Mitsuoka
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| Type | Public company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Automobile manufacturing |
| Founded | February 1, 1968 |
| Headquarters | 508-3, Kakeomachi, Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture, Japan |
| Key people | Akio Mitsuoka (Representative Director and President) |
| Revenue | 227,000,000 JPY |
| Net income | 29,700,000,000 JPY |
| Employees | 580 (As of March, 2008) |
| Website | Mitsuoka Motors website |
Mitsuoka Motors (光岡自動車) is a small Japanese automobile company. They are noted for building cars with unconventional styling, some of which imitate British vehicles of the 1950s and 1960s.[1] It is primarily a coachbuilder, taking production cars like the Nissan March and replacing the bodywork with its own custom designs. It has also produced a sports car, the Orochi. Mitsuoka Motors is also the principal distributor of retro-classic TD2000 roadster in Japan.
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[edit] Models
[edit] Current lineup
[edit] Past vehicles
- BUBU Series[3]
- BUBU 356 Speedster[4] (a replica of the Porsche 356 Speedster)
- Le Seyde (similar to the Zimmer)
- MC
- Microcar K-4[5]
- Ray
- Type F (a restyled Zero1)
- Yuga (a London Taxi replica)
- Zero1[6] (a Lotus Super Seven replica with Eunos Roadster drivetrain)
[edit] References
- ^ "In Japan, a Car Apart from the Pack". Bloomberg Business Week website. 2008. http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/apr2008/gb2008047_914952.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_businessweek+exclusives. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
- ^ Mitsuoka Cute[dead link]
- ^ "Mitsuoka BUBU Series". Mitsuoka-motor.com. http://www.mitsuoka-motor.com/lineup/50Series/index.html. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
- ^ "Mitsuoka BUBU 356 Speedster". Mitsuoka-motor.com. http://www.mitsuoka-motor.com/lineup/356/index.html. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
- ^ "Mitsuoka Microcar K-4". Mitsuoka-mc.com. http://www.mitsuoka-mc.com/. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
- ^ "Mitsuoka Zero1". Mitsuoka-motor.com. http://www.mitsuoka-motor.com/lineup/zero1_1800/index.html. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
[edit] External links
- Mitsuoka Motors Japanese website (Japanese)
- Mitsuoka Motors global website (English)
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