page_title: Mitsubishi Mizushima
section_title: Leo
hierarchical_section_title: Mitsubishi Mizushima / Evolutions / Leo
caption_attribution_description: MITSUBISHI-Leo(ja:三菱自動車),Fukuyama MOTOR and CLOCK MUSEUM
context_page_description: The Mitsubishi Mizushima is the first of a series of three-wheeled cargo carriers made in Japan by Mitsubishi between 1947 and 1962. A number of prototypes were built in 1946, leading to series production beginning in May 1947. Along with the Silver Pigeon scooter it represented the company's first contributions to the Japanese post-war personal transport boom.
context_section_description: The 1959 Mitsubishi Leo, heavily influenced by the Mizushima, was a transition between the company's first post-war vehicles and the Mitsubishi Minica, which represented the company's future in the 1960s. The Leo used a 309 cc air-cooled single-cylinder engine, the ME20, producing 12.5 hp at 4,500 rpm. Payload was 300 kg (660 lb), top speed 65 km/h (40 mph).
  Almost four decades later, Olivier Boulay would borrow heavily from the Leo for styling cues for his first prototypes when he became Mitsubishi Motors' design chief in 2001.
caption: A Mitsubishi Leo, photographed at Fukuyama Motor and Clock Museum.
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