# What Kind Of Car Is This? (Tiny Convertible, Found In Australia) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 22, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-is-this-tiny-convertible-found-in-australia/837458 "2019-07-22T15:55:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-is-this-tiny-convertible-found-in-australia/837458/1 "2019-07-22T15:55:59Z")
Does anyone recognize what kind of car is being driven in [this video](https://youtu.be/VZEab3eF-S0)? It’s at 8:19 (YouTube seems to have disabled the option to start a linked video at a certain time) Whatever it is, it’s cute AF and I want one. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-is-this-tiny-convertible-found-in-australia/837458/2 "2019-07-22T16:19:58Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > It’s at 8:19 (YouTube seems to have disabled the option to start a linked video at a certain time) [Works for me](https://youtu.be/VZEab3eF-S0?t=499) (you could handcode it, too, just add “?t=xxx” to the URL in your link, where xxx is the time in seconds) ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-is-this-tiny-convertible-found-in-australia/837458/3 "2019-07-22T16:27:20Z")
Could it be an older Mazda 121? Which was actually sold in the US as the Ford Festiva. It looks to me like the convertible body is a custom job done by the rental company, not how the car was originally sold. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-is-this-tiny-convertible-found-in-australia/837458/4 "2019-07-22T16:33:42Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Does anyone recognize what kind of car is being driven in [this video](https://youtu.be/VZEab3eF-S0)? It’s at 8:19 (YouTube seems to have disabled the option to start a linked video at a certain time) > > Whatever it is, it’s cute AF and I want one. Pause the video, right-click on it to bring up a pop-up menu, and select “Copy video URL at current time.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VZEab3eF-S0/maxresdefault.jpg "THIS IS WHY AUSTRALIA IS AWESOME (wallabies + world class diving)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZEab3eF-S0&t=499) As for your question, I’d suggest maybe a [Ford Fiesta, second or third generation.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Fiesta#Second_generation_(1983%E2%80%931989)) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-is-this-tiny-convertible-found-in-australia/837458/5 "2019-07-22T16:38:48Z")
…and just by general look, it looks something like a customized city car in the lines of the Fiat Cinquecento, 2nd Gen. Hyundai Santro, Daewoo Tico or 4th gen Suzuki Alto. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-is-this-tiny-convertible-found-in-australia/837458/6 "2019-07-22T16:47:54Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > As for your question, I’d suggest maybe a [Ford Fiesta, second or third generation.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Fiesta#Second_generation_(1983%E2%80%931989)) Fiesta’s bonnet is too long. The aforementioned Festiva has more of the shorter bonnet look. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-is-this-tiny-convertible-found-in-australia/837458/7 "2019-07-22T17:02:34Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > Could it be an older Mazda 121? Which was actually sold in the US as the Ford Festiva. It looks to me like the convertible body is a custom job done by the rental company, not how the car was originally sold. Close, but no - I believe it’s a [Daihatsu Mira](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daihatsu_Mira) (L200 series). I agree with you about the open top being an aftermarket conversion. I’d be amazed if one lives in the US, even more so if it’s driveable. ---
**Author:** ![Bobario](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Bobario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobario)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-is-this-tiny-convertible-found-in-australia/837458/8 "2019-07-22T17:11:25Z")
It’s a 1994 Daihatsu Mira Sedan according to Queensland registration plate details. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-is-this-tiny-convertible-found-in-australia/837458/9 "2019-07-22T17:29:32Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Close, but no - I believe it’s a [Daihatsu Mira](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daihatsu_Mira) (L200 series). I agree with you about the open top being an aftermarket conversion. > > I’d be amazed if one lives in the US, even more so if it’s driveable. I was actually just looking at pictures of the Mira on Wikipedia even before I saw your post, but I didn’t think some of the details like the shape of the headlights and turn signals matched the car in the video. But I bet the one on Wikipedia is a slightly newer one. It seems Bobario has found definitive proof that it’s a Mira. The Charade was briefly sold in the US for a few years in the late 1980s/early 1990s (although I haven’t actually seen one in years), but the Mira was never sold here. One could legally import one if it’s at least 25 years old, though, if you really wanted to. Edit: Oh, I just noticed the “walk through van” pictured on the Wikipedia looks like the car in the video. Yeah, that’s definitely what it is. ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-is-this-tiny-convertible-found-in-australia/837458/10 "2019-07-23T00:52:19Z")
Things that looked like that (mini SUV with a removable hardtop), and were sold without conversion in the US would include 1990s Suzuki Sidekicks and Geo Trackers.