Mitsuoka Motor Co. Ltd was a Japanese automobile manufacturer based in Toyama City. Founded in 1968, the company overcame the notoriously difficult process of obtaining an official manufacturing licence in Japan, becoming the country's tenth recognized car constructor in 1993. The company's origins lay in the production of a miniature enclosed 50cc trike known as the Bubu Shuttle, later renamed the 501 Cabin Scooter, which was introduced in 1981. At…