List of Japanese cars
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This page tries to show every Japanese car ever made by manufacturer.
- AlesAles (1921 Automobile)The Ales was designed by engineer Junya Toyokawa, inventor of gyro-compasses for aircraft and boat control, and produced by Hakuyosha Ironworks Ltd, Tokyo, in 1921. The development of the two Ales experimental touring cars led to the production of the commercially sold 1924 Otomo...
(see Otomo) - AsahiAsahi (automobile)The Asahi was made by Miyata Works Ltd, Tokyo, from 1937 to about 1939. It was a light car, powered by a 730 cc 2-cylinder engine that drove the front wheels. It had a two-seater body and independent suspension all around....
(1937-c.1939) - Autobacs (also ASL)
- Auto Sandal (1954)
- Art and Tech
- BS Motor
- Chiyoda (c.1932-1935)
- Cony (1961-1966)
- Daihatsu (1954-present)
- DAT
- DomeDome (constructor), literally "child's dream", is a Japanese-based racing car constructor, involved mainly in open wheel and sports car racing.-Background:In 1965 Minoru Hayashi built his first racing car, a rebodied Honda S600 coupe. Belonging to Tojiro Ukiya, it was called the "Karasu" , due to its shape...
(1975-present) - Fuji (1957-1958)
- Cabin
- FusoMitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus CorporationThe Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation is a German-owned, Japan-based manufacturer of trucks and buses. It is headquartered in Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, Japan. This company is one of the World's largest truck manufacturers...
- Gorham (1920-1922)
- HinoHino Motors-External links:Global* * * Overseas offices****.*.***.*.* - Philippines**...
(1953-1967) - HondaHondais a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...
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- Honda Clio (former dealer network)
- Honda Primo (former dealer network)
- Honda Verno (former dealer network)
- AcuraAcuraAcura is the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Honda Motor Company. The brand has been available in the United States and Canada since March 1986, marketing luxury, performance, and near-performance vehicles. It was introduced to Hong Kong in 1991, Mexico in 2004, and China in 2006...
(1986-present)
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- HopeHope Motor CompanyHope Motor Company was a Japanese car company bought by Suzuki in 1968. In December 1967 they released the HopeStar ON360 with a Mitsubishi 360cc 2-stroke, straight-2 ME24 engine producing 21 bhp. The ON360 had a 4WD layout. While 100 engines were purchased from Mitsubishi, most sources state that...
- Humbee (1947-1962)
- Idemitsu
- IsakaIsakaIsaka is a small town and station on the Mwanza railway line of Tanzania which connects to the seaport of Dar es Salaam. In the 1980s a so-called dry port was established there to serve the landlocked countries of Burundi and Rwanda, since Isaka is on a highway, now paved, running 610 km from...
- IshikawajimaIshikawajimaIshikawajima could refer to:*IHI Corporation, formerly known as Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries*Ishikawajima Aircraft Company Limited*Ishikawajima Ne-20, Japan's first turbojet engine...
(1916-1927) - IsuzuIsuzu, is a Japanese car, commercial vehicle and heavy truck manufacturing company, headquartered in Tokyo. In 2005, Isuzu became the world's largest manufacturer of medium to heavy duty trucks. It has assembly and manufacturing plants in the Japanese city of Fujisawa, as well as in the prefectures...
(1953-present) - Jiotto (1989-1992)
- Koei
- Kunisue
- Kurugane (1935-1962)
- Lila (1923-1927)
- MazdaMazdais a Japanese automotive manufacturer based in Fuchū, Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.In 2007, Mazda produced almost 1.3 million vehicles for global sales...
(1960-present)- Autorama (former dealer network)
- AutozamAutozamIn the late 1980s, Mazda diversified in the Japan market with the launch of three new marques. The company created Autozam, Eunos, and Efini, in addition to the Mazda and Ford brands already marketed there. This experiment was ended in the mid-1990s....
- Efini
- EunosEunos carsIn the late 1980s, Mazda diversified in the Japan market with the launch of three new marques. The company created Autozam, Eunos, and Ẽfini, in addition to the Mazda and Ford brands already marketed there...
