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Tokyu Kogyo KuroganeKurogane Baby
Production1959 – present
Recorded originJapan
ClassAutomobile
Background
The Kurogane Baby was a keitora and microvan built by the Japanese Kurogane company from April 1959 until January 1961, sold only in Japan. It was developed by a company of which Kurogane had assumed operations, called Ohta Jidosha, but was introduced under the Kurogane brand and was only available until 1962. It had a 356-cc, water-cooled, overhead-valve, two-cylinder engine installed in the back of the vehicle, with rear-wheel drive. The more competitively priced Subaru Sambar and the Suzuki Carry proved to be more popular and the Baby was discontinued after less than two years. It was available in two bodystyles, a van and a pickup.
Text adapted from “Kurogane Baby” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
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Production chronology1959–open
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