Takuri (タ ク リ) Tōkyō Jidōsha Seisakusho

Tokyo , Japan

KK Tōkyō Jidōsha Seisakusho 東京 自動 製作, (Tokyo Motor Vehicle Works) was an early manufacturer of motor vehicles from Japan. The brand names were Takuri ( タ ク リ ) and Yoshida.

History 

Shintaro Yoshida had made in the US automotive experience. 1902 he founded together with Komanosuke Uchiyama the company in Tokyo. First, a bus was created. 1907 began the production of passenger cars with imported parts, the water-cooled engine was twin-cylinder with displacement of 1837 cc imported from the United States with 12 hp powered the cars with a 2-forward speed, 1 reverse gearbox. The body could accommodate up to five people chassis was assembled from the Ford Model A. with a large single headlight fitted on the front of the vehicle.

In 1909 the production ended. A total of 17 car emerged an order came from a branch of the Imperial family of Japan.  in 1911 the collaboration with Kunisue Jidosha Seisakusho under the brand name Tokyo. The twelve-seat bus was sold to a taxi company in Hiroshima. Its engine developed 18 hp.