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Company Sub Brand Notes Honda (1946–present): Acura: Isuzu (1853–present; spun off from IHI in 1916): Mazda (1920–present) (5% Toyota): Following are the former sub brands of Mazda:
The average age of JDM cars is 8.7 years, ranking 9th in a survey of 30 of the top 50 countries by gross domestic product. [2] According to the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, a car in Japan travels a yearly average of over only 9,300 kilometres (5,800 mi), less than half the U.S. average of 19,200 kilometres (11,900 mi). [3]
Best Performance Car under A$60,000 and People's Choice again by Drive; [162] People's Choice Best Performance Car under A$100,000 by Carsales (shared with Subaru BRZ). [163] Other awards received include: 2012 Car of the Year in New Zealand (Toyota 86 and GT86); [164] 2012 Best Affordable Sports Car by US News (Scion FR-S); [165]
The Mitsubishi Mirage is a range of cars produced by the Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi from 1978 until 2003 and again since 2012. The hatchback models produced between 1978 and 2003 were classified as subcompact cars, while the sedan and station wagon models, marketed prominently as the Mitsubishi Lancer, were the compact offerings.
The goal was to achieve good fuel efficiency and performance as well as low emissions with a modern design. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The A-series includes one of the first Japanese mass-production DOHC , four-valve-per-cylinder engines, the 4A-GE, and a later version of the same engine was one of the first production five-valve-per-cylinder engines.
The Mazda i-stop used in the Mazda3/Axela line (in Europe and JDM) uses combustion to assist the starter motor by sensing the position of the piston in the cylinder. They claim quieter and quicker engine restart within 0.35 seconds. [55] Some car makers such as Suzuki have one lithium-ion battery inside the car. [46]
Subaru unveiled the world's first boxer diesel engine to be fitted in a passenger car at the Geneva Auto Show in 2007. [3] This 2.0L DOHC engine, designated the EE20, [ 4 ] has an output of 110 kW (150 PS; 150 hp) at 3600 rpm and develops 350 N⋅m (36 kg⋅m; 260 lb⋅ft) of torque at 1800 rpm, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] with a redline of 4750 rpm. [ 7 ]
But the company had continued production continually since the mid-1960s, and was the only maker of Wankel-powered cars when the RX-8 was discontinued from production in June 2012 with 2000 RX-8 Spirit R models being made for the JDM (RHD) market. Though not reflected in the graph at right, the RX-8 was a higher-volume car than its predecessors.