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Tue Dec 16, 2003 5:23 pm
actually, the "onvia" was a result of the "sileighty" craze that swept Japan years ago. methinks that after a while, people were asking themselves "since i can put a Silvia front end on my 180SX, i wonder what it would look like the other way around?" i don't think it's near as popular a conversion as the sileighty, but it has been done (though i can't see why; i'm not the world's biggest fan of "pop-up" lights, but that's another story). if u search u can find a video (which u may have seen before) of a 180SX front-ended Silvia (or "onevia") doing a 360 on a track. as far as i know, there were no "onevias" sold brand new at dealerships (unlike the sileighty, which was made by Kids Heart and not Nissan). and the name itself is kinda like a pun towards "sileighty".
so yeah, it was never produced, per se, but instead was a custom conversion. we, however, were fortunate/unfortunate enough to get them like this fresh from the factory. so, to sum it all up, usdm 240SX coupe=240SX coupe. jdm Silvia w/180SX front end="onevia". on second thought, bah, call it what u like. call it oatmeal if it damn well pleases u (where the hell are my meds)...