A lot of vintage N2000 Riccars have been popping up on eBay recently. I took a closer look at a listing tonight and noticed that model looks nearly identical to Jet Flos from the same era. Are they actually the same vacuum?
What's The Difference Between Early Riccars and Panasonics?
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There was a short period of time when Panasonic made vacuums for Riccar. They both came out with uprights that were improved over from the Hoover Dial-A-Matics. Afterwards, Riccar made some vacuums for a Taiwan company called Zeng Hsing using the designs and tooling that Panasonic sold to but they "Perfected" them over from the DAM's. That hasn't changed since Tacony acquired Riccar a couple years later and Simplicity shortly followed. When Tacony started selling canisters, they had Panasonic make the Riccar 2400 and the Simplicity Summit also for a short period of time.
So is the N2000 made by Panasonic? Technically no, it was made by Tacony.
So is the N2000 made by Panasonic? Technically no, it was made by Tacony.
