Prince Motor Company

Prince Motor Company was a Japanese automobile manufacturer from 1952 until its merger with Nissan in 1966. Prince began as the Tachikawa Aircraft Company, a producer of the famous Japanese Zero fighter planes used in WWII. After the war, the company diversified into automobiles, producing an electric car, the Tama, in 1952. They changed their name to Fuji Precision Industries as well. Once again, the company changed its name to Prince in 1955 to honor Emperor of Japan, Crown Prince Akihito.

Prince had success building premium automobiles. Among its most famous car lines were the Skyline and Gloria, both of which were absorbed into the Nissan range after their 1966 merger. The Prince organization remained in existence inside Nissan, though the marque disappeared. Since the merger, the Prince name survived as a Nissan dealership network in Japan which it still operates today. Prince apparently still has oversight into developmental parts of Nissan.

=List of Prince vehicles=
* Prince Tama (electric car and truck)
* Prince Skyline
* Prince Gloria
* Prince R380
* Prince Miler T430/T431/T440/T442 (pickup truck)
* Prince Homer (commercial truck)
* Prince Clipper (commercial truck)