Talk:Takeoka Auto Craft

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A 4-cylinder 50cc engine?!

Under the heading "Products" it states "The current series, the Abbey Carrot, uses the water-cooled four-cylinder engine of the Yamaha CE50 scooter with a displacement of 50 cm³, weighs 160 kg and reaches 60 km/h (37 mph)" (emphases added). Yamaha's CE50 scooter has a 49cc single-cylinder, 2-stroke engine. I will correct this in the article.
Bricology (talk) 07:25, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, under closer inspection, it gets even stranger: I hadn't noticed the "water-cooled" description until now. The CE50 is air-cooled. So either someone completely misunderstands the CE50 scooter's engine, or they are using the wrong model name.
Bricology (talk) 07:27, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why is Takeoka rendered in katakana?

Can anyone explain why the "Takeoka" in "Takeoka Auto Craft, Ltd." is rendered in katakana (タケオカ)? Katakana is used to spell foreign words. As a Japanese proper noun, one would expect "Takeoka" to be written in kanji.
Bricology (talk) 17:03, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]