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| Prompted by a request of the Japanese army, Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. entered the vehicle manufacturing business in 1917 with the Model A. As Italy was regarded as the most advanced automobile-manufacturing nation of the time, the Model A was based on the Fiat A3-3 and built at the company's Kobe shipyard by Taizo Soda (future vice-president of Shin Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) and others. In 1919, the Model A became Japan's first mass produced passenger vehicle. Although 22 had been built by 1921 (including the prototypes), Mitsubishi stopped production to re-focus on shipbuilding. The vehicle displayed at the Mitsubishi Auto Galley in Okazaki is a reproduction created in 1972 based on historical research into contemporary sources by the automobile journalist Eizo Ikeda with the help of designs and the like drawn up by Heitatsu Igarashi. |
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| Storage location | : | MITSUBISHI MOTORS CAR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER (1, Nishishinkiri, Hashime-cho, Okazaki-shi, Aichi-ken 444-8501) | |
| Year manufactured | : | 1917 | |
| Manufacturer | : | Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Kobe shipyard | |
| Classification | : | Replica | |
| Current status | : | On public display: static | |
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| Vehicle name | : | Mitsubishi Model A |  |
| Model name | : | Fiat A3-3 | |
| Company name | : | Mitsubishi Zosen | |
| Year manufactured | : | 1917 | |
| Vehicle type/usage | : | Passenger car | |
| Location of actual vehicle/replica | : | Mitsubishi Motors, Okazaki |
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| Style | : | Sedan | |
| Number of doors | : | 4 | |
| Passenger capacity | : | 7 | |
| Vehicle weight | : | 1,315 kg |
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| Structure | : | Wood frame and steel sheets | |
| Bumpers | : | None | |
| Step | : | None | |
| Overall length | : | 3830 mm | |
| Overall width | : | 1620 mm | |
| Overall height | : | 2070 mm | |
| Tire size | : | 760×90 | |
| Features | : | The Fiat A3-3 was sketched before manufacture. |
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| Body / Axle / Driving / Others |
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| Frame | : | Steel sheets, ladder type | |
| Front axle | : | Rigid semi-elliptical leaf | |
| Rear axle | : | Rigid, semi-elliptical leaf | |
| Wheelbase | : | 2727 (2640) | |
| Front tread x rear tread | : | 1422 mm | |
| Vehicle height adjustment | : | None | |
| Steering | : | Round steering wheel | |
| Dampers | : | None | |
| Stabilizer | : | None | |
| Driving stability devices | : | None |
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| Cooling/cylinder arrangement | : | Water-cooled/inline 4-cylinder | |
| Valve train | : | SV (OHV) | |
| Bore x stroke | : | 79.4×139.7 mm | |
| Displacement | : | 2765 (977) cc | |
| Ignition system | : | magneto type | |
| Max. power/r.p.m. | : | 35 hp (55 ps) |
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| Transmission | : | 4-speed | |
| Drive system | : | FR |
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| Reference materials | : | Company history of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation | |
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