{{Infobox automobile | name = Mitsuoka Ray | image = File:1st generation Mitsuoka Ray.jpg | caption = 1st generation Mitsuoka Ray | manufacturer = Mitsuoka | production = {{ubl | 1996-1999 (1st generation)<ref name=rays>{{cite web|url=https://www.mitsuoka-motor.com/global/lineup/history/ray/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150616080038/http://www.mitsuoka-motor.com/global/lineup/history/ray/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 16, 2015|title=Ray|website=Mitsuoka Motor|access-date=25 September 2020}}</ref> | 1999-2000 (2nd generation) | 2002-2004 (3rd generation) }} | assembly = Toyama, Toyama, Japan | class = Kei car | body_style = {{ubl | 3-door hatchback (1st & 2nd generation) | 5-door hatchback (2nd & 3rd generation) }} | layout = {{ubl | FF | AWD (3rd generation) }} | platform = | related = {{ubl | Mazda Carol/Suzuki Alto (1st & 2nd generation) | Daihatsu Mira Gino (3rd generation) }} | engine = {{ubl | 657 cc ''F6A'' SOHC 12-valve I3 (1st & 2nd generation) | 659 cc ''EF-VE'' DOHC 12-valve I3 (3rd generation) }} | transmission = {{ubl | 3-speed automatic (1st & 2nd generation) | 4-speed automatic (3rd generation) | 5-speed manual (1st generation) }} | wheelbase = {{cvt|2335-2360|mm|in|1}} | length = {{cvt|3295-3395|mm|in|1}} | width = {{cvt|1395-1475|mm|in|1}} | height = {{cvt|1420-1450|mm|in|1}} | weight = {{cvt|635-810|kg|lb|0}}<ref name=goo>{{cite web|url=https://www.goo-net-exchange.com/catalog/MITSUOKA__RAY/|title=MITSUOKA RAY|website=GooNetExchange|access-date=25 June 2014}}</ref> | predecessor = | successor = | sp = us }}
The '''Mitsuoka Ray''' is a compact car produced by Mitsuoka. The first generation was a heavily modified 3rd generation Mazda Carol.<ref name=mits>{{cite web|url=https://www.mitsuoka-motor.com/english/aboutus/history.html|title=History of MITSUOKA|publisher=Mitsuoka|access-date=25 June 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729190521/http://www.mitsuoka-motor.com/english/aboutus/history.html|archive-date=29 July 2014}}</ref> It has a 52-58 hp 660 cc gasoline engine.<ref name=goo /> It has a 30-40 L fuel tank.<ref name=goo /> The car started out with 3 doors; however, in 1999 Mitsuoka changed it into a 5-door car based on the 4th generation Mazda Carol and then 1st generation Mira Gino in 2002.<ref name=rays/> The price ranges from 911,000 yen to 1,359,750 yen.<ref name=goo /> Mitsuoka described the Ray as "like a dignified and graceful flower."<ref name=ug>{{cite web|url=http://www.uglycars.co.uk/feedback2.asp?offset=949|title=Ugliest Cars in Britain|publisher=|date=|access-date=26 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903111918/http://www.uglycars.co.uk/feedback2.asp?offset=949|archive-date=3 September 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Trims== There are two trim levels for the first generation, Basic and Deluxe. Later, only available in single "Base Grade" trim for the last two generations.<ref name=goo/>
==Reception== The Mitsuoka Ray received mixed reviews, earning a place on the Ugliest Cars in Britain list due to problems with quality and design.<ref name=ug/> However, it was chosen the most attractive car in Australia.{{Citation needed|date=January 2019}}
==Gallery== <gallery widths="200" heights="150"> File:1st generation Mitsuoka Ray rear.jpg|Rear view of the 1st generation Mitsuoka Ray File:The frontview of Mitsuoka Ray II 660 base-grade.JPG|2nd generation Mitsuoka Ray File:The rearview of Mitsuoka Ray II 660 base-grade.JPG|Rear view of the 2nd generation Mitsuoka Ray </gallery>
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Ray Category:Compact cars Category:Front-wheel-drive vehicles Category:Retro-style automobiles Category:Cars introduced in 1996 Category:Cars discontinued in 2004 Category:Kei cars
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