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| - | '''Jayatsu Motor Company''' (more commonly known as '''Jatatsu Motors''') is a Korean manufacturer of automobiles. Jayatsu Motors was originally founded in 1980 as So Motors.
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| - | ==History==
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| - | ===So Motors===
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| - | '''So Motors''' was created in 1980 as an experiment. It was a test to see if [[So International|So Manufacturing]] could create a successful car. The car was the [[So Shi-Tei]]. The Shi-Tei was a compact car powered by the [[Si4]]. The Shi-Tei turned out to be a minor success until 1987 when sales began to fall. Production of the Shi-Tei stopped in January 1994.
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| - | The Shi-Tei was brought back into production in 2002 by [[Am-Kor Limited]]. Am-Kor has turned the Shi-Tei into a minor success. Outside of Korea, the car is known as the So Car. So Motors announced an electric version in 2008 named the [[So EC-1]].
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| - | ===Jayatsu===
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| - | In early 2009, So International was purchased by Jayatsu Industrial. So International was merged with Jayatsu Industrial and the mane was changed to [[Jayatsu Manufacturing]]. Soon after, So Motors was renamed Jayatsu Motor Company.
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| - | Jayatsu has announced that production of the Shi-Tei will end by 2010 and will be replaced with a new model. The new car is currently in development is currently called the Jayatsu Vee. Jayatsu is also keeping their [[So EC-1|electric car]] in development and is still planning to be released in the United States. However, the car may have a name change before it is released.
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| - | ==Jayatsu Vee==
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| - | '''Jayatsu Vee''' is the name of Jayatsu Motors first car. Jayatsu says the car will be a completely new car, similar to the [[So Shi-Tei|So Car]].
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| - | ==Partnership==
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| - | In 1985, [[Toyota]] was showing interest in a partnership with So. However, by 1988 the Shi-Tei was selling badly and no deal was made.
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| - | A partnership was announced in 2001 with [[General Motors]] and Am-Kor Automotive. The deal would see the Shi-Tei produced and sold in North America. However, the deal fell through and General Motors bought Daewoo, also a Korean car company and formed [[Chevrolet|GM Daewoo]]. Rumors say that the car would wave been called the [[Pontiac]] Pacific.
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| - | Am-Kor Limited is pushing the Shi-Tei to be sold in North America and hopes to have it on sale by 2010. In early 2009, So Motors made a partnership deal with [[Richards Motor Company]]. RMC plans to sell the So EC-1 as the RMC Charge.
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Current revision as of 22:56, 29 April 2009
