
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It really is. (Cornes on the floor mats)
Lhd is a status thing in Japan, believe it or not.
Lots of lhd Masers for sale in Japan.
(Bought a lhd SL500 from there also)
Japan exclusive cars are known for being very well maintained and rust free.
 
Did not know that!
Would it be as valuable as an MCV?
Production numbers are even lower.
It's a 19k kms car, 40k euros, plus transport and import taxes, plus vat, plus inspection for licence...55k in the end.
 
Why?
Rhd cars can only be sold at bottom prices in the rest of the EU!
Do they drink a lot maybe and drive at the wrong side of the road all the time?
 
It's a 10th anniversary edition (to celebrate the anniversary of Cornes, the japanese importer).
I'm pretty sure most of these cars are in Europe now, I know about at least 10 of these 10th anniversary (mainly in France).
They produced 17 Bianco Eldorado and 18 Nero Carbonio.
The white cars are equipped with blue interior.
The carbon inside is blue (same as the MCV carbon) and they've got the big paddles.

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They are very nice cars.
 
boomerang said:
It really is. (Cornes on the floor mats)
Lhd is a status thing in Japan, believe it or not.
Lots of lhd Masers for sale in Japan.
(Bought a lhd SL500 from there also)
Japan exclusive cars are known for being very well maintained and rust free.
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Well you live and learn.
There's a few Japanese imported cars reimported to the UK and if you flipped them over you could eat your dinner off them. Absolutely no rust or crud but the gravy tends to run away...
 
boomerang said:
Why?
Rhd cars can only be sold at bottom prices in the rest of the EU!
Do they drink a lot maybe and drive at the wrong side of the road all the time?
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Better late than never.

It's a kudos/prestige thing in Japan. It's another way to show that the car is an imported exotic, and not a mass market RHD car built or adapted for Japanese roads. It's also in respect of the original design and manufacture specifications, which was a LHD Italian car for Italian roads.

So in Japan, despite driving on the right, a LHD Maserati, Ferrari, or any exotic is preferable. Totally different mindset to in the West, which is just about practicality...
 
general_piffle said:
Better late than never.

It's a kudos/prestige thing in Japan. It's another way to show that the car is an imported exotic, and not a mass market RHD car built or adapted for Japanese roads. It's also in respect of the original design and manufacture specifications, which was a LHD Italian car for Italian roads.

So in Japan, despite driving on the right, a LHD Maserati, Ferrari, or any exotic is preferable. Totally different mindset to in the West, which is just about practicality...
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You also pay a huge tax to drive a LHD car apparently, so it's quite a flex...
 
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