Along with karaoke hotels, electronic toilets and questionable animes, Liberty Walk is one of Japan’s most dubious and controversial exports.
The mad-cap tuner specialises in huge rivet arch widebody kits and slammed stances, and is infamous for its ‘roided-up versions of cars like the Nissan GT-R, Audi R8 and McLaren 650s. And now, it’s the turn of the Honda S660.
This dinky little thing won’t be too familiar to Western audiences, as despite the fact that it looks like an S2000 that’s been shrunk in the wash it’s actually one of the more bizarre examples of a kei car.
Marketed specifically for Japan, kei cars are tiny city cars that are cheap to buy, cheap to tax and perfectly sized to nip in and around the tight Tokyo streets. The S660 just happens to also be a mid-engined, rear-wheel drive roadster.
In spite of its small size and weenie 63bhp power output, it still qualifies for the full Liberty Walk job with swollen side skirts, a rear diffuser and ducktail spoiler, plus those gargantuan arches and heavily cambered wheels.
It’s not often that something the size of a Smart Fortwo would make the neon-draped tuner cars of the JDM scene look like wallflowers, but then that’s Liberty Walk for you. Just watch out for speedbumps.
