Tommy Kaira
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| Industry | Specialty Car tuning and Automobile manufacturing |
| Founded | 1968 as Tomita Yume Kōjō; 1987 as Tomita Yume Hanbai |
| Headquarters | Minami-ku, Kyoto, Japan |
| Products | Sports cars, car tuning services and high performance automobile parts and accessories |
| Website | www.tommykaira.com(Japanese only) |
Tommykaira (トミーカイラ?), formally Tomita Yume Hanbai (株式会社トミタ夢販売?), was a Japanese car tuning and manufacturing company founded on May 1, 2002 and headquartered in Minami-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The company was named after its two founders, Yoshikazu Tomita and Kikuo Kaira. Its parent company was founded in 1968 as Tomita Yume Kōjō (株式会社トミタ夢工場?). Several of its Tommykaira's custom cars have appeared in both the Gran Turismo and Forza Motorsportracing simulation video game series.
In 1987, Tommykaira unveiled a tuned Mercedes-Benz 190E which was renamed as the "Tommykaira M19". The company subsequently released the M30E, which was based on the Mercedes-Benz 300E. However, from 1988 onwards Tommykaira began to exclusively work on automobiles made in Japan, establishing successful contracts with manufacturers Nissan and Subaru. In 1988, the company tuned for the first time a Nissan Skyline R31 (rebranded as Tommykaira M30), in 1993 the turn was for the Subaru Impreza (M20b) and the Nissan March (m13) and, finally, in 1994 the first Subaru Legacy Wagon (M20tb) received attention from the Kyoto-based company. The company focused most of its efforts on mechanical and aesthetic modifications to four cars- the Nissan Skyline, Nissan March, Subaru Impreza and Subaru Legacy.
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