OK, it may be a mid-life crisis, but you have to admit that Jane’s new car is very very cute.
For those of you not familiar with the make of this little Noddy car, she is a Nissan Figaro. Dating back to 1991 she’s not quite as vintage as she looks and not quite classic car age, but she’s certainly getting on in years.
Thanks to Heidi Marfitt for the photo
Now sporting a new coat of paint handpicked by Jane, Primrose Yellow, she was originally pink. Yuk. Far too girly.
When the Japanese first announced that they were going to produce these retro little cars in the early ‘90’s, they were in huge demand. With production limited to just 20,000 the market went mad and they held a lottery for ownership. So, our little car once brought someone luck and we have every confidence she will bless Manifest too. She makes us smile and everyone who sees her seems to light up too.
We call her Suzanna. Figaro married the maid Suzanna in Mozart’s opera ‘The Marriage of Figaro’, so we thought it was fitting.
As for the yellow, well this is becoming quite a thing at Manifest; Jane has a yellow laptop and phone, teapot, mug, clock…
Thinking about it, maybe we should re-brand? Yellow Marketing. Or just Yellow? Well, it worked for Orange!