The Prince Motor Company was a Japanese automobile maker that merged into Nissan in 1966. It grew from the Tachikawa Aircraft Company, whose electric car division became the Tokyo Electric Car Company in 1947, the date the company counts as its foundation, and was renamed the Tama Electric Car Company, then Tama Motor Company, then Prince in 1952 in honour of Crown Prince Akihito. In 1954 it merged with its engine supplier Fuji Precision Industries, taking that name until it became the Prince Motor Company again in 1961. Its best known cars were the Skyline and the Gloria, which continued in the Nissan range, and it also built the Homy van and the R380 racing car. The company entered the Liege-Sofia-Liege rally in 1962, the first Japanese maker to field a works team in a European rally, and its dealers survived inside Nissan until 1999.
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History, Tachikawa Aircraft Company
June 30, 1947 - The Fuchu Plant of the Kosoku Kikan Kogyo Co., Ltd. became the Tokyo Electric Car Company. (Official foundation date of the Prince Motor Company.)
History, merger with Nissan
August 1966 - Merged into Nissan Motor Company.
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The Prince Motor Company (Japanese: プリンス自動車工業株式会社) was an automobile marque from Japan
History, year of merger
August 1966 - Merged into Nissan Motor Company.
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was an automobile marque from Japan which eventually merged into Nissan in 1966
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was an automobile marque from Japan which eventually merged into Nissan in 1966
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