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Toyota SF

Toyopet SA
1947 Toyopet Model SA 01.jpg
Overview
Manufacturer Toyota
Production Oct 1947–May 1952
Assembly Honsha Plant, Toyota City, Aichi, Japan
Designer Dr Kazuo Kumabe
Body and chassis
Class large family car
Body style sedan
Layout front-engine, rear-wheel drive
Platform backbone chassis
Related SB, SC
Powertrain
Engine Type S
Transmission 3-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase 2400 mm
Length 3,800 mm (149.6 in)
Width 1,590 mm (62.6 in)
Height 1,530 mm (60.2 in)
Curb weight 1,170 kg (2,579 lb)
Chronology
Predecessor AE
Successor SD
Toyopet SB
Overview
Manufacturer Toyota
Production 1947–1952
Assembly Japan
Body and chassis
Class light truck
Layout front-engine, rear-wheel drive
Platform ladder frame
Related SA, SC
Powertrain
Engine 995 cc Type S
Transmission 3-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase 2,400 mm (94.5 in)
Length 3,950 mm (155.5 in)
Width 1,595 mm (62.8 in)
Height 1,800 mm (70.9 in)
Curb weight 1,050 kg (2,315 lb)
Chronology
Successor SG
Toyopet SC
Overview
Manufacturer Toyota
Production 3 prototypes in 1948
Assembly Japan
Body and chassis
Class large family car
Body style sedan
Layout front-engine, rear-wheel drive
Platform ladder frame
Related SB
Powertrain
Engine Type S
Transmission 3-speed manual
Chronology
Predecessor SA
Successor SD
Toyopet SD
Overview
Manufacturer Toyota
Production Nov 1949–1951
Assembly Japan
Body and chassis
Class family car
Body style sedan
Layout front-engine, rear-wheel drive
Platform ladder frame
Related SB
Powertrain
Engine Type S
Transmission 3-speed manual
Chronology
Predecessor SA
Successor SF
Toyopet SF
Overview
Manufacturer Toyota
Production Oct 1951–1953
Assembly Japan
Body and chassis
Class large family car
Body style sedan
Layout front-engine, rear-wheel drive
Platform ladder frame
Related SG
Powertrain
Engine Type S
Transmission 3-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase 2500 mm
Length 4,280 mm (168.5 in)
Width 1,590 mm (62.6 in)
Height 1,600 mm (63.0 in)
Curb weight 1,250 kg (2,756 lb)
Chronology
Predecessor SD
Successor RH
Toyopet SG
1953 Toyota Model SG Truck 01.jpg
Overview
Manufacturer Toyota
Production Mar 1952–1954
Assembly Japan
Body and chassis
Class light truck
Layout front-engine, rear-wheel drive
Platform ladder frame
Powertrain
Engine Type S
Transmission 3-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase 2500 mm
Length 4,195 mm (165.2 in)
Width 1,595 mm (62.8 in)
Height 1,735 mm (68.3 in)
Curb weight 1,170 kg (2,579 lb)
Chronology
Predecessor SB
Successor RK
Toyopet RH
1953 Toyopet Super RHN 01.jpg
Overview
Manufacturer Toyota
Also called Super
Production Sep 1953–1955
Assembly Japan
Body and chassis
Class large family car
Body style sedan
Layout front-engine, rear-wheel drive
Platform ladder frame
Related FHJ, FH24
Powertrain
Engine 1,453 cc type R OHV I4
Chronology
Predecessor Toyota SF
Successor Toyota Master series RR
Toyopet FHJ
Overview
Manufacturer Toyota
Assembly Japan
Body and chassis
Class light truck
Body style fire appliance
Layout front-engine, rear-wheel drive
Platform ladder frame
Related RH
Powertrain
Engine Type F
Dimensions
Length 4,540 mm (178.7 in)
Width 1,680 mm (66.1 in)
Height 1,870 mm (73.6 in)
Curb weight 965 kg (2,127 lb)
Chronology
Successor FH24
Toyopet FHJ FH24
1959 Toyota Model FH24 Truck 01.jpg
Overview
Manufacturer Toyota
Assembly Japan
Body and chassis
Class light truck
Body style fire appliance
Layout front-engine, rear-wheel drive
Platform ladder frame
Related RH
Powertrain
Engine Type F
Chronology
Predecessor FHJ

The SA was Toyota's first new passenger car design (as opposed to updating the AA) after World War II. It was the first in a family of vehicles before the introduction of the Crown. A series of light trucks also shared the chassis and major components of these passenger cars.

All of these vehicles were sold under the Toyopet name.

The SA was Toyota's first true post war design. It differed from all previous Toyota cars by having a 4-cylinder engine (previously a 6-cylinder was used), 4-wheel independent suspension (previously using rigid axles with leaf springs) and a smaller, "ponton" influenced aerodynamic body. The project was driven by Kiichiro Toyoda under the wisdom of his father's (Sakichi Toyoda) words, "Stay ahead of the times" but most of the design work was done by Dr Kazuo Kumabe.

The body was aerodynamic in a style similar to the Volkswagen Beetle. Only a two-door sedan was made, making it unsuitable for the taxi market. The doors were hinged at the rear (often called suicide doors). The front window was a single pane of flat glass with a single wiper mounted above the driver. Only right hand drive was offered.

Toyota engineers (including Dr Kumabe) had visited Germany before World War II and had studied the 16-cylinder Auto Union racing car (independent suspension) and Porsche and Volkswagen designs (independent suspension, aerodynamic bodies, backbone chassis, rear-mounted air-cooled engines, economical production cost). Many Japanese companies had ties with Germany during the war years but most partnered with British or American companies after the war and thus used technologies commonly used in Britain or America. But Toyota did not partner with a foreign company, so it was free to use German designs. Many features of the prototype Beetle were subsequently put into the SA, although the Beetle's rear-mounted air-cooled engine feature was not used. Later on, Toyota revisited the economic principles exemplified by the Beetle when designing the Publica and the Corolla.


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