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The Mitsuoka Orochi () is a Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
ese sports car
Sports car

A sports car is a term used to describe a class of automobile. The exact definition varies, but generally it is used to refer to a low to ground, light weight vehicle with a powerful engine....
 built by Mitsuoka
Mitsuoka

is a small Japanese automobile company which builds modern Japanese cars to resemble United Kingdom vehicles of the 1950s and 1960s. It is primarily a coachbuilder, taking production cars like the Nissan Micra and replacing the bodywork with its own custom designs....
 Motors first built in 2001 and subsequently redesigned in 2003 and 2005. The car takes its name from the mythical Yamata no Orochi
Orochi

Yamata no Orochi or Orochi, translated as the Eight-Forked Serpent in English language, is a legendary 8-headed and 8-tailed Japanese dragon that was slain by the Shinto sea-god Susanoo....
 8-headed Japanese dragon
Japanese dragon

Japanese dragons are diverse legendary creatures in Japanese mythology and Japanese folklore. Japanese dragon myths amalgamate native legends with imported stories about dragons from China, Korea and India....
.

Orochi was originally built in 2001 as a concept on a Honda NSX
Honda NSX

The Honda NSX is a sports car produced between 1990 and 2005 by the Japanese automobile industry Honda. It used a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel drive layout and was powered by an all-aluminum V6 engine four-stroke cycle featuring Honda's unique "variable valve timing and lift electronic control" system....
 chassis for the 2001 Tokyo Motor Show. Mitsuoka then kept revising the car, showing a new version in 2005 and displayed, at the 2005 Tokyo Motor Show, the Orochi Nude-Top Roadster.

In October 2006, Mitsuoka officially launched the production version of the Orochi, now powered by a 3.3 litre Toyota 3MZ-FE
Toyota MZ engine

The Toyota MZ engine family is a V6 piston engine series. The MZ series has an aluminium engine block and aluminium alloy DOHC cylinder heads. The cylinders are lined with cast iron, and is of a closed deck design ....
 V6 engine.






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The Mitsuoka Orochi () is a Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
ese sports car
Sports car

A sports car is a term used to describe a class of automobile. The exact definition varies, but generally it is used to refer to a low to ground, light weight vehicle with a powerful engine....
 built by Mitsuoka
Mitsuoka

is a small Japanese automobile company which builds modern Japanese cars to resemble United Kingdom vehicles of the 1950s and 1960s. It is primarily a coachbuilder, taking production cars like the Nissan Micra and replacing the bodywork with its own custom designs....
 Motors first built in 2001 and subsequently redesigned in 2003 and 2005. The car takes its name from the mythical Yamata no Orochi
Orochi

Yamata no Orochi or Orochi, translated as the Eight-Forked Serpent in English language, is a legendary 8-headed and 8-tailed Japanese dragon that was slain by the Shinto sea-god Susanoo....
 8-headed Japanese dragon
Japanese dragon

Japanese dragons are diverse legendary creatures in Japanese mythology and Japanese folklore. Japanese dragon myths amalgamate native legends with imported stories about dragons from China, Korea and India....
.

History

The Orochi was originally built in 2001 as a concept on a Honda NSX
Honda NSX

The Honda NSX is a sports car produced between 1990 and 2005 by the Japanese automobile industry Honda. It used a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel drive layout and was powered by an all-aluminum V6 engine four-stroke cycle featuring Honda's unique "variable valve timing and lift electronic control" system....
 chassis for the 2001 Tokyo Motor Show. Mitsuoka then kept revising the car, showing a new version in 2005 and displayed, at the 2005 Tokyo Motor Show, the Orochi Nude-Top Roadster.

In October 2006, Mitsuoka officially launched the production version of the Orochi, now powered by a 3.3 litre Toyota 3MZ-FE
Toyota MZ engine

The Toyota MZ engine family is a V6 piston engine series. The MZ series has an aluminium engine block and aluminium alloy DOHC cylinder heads. The cylinders are lined with cast iron, and is of a closed deck design ....
 V6 engine. Production will be limited to 400 units over the next four years at a cost of around ¥10,500,000 ($108,135 USD).

On January 30, 2008, Mitsuoka Motors announced that they will be producing 20 limited Orochi Zero models. They will be a pre-order release, handed to consumers in June. They said limiting stuff such as making the model available in only one colour, the cost will be around ¥9,340,000, which is cheaper than the original Orochi models.

Appearances in media

In September 2007, Mitsuoka launched special model Orochi, named Kabuto
Kabuto

Kabuto is a helmet used with traditional Japanese armour as worn by samurai. It features a strong bowl, the "hachi", which protects the crown of the head, a suspended series of articulated plates to protect the neck, and often a crest of the clan ....
(), around 11,970,000 Japanese yen
Japanese yen

The is the currency of Japan. It is the third most-traded currency in the forex after the euro and the United States dollar. It is also widely used as a reserve currency after the U.S....
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  • Appeared in the videogame Auto Modellista
    Auto Modellista

    Auto Modellista is a racing game developed and published by Capcom, first released on Sony PlayStation 2, and subsequently, on Nintendo GameCube and Microsoft Xbox....


  • Appeared in the episode 6 of series eleven of Top Gear
    Top Gear (current format)

    Top Gear is a BAFTA, multi-National Television Awards and International Emmy Award-winning BBC television series about motor vehicles, primarily automobile....
    . The Orochi, alongside the Galue were driven by James May.


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