Nakajima (car brand)

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Nakajima
owner Nakajima Seisakusho
Introductory year 1931
Products Automobiles
Markets Japan

Nakajima was a Japanese car brand.

Brand history

A vehicle of this brand was reported for the first time in 1931. As far as is known, prototypes remained .

The Nakajima Seisakusho company began series production of automobiles in 1937 . The brand name was Nakajima . The Ministry of Commerce and Industry sponsored it. Distribution was limited to Japan. Production ended in 1940. The production number remained low.

vehicles

Only electric cars were on offer . They had electric motors whose performance has not been handed down. The batteries for the series vehicles came from Yuasa Battery .

The 1931 model was a truck .

From 1937 to 1938 there was a car model . It was a sedan with two doors. The external appearance was that of a vehicle with a gasoline engine , in stark contrast to the models from Denka and Nagoya .

Between 1938 and 1940, a small truck and a delivery van were in the range. They were front-wheel drivers . According to the pictures, the batteries were arranged in an underfloor construction between the axles.

literature

  • 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. 123-124 (English).
  • 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. 72-74 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e 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. 72-74 (English).
  2. ^ A b 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. 123-124 (English).
  3. ^ A b 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. 53 (English).