Random # 338: a 1986 Suzuki Mighty Boy
Might-ee Boy! Australia’s favourite Kei car? Almost certainly. Mine, anyway. This one, resplendent in radiant yellow, was spotted in West Hobart, Tasmania. It’s been nicely modded with a magnificent set of 13” JDM rims that have been cleverly colour coded to match the car’s grille badge and tie into its custom rego plates. It’s also running nifty LED headlights and has had the rear tub raptor-coated. For those not in the know, the Mighty Boy is powered - if that’s quite the right term - by a 543 cc, three cylinder engine, matched to a four- or five-speed manual transmission or a two-speed sludge ‘box. That third option sounds particularly dire; in performance terms, it seems unlikely to be particularly inspiring to drive, even if the whole shebang only weighs in at a minuscule 550 kg. But that was never the point. In busy, congested Japanese cities, they were a useful delivery vehicle, whereas in Australia it’s proba...