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In 1916 Tokyo Ishikawajima Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd. and Tokyo Gas and Electric Industrial Co. cooperately plan to build automobiles. In 1918 a technical cooperation with Wolseley Motors U.K. is initiated. In 1922 the first Wolseley model A-9 car is domestically produced. The CP truck follows two years later. Ishikawajima Automotive Works merges with Dot Automobile Manufacturing in 1933Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s Years: 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 See also 1933 in aviation 1933 in film 1933 in literature 1933 in mu and changes its name to Automobile Industries Co., Ltd..
A meeting with the Ministry of Trade and Industry in 1934 results in the renaming of the truck to Isuzu, after the Isuzu river. Isuzu is not adopted as company name until 19491949 is the common year starting on Saturday. see link for calendar) Events January-February January 4 RMS Caronia of the Cunard Line departs Southampton for New York on her maiden voyage January 4 February 22 Series of winter storms in Nebraska, Wyoming,. In 19531953 is a common year starting on Thursday (click on link for the calendar). Events January events January 7 President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. January 13 Marshal Josip Broz Tito chosen President of Yugosl with technical assistance of RootesThe Rootes Group is a now-defunct British automobile manufacturer. Rootes was the parent company of many famous British marques, including Hillman, Humber, Singer, Sunbeam, Commer and Karrier. Originally founded in Kent in 1919 by William Rootes as a car (U.K.) the HillmanHillman is also a suburb of Perth, Western Australia Hillman is a marque of automobile produced by the British Rootes company. Noted models included the Hillman Avenger and Hillman Minx. Following the takeover of Rootes by Chrysler in the 1960s, the Hillm Minx passenger car is produced.
A capital agreement with General MotorsGM redirects here. This article is about General Motors . For other uses, see GM (disambiguation). General Motors Corporation also known as GM is a United States-based automobile maker with worldwide operations and brands including Buick, Cadillac, Chevro is signed in 19711971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). Events January January 1 British divorce Reform Act comes into force January 2 66 die in stairway crush at Rangers v Celtic football match, Glasgow, Scotland. See Ibrox disaster. Janua and two years later the Gemini is introduced, which is coproduced with General Motors.
From 1981Events January-February January Sarawak Chamber found January 1 Greece enters the EEC January 1 Palau becomes self-governing January 4 Sheffield police arrests Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper January 16 Protestant gunmen shoot and wound Bernadette D commercial vehicles are successfully exported to the United States. 1987 the joint venture Subaru-Isuzu Automotive Inc. (SIA) is established together with Fuji Heavy Industries (owner of Subaru).
General Motors raises its stake in Isuzu to 49% in 1999, but reduced it again to 12% in 2003.In 2002 the Subaru-Isuzu joint-venture is dissolved.
In July, 2004, production of the Rodeo and Axiom stopped. For the 2005 and 2006 model years, Isuzu dealers in the United States will have only a single model, the Ascender, to sell. The company has 360 dealers, and sells an average of just two Ascenders per dealer per month. A new vehicle is expected to be added for 2007.