You Need This: Mitsuoka La-Seyde | A potential neo-classic drift car

Paris
By Paris Van Gorder
Oct 31, 2024 | Mitsuoka, You Need This, Mitsuoka La-Seyde

Photography Courtesy Chris Marin/Facebook

Never heard of a Mitsuoka La-Seyde? Here’s a history lesson to explain why it's so bitchin’.

The Mitsuoka La-Seyde combined the bones of an S13-chassis Nissan Silvia with neo-classical bodywork inspired by cars from the ’20s and ’30s.

Only around 500 La-Seydes were produced but, according to Mitsuoka, all of them were sold within four days of hitting the market in 1991. Crazy, right?

Couldn’t buy one back then? Well, now you have a second chance.

Find this 1991 Mitsuoka La-Seyde for sale on Facebook Marketplace with an asking price of $22,995.

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Comments
David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
10/31/24 12:38 p.m.

I saw this very car at the motorsports party at Classic Mazda earlier this year. It’s, um, something. 

Jesse Ransom
Jesse Ransom GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/31/24 12:46 p.m.

I never imagined the Excalibur would get a reboot.

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/31/24 1:20 p.m.

I wonder how it will drift with probably 30%+ more wheelbase...

dculberson
dculberson MegaDork
10/31/24 1:33 p.m.

In reply to Jesse Ransom :

The OG Excalibur was a heck of a car. 300hp, 2100lb weight in the 1960s, that would be a blast now. But the later ones, well, they were more like the Mitsuoka.

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
10/31/24 1:33 p.m.

In reply to GameboyRMH :

Probably a little like this:

 

buzzboy
buzzboy UltraDork
10/31/24 1:50 p.m.

I would love a neoclassic restomodded. The silliest Qship. 

J.A. Ackley
J.A. Ackley Senior Editor
10/31/24 1:52 p.m.
David S. Wallens said:

In reply to GameboyRMH :

Probably a little like this:

 

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