Holy shit, Ataru drives a Subaru 360. 360cc 2-stroke 2-cylinder engine in the back. Made from 1958 to 1971, that means every one is between 50 and 63 years old. That is a real classic. Japan likes to get old cars off the road so people will buy new ones, so taxes on old cars go up exponentially. It is seriously spendy to keep a 50+ year old car licensed and on the road in Japan. Either Ataru is making more money than we realized, or (more likely) the artist wanted to add an extra layer of quirkiness to her character.
A guy named Malcolm Bricklin bought a few container loads of them and sold them on the US west coast in the late ‘60s/early ‘70s. Just California, Oregon and Washington. Growing up near Seattle, I remember seeing a few on the road. Yeah, I’m that old. And yeah, I’m a big time car lover.
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