# Mitsuoka Ray

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{{Infobox automobile
| name = Mitsuoka Ray
| image = File:1st generation Mitsuoka Ray.jpg
| caption = 1st generation Mitsuoka Ray
| manufacturer = [Mitsuoka](/source/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](/source/Toyama%2C_Toyama), Japan
| class = [Kei car](/source/Kei_car)
| body_style = {{ubl
  | 3-door [hatchback](/source/hatchback) (1st & 2nd generation)
  | 5-door hatchback (2nd & 3rd generation)
  }}
| layout = {{ubl
  | [FF](/source/Front-wheel_drive)
  | [AWD](/source/All-wheel_drive) (3rd generation)
  }}
| platform = 
| related = {{ubl
  | [Mazda Carol](/source/Mazda_Carol)/[Suzuki Alto](/source/Suzuki_Alto) (1st & 2nd generation)
  | [Daihatsu Mira Gino](/source/Daihatsu_Mira_Gino) (3rd generation)
  }}
| engine = {{ubl
  | 657 cc ''[F6A](/source/List_of_Suzuki_engines)'' [SOHC](/source/SOHC) [12-valve](/source/Multi-valve) [I3](/source/Straight-three_engine) (1st & 2nd generation)
  | 659 cc ''[EF-VE](/source/Daihatsu_E-series_engine)'' [DOHC](/source/DOHC) 12-valve I3 (3rd generation)
  }}
| transmission = {{ubl
  | 3-speed [automatic](/source/Automatic_transmission) (1st & 2nd generation)
  | 4-speed automatic (3rd generation)
  | 5-speed [manual](/source/Manual_transmission) (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](/source/Mitsuoka). The first generation was a heavily modified [3rd generation Mazda Carol](/source/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&nbsp;hp 660&nbsp;cc gasoline engine.<ref name=goo /> It has a 30-40&nbsp;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](/source/Mazda_Carol) and then [1st generation Mira Gino](/source/Daihatsu_Mira_Gino) in 2002.<ref name=rays/> The price ranges from 911,000&nbsp;yen to 1,359,750&nbsp;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>

==References==
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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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