Autobacs Seven Co.
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(TYO: [9832], LSE: [AUB] ) is a retailer of automotive parts and accessories based in Japan with branches all over the world.
History
The company was founded by Toshio Sumino, in 1947 at Fukushima-ku, Osaka as Fuji Syokai Co., Ltd, a year later he opened a second branch in Osaka. In 1960 Sumino opened the first large scale automotive goods store, the Fuji Drive Shop, then in 1969 would be involved in motorsport sponsorship by sponsoring a car in the Japanese Grand Prix and in 1974 he opened the first of the Autobacs store "AUTOBACS Higashi Osaka Store" in Daito, Osaka. For the following year, Autobacs would run its first franchise store "AUTOBACS Hakodate Nakamichi Store" in Hakodate, Hokkaido. In 1977 Autobacs would start to develop and sell its own motor oil and tire to be sold in its own store and at the end of the decade would had opened their 100th store only to double that in 1984.ASL
When the speciality car manufacturer Tommy Kaira went into financial difficulties during the Asian recession in 1997, the company was brought out by Autobacs in 2001 and renamed the car manufacturing arm ASL (Autobacs Sportscar Laboratory ), whilst allowing the aftermarket parts manufacturer to continue trading with its usual name.The first car to be produced by ASL was the Garaiya which was unveiled
and the RS01 sports car. there is not a lot known about the company or the cars besides that the Garaiya will be the slower model, with around 190 hp, and the RS01 will be the faster one with a Nissan Skyline r34 gtr (RB26DETT) engine producing 276 hp. there will likely be a faster version of the rs01 with a race tuned RB26DETT engine producing close to 500 hp. the company is spawned from the tuning company Tommy-Kaira, which specializes in skyline GTRs, and the RS01 is the same as the Tommy-Kaira zz-II. (the Tommy Kaira zz-II is a smaller car like the mazda miata but 10 times as expensive and rare. and only available in japan.)
External links
- () [Autobacs Seven Co., Ltd.]
- () [Autobacs World]
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