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The Gasuden Jimpu or Kamikaze (later produced by Hitachi) was a Japanese seven-cylinder air-cooled radial aircraft engine from the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. It was the first aircraft engine produced by Tokyo Gas and Electric (東京瓦斯電気工業, Tokyo Gasu Denki), often abbreviated to Gasuden, and the first production engine produced in Japan.
The New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman visited the plant in the early 1990s, and described the experience as an example of globalization in his best-selling 1999 book, The Lexus and the Olive Tree. [10] In his book, Friedman detailed the precise installation of windshield rubber seals by the factory's robots, along with human quality ...
Jiro Horikoshi was born near the city of Fujioka, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, in 1903.Horikoshi graduated from the newly established Aviation Laboratory (Kōkū Kenkyūjo) within the Engineering Department of the University of Tokyo, [1] and started his career in Mitsubishi Internal Combustion Engine Company Limited, which later became Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagoya Aircraft Manufacturing Plant.
Cars designed in Japan have won the European Car of the Year, International Car of the Year, and World Car of the Year awards many times. Japanese vehicles have had worldwide influence, and no longer have the stigma they had in the 1950s and 1960s when they first emerged internationally, due to a dedicated focus on continual product and process ...
1971 – First generation of the Daihatsu Delta Truck model launched in Japan, a Toyota influenced four wheeled six ton cargo lorry. 1975 – Begins to supply diesel engines to the original SEMAL motor vehicle company of Portugal for the new PORTARO 4X4 and TAGUS 4X4 offroad vehicles. 1980 – Daihatsu builds its three millionth kei car [26]
Yamaha produced Formula One engines from 1989 to 1997 (with a one-year break in 1990), initially for the Zakspeed team, in 1991 for the Brabham BT60Y, in 1992 for the Jordan 192, from 1993 to 1996 for Tyrrell, and in 1997 for the Arrows A18. The Yamaha engines never won a race (Damon Hill nearly did so at the 1997 Hungarian Grand Prix).
Mazda said that its prized rotary engine, introduced more than 50 years ago, was being adapted for electric vehicles. Subaru, meanwhile, showcased its trademark smaller horizontally opposed engine.
The project produced an engine with significant improvement in fuel economy. [1] The engine was featured in the immensely successful Mazda RX-7 model, which Yamamoto helped design. He also supervised the design teams for Mazda 626 and Mazda GLC/323 : the three models played an important role in the company's financial turnaround.