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As mentioned in the previous article Majorette has made quite a lot of strides in the car-based SUV's in the last decade and here's a few more examples from the first hybrid SUV, the first SUV to spawn three different castings, and a classic throwback to an anti-SUV design by Toyota. Lexus RX400h Toyota was probably not one of the first hybrid cars on sale in the U.S., that went to Honda with the Insight, but give credit to Toyota for refining the hybrid into something useful.  In the beginning the Prius used a gas motor that was assisted by the electric motor, meaning the car always had the gas engine on and could never run on electric power.  That changed in the second-generation Prius that used a parallel twin electric motor setup: one that was connected to the engine for charging and assist, while the second motor was the drive motor that could run on battery power alone for short period of time.  This new hybrid was so successful that ot...

Majorette tends to make a lot of cars and trucks that are focused on what is found in European countries, but every once in a while they will also make vehicles that come from other countries.  One of them is from Japan and here's a few examples that Majorette has done. Honda Prelude The Prelude was a sports car introduced in the 1980's that was based on the Honda Accord chassis, but styled on a sleeker coupe body.  Later in the 1980's the Prelude would gain acceptance as the technologically advance Honda in the lineup.  The second-generation went from a previous bodystyle that was very 1970's to a sleeker wedge-shape design that was modern at the time.  Headlights were hidden away in the front, a taillight bar spaned the back, four-wheel independent suspension, and digital instrument cluster.  That was in the third generation, which was an evolutionary design of the second-generation.  The second-generation still retained the bas...