Mitsubishi Model A
Manufacturer:	Mitsubishi Motors
Production:	1917-1921
Body style:	4-door sedan
Engine:	2.8 L I4
Wheelbase:	2640 mm
Length:	3830 mm
Width:	1620 mm
Height:	2070 mm
Curb weight:	1315 kg
Related:	Fiat Tipo 3

The Model A was Mitsubishi's first car, and also the first series production automobile manufactured in Japan. Based on the Fiat Tipo 3, it was a four-door seven-seater powered by a 2.8 L I4 engine, and was capable of speeds up to 20 mph. 22 were built at the Kobe shipyard of Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., including prototypes, between 1917 and 1921. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with List of cars. ... Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (in Japanese: 三菱自動車工業, in romaji Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha) is a Japanese automobile company, manufacturing an extensive range of cars and trucks (see Fuso). ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... A Ford Taurus, a recognizable sedan. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Internal combustion engine. ... The straight-4 or inline-4 is an internal combustion engine with four cylinders aligned in one row. ... In both road and rail vehicles, the wheelbase is the distance between the center of the front and rear wheels. ... Curb weight or kerb weight is the total weight of an automobile with standard equipment, oil, lubricants, coolant, a full tank of fuel and not loaded with either passengers or cargo. ... Mitsubishi Motors Corporation ) is the fourth largest auto-manufacturer in Japan, employing approximately 37,000 people around the world, and in 2005 was ranked 782nd on Forbes list of the 2000 largest public companies. ... The straight-4 or inline-4 is an internal combustion engine with four cylinders aligned in one row. ... Kobe ) is a city in Japan located on the island of Honshu. ...

Because it was expensive to produce (it was built entirely by hand, with a cab made of lacquered white cedar) it could not compete with cheaper American and European competition, and Mitsubishi halted production after four years. Concentrating instead on its successful commercial vehicles, the Model A would be the company's last passenger car until the Mitsubishi 500 of 1960. Species Cedrus deodara Cedrus libani    var. ... The Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (Japanese: 三菱ふそうトラック・バス株式会社) is a Japanese manufacturer of trucks and buses. ... // Overview The Mitsubishi 500 was the first passenger car produced by Mitsubishi Motors Corporation after the Second World War. ...

At Mitsubishi's Auto Gallery (a museum of the company's most historically significant vehicles, established at their R&D Center in Okazaki in 1989) there is a replica on display, assembled in 1972 using materials of the time. It has a slightly shorter wheelbase, and uses a water-cooled 977 cc four-cylinder OHV engine. instead of the larger 2.8 L original. Okazaki (岡崎市; -shi) is a city located in Aichi Prefecture (愛知県/Aichi-ken) on the main island (本州/Honshū) of Japan (日本/Nihon). ...

Technical specifications

• Layout - Front engine, rear-wheel drive
• Bodywork - Four door, seven-seat sedan
• Dimensions (L/W/H/WB) - 3830 mm/1620 mm/2070 mm/2640 mm
• Curb weight - 1315 kg
• Engine type - four-cylinder
• Bore x stroke - 79.4 × 139.7 mm
• Engine displacement - 2765 cc
• Peak power - 26 kW (35 hp)

In Automobile design, an FR, or Front-engine, Rear wheel drive means a layout where the engine is in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. ...

External links

• Mitsubishi Motors Web Museum
• Model A replica at Mitsubishi Auto Gallery
• Mitsubishi Model A specifications at Carfolio.com (these differ slightly from Mitsubishi's own figures)
• "The Greatest Japanese Cars Of All Time", Michael Frank, Forbes.com, 23 April 2001