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Mitsuoka Orochi modified by Liberty Walk actually looks decent

Mitsuoka Orochi modified by Liberty Walk actually looks decent


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The Mitsuoka Orochi is considered by many to be among the ugliest cars ever made. However, a newly customized example has cropped up courtesy of Liberty Walk, the tuning house that specializes in extreme widebody kits. And dare we say it, it doesn't look half bad.

If you're not familiar with Mitsuoka, they're kind of like the Mansory of Japan. They usually take an existing model from, say, Nissan, and add sheetmetal and customization of Mitsuoka's own design. Their flagship model, the Orochi, is a parts-bin car with bits from Honda, Mazda and Suzuki, powered by a 3.3-liter Toyota V6 and five-speed combo — the same one from a Solara — mid-mounted and driving the real wheels.

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That's all fine and good, but the Orochi, named after a dragon from Japanese mythology, has always been about how it looks. To be honest, we're not seeing a lot of dragon in there. A Lovecraftian deep sea creature that's been stepped on by Godzilla, maybe.