From a small mechanic shop to a one of the biggest car manufacturer.
Saminda Motor Company ( Japanese : サミンダ )(Pronouce as : SA-MIN-DA) is a Japanese company founded in 1950 .
Saminda Motor Co. is a international industrial company primarily known for its cars, engines and robots. To the products of the company include not only cars but also high tech engines for marines , aircraft and power equipment such as generators
Saminda has always been good value for money and even more so to make appropriate decisions for the buyer. Saminda has incredible potential and works productively on their models. Saminda produces one successful car after another, and people has long been fallen in love with this brand. A wide range of models as the C5 , C3 and CR3 gained massive popularity among buyers. And do not forget about the luxury subsidiary of Saminda, known as the Auxuras, which offers even more attractive style, incredible comfort and fuel efficiency.
Overview
Founded : Minato Japan , January 20 1950
Founder : Kuro Saminda , Arata Daisuke
Key people : Yuko Ono (Chairman) , Yuko Nagoya (President and CEO)
Number of Employees : 241,611 (As of November 2024)
Division : Auxuras Motor Co.
History
Almost everyone has heard of Saminda vehicles. They can be found everywhere across the roads no matter where you are from, but not everyone know about the man attributed for being the brains behind the company, it was Kuro Saminda.
Kuro Saminda was born as the only son of a tailor named Shinji Saminda. His parents always wanted him to become a doctor or a lawyer when he grew up, but he didn’t do well in school.
One day, Saminda’s life changed. He heard a loud rumble outside his house and saw a man driving down the road in a Ford Model T. He was so amazed at how the car managed to move by itself that he left his house and ran after the car for about a mile before returning home. His father beat him for leaving the house without permission. It was at that moment that he decided he wanted to learn about vehicles.
By the time he was 22, Saminda was working at the Shuri-Ten shop, a vehicle repair shop. Although his work was not directly related to engines, he was only a cleaner at the shop but his talent did not go unnoticed, and the owner of the garage eventually recognized his potential.
Six years later, he was managing the Shuri-Ten branch at the Shiga workshop. Initially, he believed his garage was the only one in town, but soon he realized he was not alone. New competitors emerged, but Saminda had a plan to stay ahead. First, he took over a repair shop that had been rejected by others, and he focused on working as quickly as possible so that customers wouldn’t have to wait long.
However, Kuro Saminda was not the type of person to be satisfied with just one success. He had many ideas he wanted to realize. His passion for innovation drove him to return to school at the age of 30 after struggling through various experiments. One of his early projects was a flywheel, but it didn’t meet his expectations. It took him three years to study and improve the design. Eventually, he succeeded in creating his own engine: a 200cc, single-cylinder, gas-powered engine. However, he didn’t have a chassis to test it on, so he came up with the idea of using scrap wood to build one.
Kuro spent all his savings and founded the Saminda Technical Research Institute, where he designed engines and sold them to generator companies. Although successful for three years, World War II forced him to pivot, and he became a supplier to the military industrial complex in order to survive.
After the war ended in 1945, Kuro resumed his business, selling his own-engine designs to generator companies. Five years later, he founded Saminda Motor Co.
Saminda’s first model, the Version A, was released in 1954, but it was not a success. The vehicle was too heavy and consumed too much fuel, which made it unpopular with customers. Instead of giving up, Kuro took a different approach. He stripped the vehicle down and made it smaller, releasing what he called the New Version A. This model became an “overnight success,” earning Saminda the prestigious Emperor’s Award.
In addition to his love for machinery, Kuro Saminda was also passionate about racing. This interest later became a key to his success. The feedback he received from the racing world proved invaluable for product development. Just six years after entering the car production industry in 1954, Saminda shocked their competitors by participating in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
When Kuro retired in 1975, he handed over control of the company to Tamaasa Yoshitomo, a senior chief engineer at the time. Kuro Saminda passed away in 1993 at the age of 87 due to a stroke, leaving behind his wife, Matsu, a son, and two daughters
Saminda i-VIC Engine Technology System
The i-VIC system stand for Intelligent Variable Intake Control and is introduced in 1990 , It was invented by Saminda engineer Takao Ikazuo, it’s to improves fuel efficiency by controlling the fuel/air mixture using valve control rather than conventional throttle control , fast heating of the catalytic converter to its light-off temperature is possible, thereby reducing hydrocarbon emissions considerably, and to change the cam timing profile at certain RPM to give extra boost , the engine came with a new high-density, high-strength sintered alloy pulley that reduced inertial load on the timing belt and increasing the diameter of the intake valve. For instance, the engine revved 20% higher than the existing DOHC/SOHC unit and thus had to resist forced 40% bigger.
History
During 1985 then President of Saminda , have a new objective to make 100 horsepower per liter without any help of turbochargers. In 1990 Takao Ikazuo so invented the i-VIC system , the first i-VIC was introduced in the KE Series , which manage to make 110hp per liter , It was not only powerful, but it also idled more smoothly and had no staring problems. The i-VIC was praised from around the world for it technology and uniquely.
