Fuji Cabin

{{infobox automobile

| image = 1955 Fujicabin 01.jpg

| name = Fuji Cabin

| body_style = Coupe

| production = 1957–1958
85 produced

| layout = RR layout (2 front wheels, 1 rear wheel)

| engine = 121.7 cc 2-stroke Single Cylinder from Gasuden (Hino Motors)

| powerout = {{cvt|5.5|PS|kW hp|1}} @ 5,300 rpm
{{cvt|6.0|lbft|Nm|1}} @ 2,000 rpm

| length = {{cvt|2950|mm|in|0}}

| width = {{cvt|1270|mm|in|0}}

| height = {{cvt|1250|mm|in|0}}

| wheelbase = {{cvt|2000|mm|in|0}}

| weight = {{cvt|150|kg|lb|0}}

| sp = uk

| doors = 2-door

| class = Kei car

| transmission = 3-speed manual

}}

The Fuji Cabin is a three-wheeled microcar produced by Fuji Toshuda Motors of Tokyo, Japan, from 1957 until 1958.{{sfnp|Rees|2013|p=77|ps=none}} It was introduced at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1955.{{r|MicrocarMuseum}} The car has two front wheels and one rear. Its two-seater body, with a distinctive single headlamp, is constructed of fibreglass.{{sfnp|Rees|2013|p=77|ps=none}}

The Cabin is powered by an air-cooled single-cylinder 2-stroke {{convert|121.7|cc|abbr=on}} Gasuden engine, producing {{cvt|5.5|PS|kW|0}} and giving the car a top speed of {{cvt|55-60|km/h|mph|0}}.{{r|ToyMus1}}

One of only a handful of cars of its type in Japan's post-Second World War automobile market, only 85 units were built in spite of its advanced design{{sfnp|Rees|2013|p=77|ps=none}} – partly because of the relatively poor quality of its fibreglass body and partly because of its relatively high price.{{r|MicrocarMuseum}}

References

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{{cite web | url = https://www.toyota.co.jp/Museum/collections/list/data/0139_FujicabinModel5A.html | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20151024135227/https://www.toyota.co.jp/Museum/collections/list/data/0139_FujicabinModel5A.html | archivedate = 2015-10-24 | title = フジキャビン 5A型(1955年・日本)、Fujicabin Model 5A (1955, Japan) | language = ja, en | work = List of Vehicles on Display | publisher = Toyota Automobile Museum }}

{{citation |entry=1955 Fuji Cabin |title=The Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum |url=http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/fujicabin.html |access-date=28 January 2018}}

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=Bibliography=

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  • {{citation |last=Rees |first=Chris |entry=Fuji Cabin |title=Three-Wheelers A–Z: The Definitive Encyclopaedia of Three-Wheeled Vehicles from 1940 to Date |year=2013 |publisher=Quiller Print |isbn=978-0-9926651-0-4}}

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Category:Three-wheeled motor vehicles

Category:Cars introduced in 1957

Category:Cars discontinued in 1958

Category:Rear-wheel-drive vehicles

Category:Rear-engined cars

Category:Kei cars