Ok, after polling the Samurai (which suffered due to its racing car status, but still did decently well), and the Muji, which is doing surprisingly good considering the agressive uncool responses to other similar average cars in the Wall recently, now it's finally the time to bring forth the car which I was going to nominate the first time around;
1965-1967 Hino Contessa 1300 Coupe
Body Style: 2-door coupe
Engine: 1,251 cc
GR100 naturally-aspirated inline-4 engine
Power Output: 64 horsepower
Torque: 72 ft-lb
Weight: 945 kg
Transmission: 4-speed manual transmission
Drivetrain: Rear engined, rear wheel drive car
Additional Information: The coupe variant of the second generation Hino Contessa, and one of Hino's last road cars before the brand's purchase by Toyota, which in turn led to Hino shifting their focus towards truck manufacturing. Design comes from Italian designer Giovanni Michelotti, also responsible for the Triumph Herald and Stag, along many others. In racing, Australian driver Pete "King of the Mountain" Brock sucessfully raced a 1300 Coupe towards a victory in the Mission Bell 100, at the Riverside Raceway in North America. Teammate Bob Durham followed suit in 2nd place, giving the BRE Hino Coupes a 1-2 victory. The 1300 Coupe's engine was then used for Brock's Hino prototype, my first Cool Wall nomination,
the BRE Hino Samurai.
