Mitsuoka Orochi: A Reminder of How Bad the C8 Corvette Could Have Looked

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The Orochi is built around Mitsuoka's own spaceframe chassis and is powered by a 300 hp supercharged V6 from the Toyota Camry

Top Gear's Chris Harris recently revealed that he's no fan of the C8 Corvette 's design, and I'm with him on that. But here's a Mitsuoka Orochi to give us a timely reminder that no matter how dated and fussy the C8 looks, it could have been much worse. Mitsuoka is that quirky Japanese company that makes a Toyota Yaris look like a Mk2 Jag , turns MX-5 s into C2 Sting Rays and can transform a Toyota RAV4 into a 1970s American SUV.

Neither is it simply a bodykitted version of someone else’s sports car, like all those fake Ferraris that were produced from front-wheel drive Ford and Peugeot coupes around the same time. It’s an entirely unique car built around Mitsuoka’s own spaceframe chassis and equipped with Lamborghini-style doors and an interior that looks better than the ones fitted to some European sports cars of the time. Things were less exciting behind that cabin, because base cars only got a 3.

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