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1950s

Mikasa Okamura Mfg. Co. Ltd.

Mikasa Okamura Mfg. Co. Ltd.

Mikasa (ミ カ サ) was a car brand from Japan from the late 1950s to the early 1960s. 

History 

The company Okamura Seisakusho from Yokohama began in 1957 with the production of automobiles called the Mikasa, the Mikasa debuted at the 4th Japan Automobile Show in 1957.

Special feature were the front-wheel drive and the revolutionary AK-4 automatic transmission powered by torque converter. An air-cooled two-cylinder four stroke boxer engine with 585 cc powered vehicles. In the later built two-door station wagon or Service van which looked like the 2 cv van with corrugated sides the engine produced between 18 and 21 hp and in the two-seater Roadster Touring or Touring Car between 21 and 23 hp. Production was only around 500 of all three models and by late 1960 ended production.

Mikasa

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