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is a small
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ese automobile company. It is noted for building unique cars with unconventional styling, some of which are modern while others imitate the look of American, European and particularly British retro cars of the 1950s and 1960s. Mitsuoka Motors is also the principal distributor of the retro-classic
TD2000 The TD2000 is a retro-classic roadster styled after the MG TD. It is produced by TD Cars (Malaysia) Pte. Ltd., a private limited company incorporated in 1998. The company acquired the rights, intellectual properties and trademarks associated with ...
roadster in Japan. Mitsuoka is primarily a custom design
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, customizing production cars, e.g., the Nissan March, and replacing various aspects of the bodywork. It has also produced a sports car, the Orochi.


History

Mitsuoka was recognised in 1996 as the 10th Japanese auto manufacturer to be registered in Japan since Honda in 1963, basing its current cars on Nissans and other Japanese car manufacturers. Mitsuoka Motor launched in the UK in 2015 under sole distribution of T W White & Sons and launched the Mitsuoka Roadster (Himiko) at the London Motor Show in 2016.


Models


Current lineup

*1993–present Viewt *1996–present Galue *2008–present Himiko/Roadster *2010–present Like-T3 *2014–present Ryugi (based on the
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and Toyota Corolla Fielder) *2021–present Buddy ( K5 Blazer inspiration based on the Toyota RAV4)


Past vehicles

*1982 BUBU 50 Series ** 1982 BUBU 501 (a three-wheeled microcar) ** 1985 BUBU 505-C (a Morgan 4/4 inspiration) *1989-1990 BUBU 356 Speedstar (a replica of the Porsche 356 Speedster) *1987-1989 BUBU Classic SSK (replica of the Mercedes-Benz SSK roadster based on the Volkswagen Beetle) *2008-2012 Galue 204 (based on the Toyota Corolla Axio) *2010-2012 Galue Classic (based on the Toyota Corolla Axio) *1991-1993 Dore (similar to the Le-Seyde, based on the Nissan Silvia S13) *1990-1993, 2000-2001 Le-Seyde (a Nissan Silvia-based coupé inspired by Zimmer) *2010-2012 Like (based on the Mitsubishi i-MiEV) *1998-2007 Mitsuoka Microcar **1998-2007 Microcar K-1/MC-1 ***1999-2007 MC-1T **1998-? Microcar K-2 (based on the design of the FMR Tg500) **2005-? Microcar K-3/Type F (design similar to the Zero1) **2006-? Microcar K-4/Type R (styling reminiscent of 1950s race cars) **1999-2007 ME-1 **2002-2007 ME-2 (Convoy 88) *2004-2012 Nouera (based on the Honda Accord and later the
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) *2007-2014 Orochi (based on the Honda NSX) *1996-2004
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(styling similar to the
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Mk.3, based on the
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and later the
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) *2018–2022 Rock Star ( C2 Corvette inspiration based on the Mazda MX-5) *1998-2004 Ryoga a "classically" styled sedan originally based on the Primera and later on the smaller Sunny *1996-2000 Type F (a restyled Zero1) *2000-2001 Yuga (a London Taxi replica based on the Nissan Cube) *1994-2000 Zero1 (a
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replica with Eunos Roadster drivetrain)


References


External links


Mitsuoka Motors Japanese website
(Japanese)
Mitsuoka Motors UK website
(English)
Mitsuoka Motors global website
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