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In the end he gave the company a Japanese name that he "had been cherishing in his heart": Subaru, which is the Japanese name for the Pleiades star cluster. The first Subaru car was named the Subaru 1500. [12] Only twenty were manufactured owing to multiple supply issues. Subsequently, the company designed and manufactured dozens of vehicles ...
HKS Toyota GR86 with the HKS "Oil Slick" livery at the 2022 Osaka Auto Messe. HKS Co., Ltd. (株式会社エッチ・ケー・エス, Kabushiki-gaisha Ecchi Kē Esu) is a publicly traded company headquartered in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan specializing in the engineering, manufacturing, and sales of high performance aftermarket and accessory automotive parts and components.
In Japan, the Pleiades are known as Subaru (昴) which means "coming together" or "cluster" in Japanese and have given their name to the car manufacturer whose logo incorporates six stars to represent the five companies that merged into one. [78] Subaru Telescope, located in Mauna Kea Observatory on Hawaii, is also named after the Pleiades. [79]
Company Sub Brand Notes Honda (1946–present) Acura: Isuzu (1853–present; spun off from IHI in 1916) Mazda (1920–present) (5% Toyota) Following are the former sub brands of Mazda: Autorama Autozam ɛ̃nfini Eunos Xedos: Mitsubishi (1873–1950; 1964–present) Nissan (formerly Datsun) (1933–present) Infiniti (1989–present)
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Autobacs was founded by Toshio Sumino in 1947 in Fukushima-ku, Osaka as Suehiro Shokai Co., Ltd., which was reorganized into Fuji Shokai Co., Ltd. a year later. [2]In 1960, Sumino opened the Fuji Drive Shop, Japan's first large-scale automotive goods store, and in 1969 he became involved in motorsport sponsorship by sponsoring a car in the Japanese Grand Prix.
JUN was able to record a speed of 422 km/h (262 mph), [2] which was a world record for a “road”-going car. JUN returned to Bonneville a year later with the intent of improving on their world record. This time they used a JUN-Blitz Nissan 300ZX. In the E/BMS class, JUN set a record of 419.84 km/h (260.87 mp/h), becoming world champions for ...
The company is divided into 4 separate brands each having a purpose to the company. These brands are Cusco, Vacanza, Carrosser, and Safety21. Each brand plays a part in manufacturing and selling parts for a type of car. Some parts are tested on the track in racing events, and all products are tested in the laboratory.