GTP Cool Wall: 1971-1976 Suzuki Fronte Coupé

[Wolfe]

That's one sharp-looking early Japanese micro car. With the RR layout and super cool Giugiaro design it's an easy Sub Zero.

the most impressive thing is the power for the Capacity more then 100hp per litre, for a car from the 70s is amazing...

I looked it up because I wanted to know if it was a motorcycle engine (not really), and it's actually a two-stroke, so 100hp/L is not quite so impressive.

 

[SVT Cobra GT]

Just meh.

Looks ok but could be better but it'll probably be fun to drive.

 

[niky]

Suzuki Trecento Cinquanta.

Okay, it doesn't roll off the tongue as readily as Cinquencento... but it did weigh Cinquecento chilogrammo.

Man maximum, machina minima, etcetera etcetera.

In the end, 100% less fake vent-ery than a Mustang means: Cool.

 

[TheCracker]

I like it's quirky, if challenging, design. But what would you look like stepping out of one...? Not cool, that's for sure.

 

[Cano]

Small ball of japanese-weirdness. From the 70s. Awesome.

 

[AlvaroF]

Very adorable and it was designed by Giugiaro which is nice, but sure as hell you won't look cool steping out of one.

 

[SagarisGTB]

Cool. Small RR cars are usually so.

Suzuki Trecento Cinquanta.

Okay, it doesn't roll off the tongue as readily as Cinquencento... but it did weigh Cinquecento chilogrammo.

To be pedanctic, it's cinquecento chilogrammi.

 

[Tunerguy21]

Does exactly what its supposed to do, which is the reason why power is irrelevant. And its not bad looking for a 70's city car. Cool.

 

[niky]

Cool. Small RR cars are usually so.To be pedanctic, it's cinquecento chilogrammi.

I plead poetic license.

And a general lack of familiarity with the Italian Languish.

 

[Stotty]

How is this getting voted cool?

Just because it's old, doesn't mean it's a classic

 

[Roger the Horse]

Appears to be moving at 100 kph even when it's stationary.

Sub zero.

 

[huskeR32]

Uncool. Ugly as hell, slow a hell, and hood mirrors are almost always hideous.

To the contrary, I find hood-mounted mirrors to be quite cool.

*Starts daydreaming about Toyota 2000GT*

Huh? What? Where was I? Oh, yes, the Suzuki Awesomeball. 70s Japanese RR mini with a gigantic wooden steering wheel? Cooooool.

 

[SlipZtrEm]

Cool to car folks because it's an odd-ball, with a Giugiaro design - though not one of his beautiful and/or landmark ones. Has some interesting mechanical aspects too, and is genuinely lightweight.

...absolutely none of which would really keep it out of "weird old tiny car" land for anybody who doesn't car about automobile minutiae. Uncool.

 

[chzsln485]

The grille and those mirrors drop it down from sub zero.

Disagreed, that's what makes it cool!

 

[yabiggoose]

Uncool, just...uncool..

 

[Tornado]

This car looks maddeningly familiar for some reason, but I can't place why.

 

[Wiegert]

Like a miniaturised Datsun Cherry? That's always been what I thought.

 

[Tornado]

The back 3/4 and greenhouse looks like a dozen anonymous 70s Japanese cars. Like how every American sedan in the late 1970s looked like the original Seville, every early 70s Japanese coupe basically lifted the 240z rear structure.


But the front! The front looks like something I've seen before but can't place.

 

[Liquid]

But the front! The front looks like something I've seen before but can't place.

Oddly, I can't help but see a bit of a T160 mid-late 80s Celica. You're right, there's something very familiar about the front of this car.

 

[SVX]

Seriously uncool. You would look like the biggest dork getting out of one and driving one. I'd still rock it everyday of the week, though.

 

[GT Pro]

Why must the GTP cool wall always feature such esoteric cars? Their rarity alone often significantly influences their coolness factor. It needs more well-known vehicles.

 

[Conza]

At first I thought 'erghww'. Then, it just looks like it has a bad attitude, like it's saying "Yeah what? You got a problem or something?". And I suspect it'd be a hoot to drive. Cool, nah SZ because no one else will.