Ōta Jidōsha Kōgyō

Ōta Jidōsha Seizōsho ; Kōsoku Kikan Kōgyō ; Ōta Jidōsha Kōgyō
legal form
founding	1912
resolution	1957
Reason for dissolution	Takeover by Nihon Nainenki
Seat	Tokyo , Japan
Branch	Motor vehicles

Advertisement for the company from 1955 with two commercial vehicles

Ōta Jidōsha Kōgyō ( Japanese オオタ自動車工業 ), previously Ōta Jidōsha Seizōsho ( 太田自動車製作所 ) and Kōsoku Kikan Kōgyō ( 高速機関工業 ), was a manufacturer of motor vehicles from Japan .

Company history

Sukeo Ōta ( 太田祐雄 , Ōta Sukeo ) founded the company Ōta Kōjō ( 太田工場 , "Ōta factory") in Sugamo , Tokyo in 1912 . He made engines. The first automobile that remained a prototype was created in 1922 . Series production of automobiles began in 1934. The brand name was Ōta ( オオタ , international Ohta ). In 1936 the name was changed to Kōsoku Kikan Kōgyō and in 1947 to Ōta Jidōsha Kōgyō .

Production ended in 1957 when Nihon Nainenki took over the company.

vehicles

The OS from 1922 to 1923 was a two-door touring car with four seats. A four-cylinder engine made in-house powered the vehicle. The engine had a capacity of 965 cc and made 9 hp . The vehicle was 290 cm long.

A pick-up with a length of 280 cm followed in 1931 . The displacement was 484 cm³.

The models from 1934 onwards had a four-cylinder engine with SV valve control and a displacement of 736 cm³. They were similar to the Datsun models at the time and were available as sedans , touring cars, roadsters and light commercial vehicles . Another source names the model A with 748 cm³ displacement. Two-door sedans, four-door touring cars, panel vans and light trucks were 280 cm long and an extended panel van was 303 cm. The construction period was from 1933 to 1935. In 1934 a roadster was added. 160 vehicles were built from the A.

From 1935 to 1937 the OC was available as a pick-up and panel van with a vehicle length of 319 cm and the well-known engine with 748 cm³ displacement, which produced 12.5 hp here. The OD appeared in 1937. It had a slightly smaller engine with 736 cc and 15 to 16 hp. The length was identical. A two-door sedan in standard and de-luxe version, a two-seat convertible , a roadster and a four-seat Phaeton were available until 1940 . Panel vans and small trucks existed until 1942. There is also a racing car for 1936 . Its 748 cm³ engine developed 23 hp.

After the Second World War , the PA model appeared . The displacement was increased to 903 cm³. The suspension and bodywork were modernized. Some limousines were used as taxis . The OA was a roadster in pre-war design.

In the 1950s the VK-2 was available as a pick-up with five seats.

The last model was the PK-1 , a four-door sedan whose engine developed 25 hp. The vehicle was 363 cm long and weighed almost 1000 kg.

In addition, aircraft engines were built from 1939 .

literature

Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Ohta.
George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1136 (English).
Jan P. Norbye: Cars made in Japan. Corporations · Data · Facts. All makes and models 1912–1992. Bleicher Verlag, Gerlingen 1991, ISBN 3-88350-161-1 , p. 28, p. 41 and p. 74.

Web links

Commons : Ōta Jidōsha Kōgyō - Collection of images, videos and audio files

d'Auto (Dutch)
Allcarindex (English)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Ohta.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1136 (English).
↑ 太田祐雄 . In: Japan Automotive Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on April 17, 2016 ; Retrieved April 17, 2016 (Japanese).
^ ^A ^b ^c Jan P. Norbye: Cars made in Japan. Corporations · Data · Facts. All makes and models 1912–1992. Bleicher Verlag, Gerlingen 1991, ISBN 3-88350-161-1 , p. 28, p. 41 and p. 74.
^ ^A ^b ^c Jeremy Risdon: Pomchi Book of Cars, Vans & Light Trucks. Volume 1. Japan 1902-1934 . Pomchi Press, Yate 2017, ISBN 978-1-5332-8268-2 , pp. 127-130 (English).
^ ^A ^b Jeremy Risdon: Pomchi Book of Cars, Vans & Light Trucks. Volume 2. Japan 1935-1939 . Pomchi Press, Yate 2017, ISBN 978-1-983476-36-5 , pp. 109-114 (English).

[Die_Internationale_Automobil-Enzyklopädie-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Ohta.

[Beaulieu-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1136 (English).

[3] 太田祐雄 . In: Japan Automotive Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on April 17, 2016 ; Retrieved April 17, 2016 (Japanese).

[Autos_made_in_Japan-4] A ^b ^c Jan P. Norbye: Cars made in Japan. Corporations · Data · Facts. All makes and models 1912–1992. Bleicher Verlag, Gerlingen 1991, ISBN 3-88350-161-1 , p. 28, p. 41 and p. 74.

[Pomchi_Band_1-5] A ^b ^c Jeremy Risdon: Pomchi Book of Cars, Vans & Light Trucks. Volume 1. Japan 1902-1934 . Pomchi Press, Yate 2017, ISBN 978-1-5332-8268-2 , pp. 127-130 (English).

[Pomchi_Band_2-6] A ^b Jeremy Risdon: Pomchi Book of Cars, Vans & Light Trucks. Volume 2. Japan 1935-1939 . Pomchi Press, Yate 2017, ISBN 978-1-983476-36-5 , pp. 109-114 (English).