Mitsuoka


Mitsuoka Motor is a small Japanese automobile company. It is noted for building cars with unconventional styling, some of which are modern while most others are retro-styled to imitate the look of American, European and particularly British cars of the 1950s and 1960s. Mitsuoka Motors is also the principal distributor of the retro-classic TD2000 roadster in Japan.
Mitsuoka is primarily a custom design coachbuilder, customizing production cars, e.g., the Nissan March, and replacing various aspects of the bodywork. It has also produced a sports car, the Orochi, and has a special department for hearses.
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History

Mitsuoka was recognised in 1994 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 at the London Motor Show in 2016.
The M55 is a Showa retro concept car created for Mitsuoka's 55th anniversary. The appearance of the car is intended to resemble that of cars from 1970s Japan. The car has been said to resemble 1970s models of the Datsun B110, the Mitsubishi Galant GTO, the Nissan Skyline and the Toyota Celica. North American commenters have felt that it resembles the Dodge Challenger, but it is said to have actually been inspired by the Kenmeri Skyline.

Models

Current lineup

Past vehicles

  • 1982 BUBU 50 Series
  • * 1982 BUBU 501
  • * 1985 BUBU 505-C
  • 1987–1989 BUBU Classic SSK
  • 1989–1990 BUBU 356 Speedstar
  • 1990–1993, 2000–2001 Le-Seyde
  • 1991–1993 Dore
  • 1994–2000 Zero1
  • 1996–2000 Type F
  • 1996–2004 Ray
  • 1998–2004 Ryoga a "classically" styled sedan originally based on the Primera and later on the smaller Sunny
  • 1998–2007 Mitsuoka Microcar
  • * 1998–2007 Microcar K-1/MC-1
  • ** 1999–2007 MC-1T
  • * 1998–? Microcar K-2
  • * 2005–? Microcar K-3/Type F
  • * 2006–? Microcar K-4/Type R
  • * 1999–2007 ME-1
  • * 2002–2007 ME-2
  • 2000–2001 Yuga
  • 2004–2012 Nouera
  • 2007–2014 Orochi
  • 2008–2012 Galue 204|Galue 204]
  • 2010–2012 Galue Classic
  • 2010–2012 Like
  • 2012–2022 Like-T3
  • 2018–2022 Rock Star