If by car you mean automobile manufacturer than Isuzu. If you mean passenger vehicle than its Isuzu's Wolseley A9 that was built in 1918.
Japan
Danica Patrick was the first woman to win an Indy car race in Japan.
phillipeans invented the first water powerd car before china, japan and the us.
Toyota Camry
On April 20, 2008, Danica Patrick became the first woman to win an Indy car race. She won the Indy Japan 300 in Motegi, Japan.
japan -- any car with a j as first digit of vin is from japan As of 2009 they are built in Indiana
Japan then Germany then it is the United States
The first Honda car was made in 1963 and it was from Japan. The first Honda that was made was the Honda S500.
That was Aruhito Yanagida, he is well know in Japan.
Nissan was called Datsun so the first car Nissan sold would be called Datsuns, in USA about 1966,in japan right after ww11.
japan copies everything, invents very little,not even the car.
Danica Patrick in the Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Japan on April 20, 2008.