▁any ▁sust ained ▁effort ▁to ▁sell ▁it ▁into ▁Europe . ▁Sur v iving ▁examples ▁appear ▁mostly ▁to ▁be ▁located ▁in ▁countries ▁border ing ▁the ▁Pacific ▁Ocean . ▁In ▁European ▁terms , ▁the ▁car ' s ▁engine ▁size ▁and ▁dimensions ▁would ▁have ▁placed ▁it ▁in ▁the ▁compet itive ▁sector ▁of ▁small ▁ 1 3 0 0   cc ▁family ▁sed ans , ▁although ▁its ▁ ▁width , ▁reported ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁selected ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁qual ify ▁for ▁the ▁lower ▁tax ▁class ▁on ▁the ▁domestic ▁( J apan ese ) ▁market , ▁was ▁significantly ▁below ▁the ▁European ▁standard ▁represented ▁by ▁cars ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Ford ▁Esc ort ▁of ▁the ▁time . ▁The ▁ 1 . 3 ▁lit re ▁engine ▁disp lacement ▁also ▁gave ▁Japanese ▁buy ers ▁tax ▁sav ings ▁when ▁the ▁annual ▁road ▁tax ▁was ▁due ▁over ▁compet itors ▁with ▁larger ▁engines . ▁ ▁The ▁two - door ▁coup é ▁bod yst yle , ▁with ▁a ▁longer ▁and ▁sport ier ▁looking ▁front ▁end , ▁was ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁line up ▁in ▁February ▁ 1 9 7 0 . ▁The ▁same ▁two ▁engines ▁( 9 5 ▁and ▁ 1 1 0   PS ) ▁were ▁on ▁offer , ▁market ed ▁as ▁the ▁C oup é ▁ 7 ▁and ▁the ▁C oup é ▁ 9 . ▁ ▁The ▁engine ▁ ▁The ▁engine ▁was ▁SO HC ▁air - co o led , ▁with ▁a ▁fan ▁attached ▁to ▁the ▁fly w heel ▁to ▁pull ▁cool ▁air ▁through ▁the ▁engine ▁block , ▁l abeled ▁D D AC , ▁or