Delta Motors Corporation

This article is about the defunct Philippine car company. For the defunct South African car company, see Delta Motor Corporation.
Delta Motor Corporation
Company typePrivate
IndustryManufacturing, automotive industry
Founded1962
Defunct1984 (dissolved in 1988)
FateDissolved following political disfavor[1]
SuccessorToyota Motor Philippines Corporation (TMP)
Headquarters
Manila
,
Philippines
Area served
Philippines
Key people
Ricardo C. Silverio, Sr.
ProductsAutomobiles, engines

Delta Motor Corporation was a former automobile company established by Ricardo C. Silverio Sr. in the Philippines.[2] It operated under a technical tie-up with Toyota Motor Corporation of Japan,[3] but also produced its own range of small off-roaders called the "Delta Mini Cruiser". Delta was founded in 1962 and continued to be Toyota's local assembler and distributor until 1984.[4]

  1. ^ Doner, Richard F. (1991), Driving a Bargain: Automobile Industrialization and Japanese Firms in Southeast Asia, Berkeley, Los Angeles, and Oxford: University of California, p. 81, ISBN 0-520-06938-2
  2. ^ Reyes-Estrope, Carmela (2016-12-14). "Silverio – Delta Motors founder, ex-Bulacan lawmaker – dies, 87". Inquirer. Philippines. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
  3. ^ Doner, p. 43
  4. ^ "Activities by region: Asia: Philippines". 75 Years of Toyota. Toyota Motor Corporation. Retrieved 2014-10-04.