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Automotive industry in Japan - Wikipedia  First Datsun/Nissan Z-car, 1969, bestselling sports car series. Mazda Cosmo 110S, 1967, one of first two mass-produced cars with Wankel rotary engine. First Toyota Corolla, 1966, best selling model of cars of all time. The Japanese automotive industry is one of the most prominent and largest industries in the ... In the 1970s Japan was the pioneer in robotics manufacturing of vehicles.
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Nissan - Wikipedia  Nissan Motor Company Ltd usually shortened to Nissan is a Japanese multinational ... Nissan Motor sells its cars under the Nissan, Infiniti, and Datsun brands with ..... Manufacturing (UK) Ltd. By 2007, it was producing 400,000 vehicles per year, ... Nissan entered the Middle East market in 1957 when it sold its first car in...
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Suzuki - Wikipedia  Suzuki Motor Corporation is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Minami-ku, ... These first Suzuki motor vehicles were powered by a then-innovative, liquid-cooled, ... Even after producing its first car in 1955 the company didn't have an automobile .... 1969: Motorcycle plant built in Oyabe, Toyama, Japan.
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List of best-selling automobiles - Wikipedia  Best selling automobiles are those passenger cars and light trucks which, since the introduction of the Benz Patent Motorwagen in 1886, can lay claim to being the highest selling vehicles in the markets they compete in. While references to verify the manufacturers' claims have been included, ... While the first Corolla in 1966 was rear wheel drive and rode on a 2286 mm...
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Datsun - Wikipedia  Datsun is an automobile brand owned by Nissan. Datsun's original production run began in 1931. From 1958 to 1986, only vehicles exported by Nissan were identified as ... The DAT corporation had been selling full size cars to Japanese consumers under ... The first prototype Datson was completed in the summer of 1931.
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What's a Yugo? - Car Forums and Automotive Chat - Automotive ...  The Yugo was sold in the US from 1985 until 1991. ... However, 4 grand is cool for a beginners car thats brand new, but then that was not that cheap back then I...
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VW PAVED THE WAY FOR MANUFACTURING IN THE NEW WORLD  Jun 26, 1996 ... But VW made automotive history as the first foreign automaker to set up a ... The decision to build Rabbits in the United States was driven ... to assemble cars in 1983, but the plant was never opened. ... When Westmoreland assembled its first production Rabbit in April 1978, it had 1,200 employees.
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Acura 20th Anniversary Timeline - Honda News  is the first Japanese luxury brand in the United States. ... available: the Integra 3-door and 5-door sports sedans, and the Legend luxury-touring sedan. 1986  Acura sales total 52,869 units, with ... Spring, 1987  The Legend coupe debuts.
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jeopardy/1085_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  HELLO, GOOD BUY | In 1982 Peter Lynch bought this troubled U.S. car company at about 2 bucks a share; in 1986 he sold for around 40 | Chrysler. right: M J.
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AMERICA'S AUTO INDUSTRY GEARED UP A CENTURY AGO ...  Jul 10, 1996 ... The Duryeas, who were businessmen and, like the Wright brothers, bicycle ... and, one year later, the Duryeas launched the Duryea Motor Wagon Company. ... Olds was first to mass-produce cars in the United States, using a .... CAPTION: 1896 Duryea Motor Car Co. builds, advertises and sells 13 vehicles.
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1966 Oldsmobile Toronado - Not Your Father's Oldsmobile - Old Car ...  Jan 11, 2009 ... Unfortunately its life was too short, the company folded at the end of the 1937 model year. ... 1966 was the first year for the Toronado, which was treading new territory for ... The Toronado's front-wheel drive system was not only a first for ... It was the flat floor, which made all the other cars during this time...
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In Japan's View, U.S. Car Companies Should Be Blaming Only ...  Jan 6, 1992 ... With few exceptions, the American car giants have failed to make the kinds of large ... largely from Detroit and Washington, not Toyota City and Tokyo. ... "If the Japanese changed their whole system tommorrow morning, and if...
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Hyundai Motor Company - Wikipedia  The Hyundai Motor Company is a South Korean multinational automotive manufacturer ... In 1986, Hyundai began to sell cars in the United States, and the Excel was nominated as ... In 2001, the Daimler-Hyundai Truck Corporation was formed. .... year and sales for the year dropped 14%, a day after the company launched...
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Company History | Corporate  Click here for the Toyota Light Truck & SUV Chronology ... Corolla has since become the world's all-time best-selling passenger car, with over 30 million sold in more than 140 countries. ... During the 1970s, Toyota launched some of its most memorable marketing ... Toyota continued its strong growth through the 1990s.
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Ford Motor Company Timeline | Ford.com  With 12 investors and 1,000 shares, the company had spent almost all of its $28,000 cash investment by the time it sold the first Ford Model A on July 23, 1903.
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Workers assemble first Corvette in Flint, Michigan - Jun 28, 1953 ...  prev. next ... On this day in 1953, workers at a Chevrolet plant in Flint, Michigan, ... off the assembly line two days later, one of just 300 Corvettes made that year. ... In 1954, the Corvette went into mass production at a Chevy plant in St. Louis, Missouri. ... after that and it went on to earn the nickname America's sports car and...
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Oldsmobile - Wikipedia  Oldsmobile was a brand of American automobiles produced for most of its existence by General Motors. Olds Motor Vehicle Co. was founded by Ransom E. Olds in 1897. In its 107-year history, it produced 35.2 million cars, including at least 14 ... Oldsmobile became the top selling car company in the United States for a few...
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U.S. auto sales break record in 2015 - Automotive News  Jan 5, 2016 ... The U.S. auto industry set a sales record in 2015 as solid December ... at Jeep, 4 percent at Ram, 6 percent at Dodge and 1 percent at Fiat, but ... Kia dangled offers of no payments for five months, with the first two ... U.S. market share last year while GM, Ford, Toyota, Honda and the VW Group lost ground.
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Fiat History | Italy  Mar 10, 2015 ... Fiat 1899 to 1911 ... In 1900, the first Fiat factory opened in corso Dante, in Turin, with a ... In 1908, Fiat opened the Fiat Automobile Company in the US. ... A holding company was established to enable purchasers to pay for...
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Ford Motor Company Timeline | Ford.com  We've accomplished a lot in the last hundred years. ... Henry Ford joins a group that founds the Detroit Automobile Company. ... 1,000 shares, the company had spent almost all of its $28,000 cash investment by the time it sold the first Ford Model A on July 23, 1903. ... 1908. Ford opens its first overseas sales branch in Paris.
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Korea's first automobile mass produced is Hyundai Pony in 1976  Jul 17, 2013 ... Korea's first automobile mass produced is Hyundai Pony in 1976, OTOHISTORY, ... Policies that fueled the Korean car companies such as:.