UD Trucks

UD Trucks Corporation
Native name
UDトラックス株式会社
UD Torakkusu Kabushiki-gaisha
Formerly
  • Nissan Diesel
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryAutomotive
FoundedDecember 1, 1935; 88 years ago (1935-12-01)
FounderKenzo Adachi
Headquarters
Ageo, Saitama
,
Japan
Key people
ProductsTrucks
ParentIsuzu
Websiteudtrucks.com - International

UD Trucks Corporation (UDトラックス株式会社, UD Torakkusu Kabushikigaisha) is a Japanese company whose principal business is the manufacturing and sales of diesel trucks, buses, bus chassis and special-purpose vehicles. Its headquarters are located in Ageo, Saitama, Japan. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Isuzu since 2021.[2] Until 2010, the company was known as Nissan Diesel.

The UD name was originally used for the company's Uniflow Diesel Engine (a two-stroke diesel engine), developed in 1955, but is now marketed as meaning "Ultimate Dependability".[3]

2017 UD Quon CW dump truck
  1. ^ "Press release".
  2. ^ "Isuzu press release". Isuzu. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  3. ^ "Brand name". UD Trucks. Archived from the original on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2010-03-31.