Is this the Weirdest Car Honda has Ever Made?

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[ryanforrest]

Looks like something henchmen would drive around in an old Bond villain’s volcano lair

[JimsEquipmentShed]

When I lived in Panama, Suzuki offered a version of the samurai that was topless with half doors and not so much as a heater core.
Sadly, here in the US we give up fun for safety. I don’t need 6 airbags and 5mph bumpers in a stripped down vehicle.
I’m not against safety, but there are trade offs. The mileage on some of the kie class vehicles was amazing.

[signdeals]

I love these super basic little vehicles. I find it somewhat strange that cars have turned into boxes of attempted luxury. Technology out the wazzu and zero to 60 time obsession. Seats that hold you in as if the race track was the daily commute… I wish more vehicles like this were available here in the US. An American kei van would be amazing.

[luchadorito]

1:13 Thank you for mentioning the Trabi Tramp, it sucks that the car culture of the second world always gets dismissed as "eh shitty boring econoboxes for the opressed masses". We loved cars just as much as anyone and did our best to have fun with them.

[datadavis]

I bet those doors could be easily converted to single shot survival shotguns😅

[GreatistheWorld]

“Mechanical magic carpet” is such a delightful phrase

[MikeStavola]

looking at the thumbnail, I thought you were reviewing either an obscure WWII Jeep concept, or a 1960s people mover painted OD green.

[robertmckay]

Saw a guy in the modern equivalent of these in Seattle last week, the little cab over pickup by Honda. Huge guy in such a tiny vehicle was awesome to see. I want one!!

[MattBrownbill]

They don't make the Vamos because of lack of safety, yet they still make motorbikes 🤔 I know which I would prefer on a wet night.

[Romiman]

Oh yes, the French did that also with the Citroen Mehari, based on the 2CV and Renault had a similar vehicle, based on the R4.

[Whiteknuckle]

Seems to me very similar to the fully off road Steyr Puch Haflinger from Austria.

[nickpollay]

This is awesome. Jason is living my ideal life. I’ve seen his fleet because I live down the street from him and he has a great eccentric collection so far. I salute you jason

[dwarftoad]

I would assume these types of things were made to be pretty cheap and to serve both rural and urban transportation in Asia and third world in the 70s? I.e. you could use this as a little city taxi or maybe between villages and towns in the countryside if the roads were good enough. (And if not two or three guys could probably just pull this out of the mud by hand.)

[felixcat]

Thank you for sharing this absolute gem of originality and fun!

I had never seen or heard of these before seeing this video.

[jasonglisson]

I'm loving it. A skateboard with windshield and two seats.

[robpeabo]

The Vamos certainly suited the market it was designed for. Essentially a multi use vehicle for the Japanese, Asian and similar markets across the world. I can only presume it was made affordable for anyone.

[eddleman]

Love your "non-rationale" car reviews! I must have caught the "bug" with the first car I bought, a 69 Volkwagen Beetle... Agree so many vehicles just have too much extra crap.. a problem if you've always done your own maintenance as I do...

[niklaswejedal]

Only way to make it more perfect was to make it 70s orange 😀- what an amazing little machine.

[dutilleul]

This is beautiful!!
I didn't know that and it was love at first sight.
Why don't they take the liberty of being so creative on wheels anymore?
Cars are boring these days...
Take EVs, for instance: don't you see the story of going from the horse-drawn wagon to the combustion engine without reactive formal solutions?
The most iconic EV is the most boring thing in the world, keeping the same formal solutions that were adopted over time to accommodate the CE, when, with the new mechanics and without the old restrictions, they could reinvent the concept of “car”.
All they did was remove the combustion engine's front cooling grill, everything else was kept the same.
How can anyone dare to think this guy from Tesla is an innovator?
For the love of God...
That's one of the reasons I don't take EV serious. It ends up being a battery operated toy...
BTW: "Vamos" is a portuguese word that means "let's go". Honda did it!

[grochomarx]

Morgan's, mini Mokes, beach buggies & sand rails...

Real driving fun . Like riding a motorcycle .