Meiwa Jidōsha Kōgyō

Meiwa Jidōsha Kōgyō ; Asahi Kōgyō
legal form	Kabushiki-gaisha (joint stock company)
founding	1949
resolution	1970
Seat	Japan
Branch	Motor vehicles

Meiwa Jidōsha Kōgyō KK ( Japanese 明和自動車工業株式会社 ) was a manufacturer of motor vehicles from Japan .

Company history

Since the occupation authorities forbade aircraft construction after the Second World War, the aircraft manufacturer Kawanishi Kōkūki (in English sources Kawanishi Aircraft Company) turned to vehicle construction in 1946 , the first model of which was the Akitsu three-wheeler van . In 1949 this division was spun off as an independent company Meiwa Jidōsha Kōgyō KK. An English source calls Shin Meiwa Kogyo instead. Nishinomiya is indicated as the location of the plant .

In 1956 the name was changed to Asahi Kōgyō KK ( 旭工業株式会社 ) as a subsidiary of Daihatsu , into which it was incorporated in 1970.

vehicles

Tricycles with a front single wheel were on offer. A front-mounted single - cylinder four-stroke engine with 744 cm³ displacement and 16 HP power propelled the vehicles. There was a choice of open and closed structures with space for up to seven people, some of which were used as taxis .

literature

Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Meiwa.
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. 994 (English).

Web links

d'Auto (Dutch)
Allcarindex (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Meiwa.
↑ ^a ^b 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. 994 (English).
^ ^A ^b ^c Jeremy Risdon: Pomchi Book of Cars, Vans & Light Trucks. Volume 3. Japan 1940-1949 . Pomchi Press, Yate 2018, ISBN 978-1-72004-729-2 , pp. 42-43 (English).
↑ Shōhei Hakoda: 戦後の三輪車市場における企業間競争 ── 自動車産業における三輪自動車の意義 ── / The Competition in the Trimotor Cycle Market after the Second War in Japan . In: Otemon Gakuin University (ed.): 追手門経済論集 . Vol. 41, No. 2 , 2006, p. 107-108 ( PDF ).
↑ ^a ^b 機械４川西系 . (No longer available online.) In: www.rose.ne.jp. Archived from the original on April 2, 2016 ; Retrieved April 2, 2016 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Shōhei Hakoda: 戦後の三輪車市場における企業間競争 ── 自動車産業における三輪自動車の意義 ── / The Competition in the Trimotor Cycle Market after the Second War in Japan . In: Otemon Gakuin University (ed.): 追手門経済論集 . Vol. 41, No. 2 , 2006, p. 120 ( PDF ).

[Die_Internationale_Automobil-Enzyklopädie-1] Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Meiwa.

[Beaulieu-2] 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. 994 (English).

[Pomchi_Band_3-3] A ^b ^c Jeremy Risdon: Pomchi Book of Cars, Vans & Light Trucks. Volume 3. Japan 1940-1949 . Pomchi Press, Yate 2018, ISBN 978-1-72004-729-2 , pp. 42-43 (English).

[Shohai_107-4] Shōhei Hakoda: 戦後の三輪車市場における企業間競争 ── 自動車産業における三輪自動車の意義 ── / The Competition in the Trimotor Cycle Market after the Second War in Japan . In: Otemon Gakuin University (ed.): 追手門経済論集 . Vol. 41, No. 2 , 2006, p. 107-108 ( PDF ).

[Rose-5] 機械４川西系 . (No longer available online.) In: www.rose.ne.jp. Archived from the original on April 2, 2016 ; Retrieved April 2, 2016 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[Shohai_120-6] Shōhei Hakoda: 戦後の三輪車市場における企業間競争 ── 自動車産業における三輪自動車の意義 ── / The Competition in the Trimotor Cycle Market after the Second War in Japan . In: Otemon Gakuin University (ed.): 追手門経済論集 . Vol. 41, No. 2 , 2006, p. 120 ( PDF ).