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|images = [[Image:Sadamoto misato rei and alpine a310.jpg|thumb|none|Illustration of Misato's A310, Note the inlets and the continuous headlamp assembly]] | |images = [[Image:Sadamoto misato rei and alpine a310.jpg|thumb|none|Illustration of Misato's A310, Note the inlets and the continuous headlamp assembly]] | ||
[[Image:Renault Alpine A310 1600VE.jpg|thumb|none|A picture of an A310 1600ve clearly showing the air inlets and a continuous headlamp assembly]]}} | [[Image:Renault Alpine A310 1600VE.jpg|thumb|none|A picture of an A310 1600ve clearly showing the air inlets and a continuous headlamp assembly]]}} | ||
''' | '''Misato's Car''' is a Renault Alpine A310, a French-made rear engined sports car that was in production from 1971 to 1985. It's most likely that the model [[Misato Katsuragi|Misato]] drives is the 1600 VE series in production between 1971 to 1974. It originally came equipped with a 1.6L inline 4 cylinder engine producing about 125 horsepower fed by 2 double barrel carburettors and a manual 5 speed transmission. Another possibility is an A310 from circa 1981, a V6 Series 1 or 2 in production between 1977 to 1985. The A310 V6 Series 1 and Series 2 cars were restyled by Robert Opron and had separate compartments for its left and right front headlamps, larger fender flares and lacked the inlets on the left and right of the front storage compartment, while Misato's car had the older smaller flared fenders, the original headlamp assembly that was continuous and the 2 inlets. However, the production drawings for her car label it as ''A310 Custom'' which doesn't designate any kind of body type, but it clearly had the styling of the older body types of the 4 cylinder A310's, regardless of what was under its hood. | ||
Aside from the misplacement of the inlets on either side of the front storage compartment, there are a few other differences between Misato's car and the original A310. ''Every'' A310 ever made had the steering wheel on the left hand side, but it's possible to fairly easily modify the column to the right hand side since the engine and components are in the rear of the car. Another major difference is that apparently, Misato's car is an electric. There is a shot from [[Episode 01]] of the back seat filled with batteries and Misato says that they ''"needed a working car"''. Another difference is the shifter on Misato's A310, which looks to be a sequential shifter, whereas the original A310's had manual 5 speeds (manual 4 speeds on some of the V6 Series 1's). It's possible the transmission was swapped to a more modern one when the car was modified from a left side driver to a right side driver. | Aside from the misplacement of the inlets on either side of the front storage compartment, there are a few other differences between Misato's car and the original A310. ''Every'' A310 ever made had the steering wheel on the left hand side, but it's possible to fairly easily modify the column to the right hand side since the engine and components are in the rear of the car. Another major difference is that apparently, Misato's car is an electric. There is a shot from [[Episode 01]] of the back seat filled with batteries and Misato says that they ''"needed a working car"''. Another difference is the shifter on Misato's A310, which looks to be a sequential shifter, whereas the original A310's had manual 5 speeds (manual 4 speeds on some of the V6 Series 1's). It's possible the transmission was swapped to a more modern one when the car was modified from a left side driver to a right side driver. | ||
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Misato's Car is a Renault Alpine A310, a French-made rear engined sports car that was in production from 1971 to 1985. It's most likely that the model Misato drives is the 1600 VE series in production between 1971 to 1974. It originally came equipped with a 1.6L inline 4 cylinder engine producing about 125 horsepower fed by 2 double barrel carburettors and a manual 5 speed transmission. Another possibility is an A310 from circa 1981, a V6 Series 1 or 2 in production between 1977 to 1985. The A310 V6 Series 1 and Series 2 cars were restyled by Robert Opron and had separate compartments for its left and right front headlamps, larger fender flares and lacked the inlets on the left and right of the front storage compartment, while Misato's car had the older smaller flared fenders, the original headlamp assembly that was continuous and the 2 inlets. However, the production drawings for her car label it as A310 Custom which doesn't designate any kind of body type, but it clearly had the styling of the older body types of the 4 cylinder A310's, regardless of what was under its hood.
Aside from the misplacement of the inlets on either side of the front storage compartment, there are a few other differences between Misato's car and the original A310. Every A310 ever made had the steering wheel on the left hand side, but it's possible to fairly easily modify the column to the right hand side since the engine and components are in the rear of the car. Another major difference is that apparently, Misato's car is an electric. There is a shot from Episode 01 of the back seat filled with batteries and Misato says that they "needed a working car". Another difference is the shifter on Misato's A310, which looks to be a sequential shifter, whereas the original A310's had manual 5 speeds (manual 4 speeds on some of the V6 Series 1's). It's possible the transmission was swapped to a more modern one when the car was modified from a left side driver to a right side driver.
