Isuzu Motors Limited has a long history of quality construction when it comes to cars and trucks of all sizes. Their commercial vehicles and diesel engines are some of the highest regarded in their fields. This article will take a look at the history of sell Isuzu trucks and commercial vehicles, so you can understand how this company has become the brand it is today.

Isuzu’s Beginning

In 1916 the Tokyo Ishikawajima Shipbuilding and Engineering Company created a plan to work with the Tokyo Gas Electric Industrial Company to manufacture automobiles. In addition, in 1918 this new company received a license to build and sell cars in Japan that had been designed by the Wolseley Motor Company, which was based in the UK. This began a long history of international joint ventures for the future Isuzu Company. By 1922 the Wolseley A-9 was produced in Japan and sold locally. Their first truck, the CP, debuted two years later. Over the next couple decades, various corporate mergers change the name of this company until 1949 when Isuzu Motors Limited became the official company name. By this time the company is one of the largest manufacturers of heavy-duty trucks in Japan.

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