Shinroku Momose Explained
was a Japanese aircraft/automotive engineer.
He is famous for the development of the Subaru 360, the Subaru Sambar and the Subaru 1000 series.
History
- January 1951 – Assigned to design the Subaru 1500 (project number "P-1").
- February 1954 – Initial model of the Subaru 1500 was completed.
- December 1955 – Production of Subaru 1500 was cancelled and Momose was assigned to design the Subaru 360 at the same time.
- October 1960 – Assigned as the senior engineering manager, Gunma Workshop (Ota City), Fuji Heavy Industries
- February 1961 – The first generation Subaru Sambar was launched.
- October 21, 1965 – Subaru 1000 was shown to the press at the Tokyo Hilton Hotel (where The Beatles stayed in June and July 1966)
- May 14, 1966 – Subaru 1000 was launched.
- October 1966 – Promoted to the engineering director, Fuji Heavy Industries
- May 1967 – Promoted to a board member of Fuji Heavy Industries
- August 1968 – Assigned as the executive officer of the Subaru Engineering Division
- June 1975 – Assigned as the executive officer of the Subaru Service Division
- June 1983 – Assigned as a statutory auditor, Fuji Heavy Industries
- 1987 - Awarded to the Technology Contribution Prize by the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan (JSAE)
- June 1991 – Assigned as the technical advisor of the Subaru Research Laboratory
- January 21, 1997 – Deceased
- 2004 – Inducted to the Japan Automotive Hall of Fame
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