The Satsuma is equipped with a 1.0L (988 ccs) inline four-cylinder gasoline engine, with a front-wheel-drive four-speed all-synchromesh manual transmission and features a four-wheel independent suspension.Ĭompared to other drivable vehicles in the game, the Satsuma is the most technically complex vehicles in the game, with a fully-working and accessible engine, chassis, drivetrain, suspensions, cooling system and electrics comprising of a large number of individual parts to be assembled with the aid of a toolbox (a spanner or ratchet set). According to IMCDb, it is a 1971 model, although the rear lamps belong to a 1973–1976 model. A yellow Datsun 100A with leopard seat covers is also featured in the film Vuonna 85 ('In '85'). The idea for the car likely originated from the Finnish comedy and drama film Pohjanmaa, since, like the Satsuma, the Datsun in the movie doesn't have a gas tank door and has the same license plate like the one received in the game after inspection: VBX-403. It is implied the Satsuma is the player's 19th birthday gift because of the birth sequence in the intro. The parents also say that it will be sent to the junkyard if the player doesn't do anything with it and that he can keep it after he assembles it and makes sure it passes inspection. The official model year of the car was finally confirmed through the updated drag race time slip, which refers to it as a 1974 model, making the car 21 years old as of Summer 1995.įrom the note left by the player's parents, we can clearly make out that this car belongs to the player's father. Production of these two Cherry models overlapped a couple of years. Sales of this "Cherry F-II" model started outside of Japan a couple of years later, in 1976. Later models shared the round flanges with the successor model F10 that was introduced in Japan in late 1974. Together with bigger tail lights, this tells us that car is either a 1973 or 1974 model. It can be assumed that the family-owned that car back then, and its more pristine condition circa 1976 suggests a 1973 to 1976 model, judging by the rear lights available back then. Its age is further reinforced through the intro of the game, which shows the player's mother giving birth to the player in the back seat of the car in 1976. The Satsuma AMP is based on the Datsun 100A, a very popular car in Europe in the 1970s and 1980s.
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