Hope Motor Company

In December 1967, they released the HopeStar ON360, with a Mitsubishi 360-cc two-stroke, straight-two ME24 engine producing 21 bhp.

Their earlier model, the HopeStar SM, was affectionately referred to in Japanese as the sanrin (三輪)" or "three wheels".

It used a Mitsubishi 359 cc (21.9 cu in) air-cooled two-stroke ME24 engine, which produced 21 PS (15.4 kW).

It was a very basic two-seater vehicle with no doors, but a sturdy four-wheel drive system allowed it to go off-road.

4) in 1968, the model with -door open-top off-road body and Line-2 359 cm3 / 22 cui, 15.5 kW / 21 PS / 21 hp (SAE) offered since April 1968 for Japan .