Brand Details
About Prince
- Category
- Car
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Asia
- Founded
- 1952
- Headquarters
- Tokyo, Japan
- Format
- Transparent PNG
Shown for identification. Prince and its logo are trademarks of their respective owner.
Brand History
The Prince Story
Prince Motor Company grew out of Tama, a postwar Japanese electric car maker, and adopted the Prince name in 1952 in honor of Crown Prince Akihito. Backed by the former Nakajima aircraft engineering base of Fuji Precision Industries, it built technically advanced cars including the original Skyline and Gloria, and campaigned successfully in early Japanese motor racing. In 1966 Prince merged into Nissan.
Model Evolution
Prince Through The Years
2 milestone models from 1959 to 1965.
1959Photo: Kuha455405 · CC BY-SA 3.0
1965Photo: Ypy31 · CC0
Current Lineup
The company disappeared as a separate marque after the 1966 Nissan merger, but its Skyline and Gloria nameplates lived on for decades under Nissan.
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