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History of Isuzu Motor Cars / Automobiles |
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- 8.11.5. Isuzu
- In 1918 the Ishikawajima Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. started building British Wolseley cars under licence, producing the first car, the A9 model, in 1922.
- By 1933 the company’s name had changed to Automobile Industries Co., later producing the Sumida and Chiyoda cars. When were these two cars made? Info on them required, hp, max speed, etc.
- The company’s name was changed to Isuzu in 1949.
- From 1953 to (When? 1963?) Isuzu assembled the British Hillman Minx car.
- Between 1963 and 1973 the company produced a car of their own design; the Bellet sedan, plus the 2-door GT coup version which was launched in 1964. 1.3, 1.5, 1.6, 1.8 & 2.0 litre engines were available.
- 170,737 Bellet models were produced. Check this total.
- The Bellet was replaced by the 4-door Florian model in 1967. By 1983, when production ended, 145,836 had been manufactured.
- From 1974 to 2000 five generations of the Gemini range of cars were produced and sold under a variety of names, including Domani, Impulse, I-Mark, Piazza, Sunburst, Spectrum, Stylus, in several different countries.
- Production of the Aska model started in 1983 and ended in 2002 when Isuzu ceased producing cars. In 2003 the company produced 16 million diesel engines.
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