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is a Japanese automotive aftermarket company specialising in performance tuning parts for cars. The company is widely known for its sub-brand of tuning parts GReddy and the turbochargers under this brand.
GReddy Web PageThe Trust Company Web PageGReddy Oceania Web Page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Greddy Automotive companies of Japan Automotive companies established in 1977 Automotive motorsports and performance companies Companies based in Chiba Prefecture Japanese brands Turbocharger manufacturers
GReddy/The Trust Company LTD
The Trust Company
Founded inJapan
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in 1977, The Trust Company LTD has become a major player in automotive performance products. With popular brand names like GReddy, GREX, and GRacer, the Trust Company offers one of the widest varieties of performance automotive components. They are most well known for their complete cat-back exhaust systems with unique straight-through muffler design and bolt-on turbocharger kits.
Since 1994, the development and distribution of Trust Company products in the United States has been accomplished by GReddy Performance Products, based in Irvine, California
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. Trust was unable to use its own name there as it was already copyrighted, therefore they became officially known as GReddy.
In August 2008 the TRUST Company in Japan consolidated their supply of GReddy products throughout Australia and New Zealand which has culminated in the establishment of GReddy Oceania based in Sydney Australia.
In September 2008, Trust declared bankruptcy. In July 2009, Trust emerged from Minji-saisei-hou, the U.S. equivalent of a Chapter 11
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reorganization plan
GReddy
The division that makesexhaust system
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s, turbo kits, cooling systems, electronics and accessory lines for Japan
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ese and American cars is named GReddy.
GReddy is pronounced ''GRED-dy'', from the words "GREAT" and " Eddy", as in a strong swirling wind current, referring to the strong swirling intake air of a turbocharger.
The ''GR'' in uppercase and the ''eddy'' in lowercase to show where the two words were combined. It also works well for the GReddy trademarked logo.
See also
*Car tuning
Car tuning is the modification of a car to optimise it for a different set of performance requirements from those it was originally designed to meet. Most commonly this is higher engine performance and dynamic handling characteristics but cars ...
*Sport compact
Sport compact is a United States marketing classification for a high-performance version of a compact or a subcompact car. There is no precise definition, and the description is applied to various models for promotional purposes.
Cars began to ...
*SEMA
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* Tokyo Auto Salon
References
External links
GReddy Web Page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Greddy Automotive companies of Japan Automotive companies established in 1977 Automotive motorsports and performance companies Companies based in Chiba Prefecture Japanese brands Turbocharger manufacturers