 The car had a double wishbone suspension in the front and semi-elliptical leaf springs in the rear.While the name "Publica" was chosen with reference to the English phrase "public car", referring to the car's intended attainability and popularity, due to the lack of exact distinction between the "l" and "r" consonants in Japanese the name can be sometimes misinterpreted as something closer to paprika.The name is transliterated as "パブリカ" in Katakana, literally "paburika".