The Kurogane Baby was a '' keitora'' and microvan built by the

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ese Kurogane company from April 1959 until January 1961, sold only in

. It was developed by a company of which Kurogane had assumed operations, called Ohta Jidosha, but was introduced under the Kurogane brand and was only available until 1962. It had a 356-cc, water-cooled, overhead-valve, two-cylinder engine installed in the back of the vehicle, with rear-wheel drive. The more competitively priced Subaru Sambar and the

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proved to be more popular and the Baby was discontinued after less than two years. It was available in two bodystyles, a van and a pickup.

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