- XedosXedosMazda Xedos was a range of executive cars launched by Japanese manufacturer Mazda in 1992.The original model was the Mazda Xedos 6, which was similar in size and in engine to the BMW 3 Series. The Xedos 6 has 2 types of engines - 24 valve V6 @ 144hp named KF and 16 valve L4 @ 107hp named B6...
- Meihatsu
- Meiwa (1952-c.1956)
- MikasaMikasaMikasa refers to a number of different places, people, and things:*Mount Mikasa, a mountain in Nara, Japan, also known as Mount Wakakusa*Mikasa, Hokkaidō*Japanese battleship Mikasa*Mikasa Sports, a sporting goods manufacturer...
(1957-1961) - Mitaka
- MitsuiMitsuiis one of the largest corporate conglomerates in Japan and one of the largest publicly traded companies in the world.-History:Founded by Mitsui Takatoshi , who was the fourth son of a shopkeeper in Matsusaka, in what is now today's Mie prefecture...
- MitsubishiMitsubishi Motorsis a multinational automaker headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. In 2009 it was the fifth-largest Japan-based automaker and the 17th-largest in the world measured by production...
(1917-1921; 1959-present) - MitsuokaMitsuokais 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. It is primarily a coachbuilder, taking production cars like the Nissan March and replacing the bodywork with its own custom designs...
(1981-present) - Mizuno-shiki
- Nikken
- NipponNipponNippon is a native name for Japan, more formal than Nihon.Nippon can also refer to:-Company names:All of the following companies are based in Japan.*Nikon *Nippon Telegraph and Telephone...
- NissanNissan Motors, usually shortened to Nissan , is a multinational automaker headquartered in Japan. It was a core member of the Nissan Group, but has become more independent after its restructuring under Carlos Ghosn ....
(formerly DatsunDatsunDatsun was an automobile marque. The name was created in 1931 by the DAT Motorcar Co. for a new car model, spelling it as "Datson" to indicate its smaller size when compared to the existing, larger DAT car. Later, in 1933 after Nissan Motor Co., Ltd...
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- Nissan Blue Stage (dealer network)
- Nissan CherryNissan CherryThe E10 generation featured four-wheel independent suspension.The E10 was fitted with two types of inline four-cylinder Nissan A-series OHV engines:* 988 cc A10* 1171 cc A12...
(dealer network, c.1970-2009) - Nissan Motor (dealer network, c.1968-2009)
- Nissan Prince (dealer network, c.1968-2009)
- Nissan Red Stage (dealer network)
- Nissan Sunny/SatioNissan SunnyThe Nissan Sunny is a small car from Nissan. It was launched in 1966 as the Datsun 1000 and although production in Japan ended in 2004, it remains in production today for the African, American and Sri Lankan markets. In the US, the later models were known as the Nissan Sentra; in Mexico, the Sunny...
(dealer network, c. 1966-2009)
- InfinitiInfinitiis the luxury division of automaker Nissan. Infiniti officially started selling vehicles on November 8, 1989 in North America. Marketing operations have since grown to include the Middle East, South Korea, Russia, Taiwan, China, Ukraine and the United Kingdom. Infiniti began sales in additional...
(1989-present)
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- NJ (1952-1956)
- Ohmiya
- OhtaOhta-People:*Fusae Ohta, Japanese politician*Herb Ohta, Hawaiian ukulele player* Hikari Ōta, manzai comedian*Hiromi Ōta, Japanese female singer who is considered an idol in Japan during the 1970s*Keibun Ōta, Japanese painter and illustrator...
(1922; 1934-1957) - Otomo (1924-1927)
- PrincePrince Motor CompanyPrince Motor Company was a Japanese automobile manufacturer from 1952 until its merger with Nissan in 1966. Prince began as the Tachikawa Aircraft Company, a producer of the famous Japanese Zero fighter planes used in WWII...
