Stupid question, but would it be possible to convert an Autozam AZ-1 to automatic? If not, are there similar Kei sports cars that are automatic?
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Stupid question, but would it be possible to convert an Autozam AZ-1 to automatic? If not, are there similar Kei sports cars that are automatic?
by WeirdBrainArt
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Why not just learn to drive a manual? Its not that hard.
Btw you’re right this is a stupid question.
Suzuki cappuccino comes in an automatic if you’re willing to risk humiliation for driving an automatic sports car
Tell me you’re American without telling me you’re American
I can’t drive a manual but I would learn to for a car that only came in a manual before I converted it into an automatic. You’d probably have more fun too, especially with a lil bitty car like that.
I cannot even begin to imagine how lifeless and woefully boring an automatic Kei car would be.
Why? That would be a god awful downgrade
Might as well go back to riding bicycles.
I’m sure it is. Like someone else said, Cappuccino’s come in automatic as well as Honda Beats. I have a 99′ Honda Z that’s an automatic. 3 cylinder turbo awd.
Most Kei sport cars only came in manual transmission. Mainly because they do not have a lot of power. Manufactures did not want to lose any performance. The Suzuki Cappachino did come in an automatic. If your set in owning a Kei car that is auto then I would start there.
Every fraction of a horsepower counts with these cars. An automatic would be like a weapon of mass destruction against the stable. Don’t kill the horseys 🙏
You would likely need a very experienced custom fab job to accomplish this and tens of thousands of dollars.
Unless you’re physically incapable of operating a manual car, the time/cost/effort to learn manual will be MUCH lower than the time/cost/effort to put an AT in this car.
You could swap it, but it’ll be very expensive to do well and your car might be down for a year to get the conversion done.
I think it would make sense to want an automatic kei car like this due to some extenuating circumstances, though I can imagine the cost of swapping to an automatic might be more than it would be worth to you, not to mention depending on what it is it might make the car feel a bit sluggish. However, Toyota made auto mr2s (1st and 2nd gen, the 3rd gen had a sequential that wasn’t very good), which is the closest affordable alternative I can think of to an autozam. However, there have been a multitude of other small sports cars with autos that you can check out as well.
Can I ask why you want to convert one to an automatic?
this post is dumb just learn how to drive stick I promise it’s not that hard.
My first and current car is a manual and I learned how to drive it on the way home from picking it up. The first few stop lights were rough but I got the hang of it pretty quick, so you could too.
Honda s660, some modifications have cvt
Everyone just assuming op doesn’t want to learn. It’s possible they have a physical disability that prevents them from driving stick. Even things like knee injuries can ruin driving stick for people.
Also an automatic Porsche boxster (986 generation, 97-04) would be way cheaper and faster then an autozam to give another suggestion.
If you aren’t willing to drive a manual and don’t “feel like learning” how to, I would say this is pretty not possible. The amount of work to import it, then do the swap on a non USDM vehicle, using either JDM parts or figuring out how USDM parts work is way more challenging. To convince a shop to do it is another challenge. It probably also makes so sense to learn Japanese instead of stick to do research about it, unless you go for a far more complicated custom drive train engine swap scenario. On a RWD, mid engine car we didn’t have in the US, but more importantly, didn’t have in the states. Considering this is more Geo Metro than Mazda Miata, I would probably look into something else.
In all honesty, a decent fabricator could do all this in their home garage but it isn’t something you don’t want to get into if you don’t have any idea what you are getting into.
Short answer, Yes!
But it wouldn’t be cheap, you’d need a different car’s gearbox since these didn’t come in automatic. Then to your other question, most kei cars just didn’t come in automatic, except a cappuccino. Would be just cheaper to buy one, and if you don’t want to learn manual, then Just don’t buy a manual car.
Just get an automatic Suzuki cappuccino.