(1955-1967) - Publica
- Rintaku
- Sanko
- ShowaShowaShōwa is the name of several places, times, people and things in Japan.* Hirohito , the 124th Emperor of Japan, known posthumously as Emperor Shōwa...
- SubaruSubaru; is the automobile manufacturing division of Japanese transportation conglomerate Fuji Heavy Industries .Subaru is internationally known for their use of the boxer engine layout popularized in cars by the Volkswagen Beetle and Porsche 911, in most of their vehicles above 1500 cc as well as...
(1958-present) - SumidaSumidaSumida can refer to:*Sumida, Tokyo, one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan*Sumida River, which flows through Tokyo, Japan*1090 Sumida, a minor planet orbiting the Sun*Japanese gunboat Sumida , a Japanese gunboat...
(1933-1937) - Suminoe (1954-1955)
- Suzuki (1956-present)
- Suzulight
- Tachikawa
- Takeoka (1990-present)
- Takuri (1907-1909)
- TamaTama-Religion:* Tama , part of the soul in the Japanese Shinto faith, roughly equivalent to ghost, spirit, or soul* Tama , a votive deposit or ex-voto used in the Eastern Orthodox Churches...
(1947-1951) - TGE
- Tommy KairaTommy Kaira, formally , is a Japanese car tuning and manufacturing company founded on May 1, 2002 and headquartered in Minami-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The company was named after its two founders, Yoshikazu Tomita and Kikuo Kaira. Its parent company was originally founded in 1968 as...
(1996-1999) - ToyotaToyota Motor Corporation, , , commonly known simply as Toyota and abbreviated as TMC, is a multinational automaker headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan. In 2010, Toyota Motor Corporation employed 317,734 people worldwide, and was the world's largest automobile manufacturer by production.The company was founded by...
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- Netz Toyota (dealer network, 1998-present)
- Toyopet (dealer network)
- Toyota Auto (dealer network, 1967-1998)
- Toyota CorollaToyota CorollaThe Toyota Corolla is a line of subcompact and compact cars manufactured by the Japanese automaker Toyota, which has become very popular throughout the world since the nameplate was first introduced in 1966. In 1997, the Corolla became the best selling nameplate in the world, with over 35 million...
(dealer network, 1969-present) - Toyota PublicaToyota PublicaThe Toyota Publica was a small car manufactured by the Japanese automaker Toyota from 1961 to 1978. Conceived as a family car to fulfil the requirements of the "national car concept", it was the smallest Toyota car during that period and was superseded in that role by the Toyota Starlet, which...
(dealer network, 1961-1969) - Toyota VistaToyota VistaThe Toyota Vista is a compact car launched in 1982 as a sister nameplate to the Camry by Toyota in Japan. The name was introduced to tie in with the Toyota Vista dealership network, and launched around the same time...
(dealer network, 1980-2004)
- LexusLexusis the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corporation. First introduced in 1989 in the United States, Lexus is now sold globally and has become Japan's largest-selling make of premium cars. The Lexus marque is marketed in over 70 countries and territories worldwide, and has...
(1989-present) - ScionScion (car)Scion is a brand of vehicles produced by Toyota Motor Corporation for the North American market. Founded in 2002, Scion's long-term goal is to appeal to Generation Y consumers. The first Scion models, the xA hatchback and xB wagon, went on sale in California in 2003, followed by a sports coupe, the...
(2003-present)
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- Tsukuba (1935-c.1937)
- UD TrucksUD TrucksUD Trucks Corporation is a Japanese company whose principal business is the manufacture and sales of light, medium and heavy duty diesel trucks, buses, bus chassis and special-purpose vehicles. The company is owned 100% by the Volvo Group since 2007. Formerly known as Nissan Diesel, the company...
- Vemac
- YamahaYamahaYamaha may refer to:* Yamaha Corporation, a Japanese company with a wide range of products and services** Yamaha Motor Company, a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company...
(1992-1993) - Yamata (1916)
- Yanase (1964-1965)
- Yoshida-shiki
- Y&T (1994-c.1996)