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Toyota Sports 800
The Toyota Sports 800 (Japanese: トヨタ・スポー
ツ 800, Toyota Supōtsu Happiyaku) is Toyota's first
Toyota Sports 800 (UP15)
production sports car. The prototype for the Sports
800, called the Publica Sports, debuted at the 1962
Tokyo Auto Show, featuring a space age sliding canopy
and utilizing the 21 kW (28 hp; 29 PS) powertrain of
the Publica 700, a Japanese market economy car. The
Toyota Sports 800 is affectionately called the "Yota
Hachi" (ヨタハチ), which is a Japanese short form for
"Toyota 8". In Japan, the vehicle was exclusive to
Overview
Toyota Japan retail sales channel called Toyota
Publica Store alongside the Publica. Manufacturer Toyota
Production April 1965 – October 1969
Assembly Japan: Yokosuka,
Contents Kanagawa (Kanto Auto
Works)
History Designer Shozo Sato and Tatsuo
See also Hasegawa
References Body and chassis
Bibliography Class Sports car
External links Body style 2door coupé
Layout Frontengine, rearwheel
drive
History Related Toyota Publica
The car went into production in 1965,[1] with chassis Powertrain
code UP15 and an increase in engine displacement
Engine 790 cc 2UB H2 (petrol)
from 700 cc to 800 cc, as well as dual carburetors,
which increased power from 28 to 45 PS (21 to 33 kW). Power output 33 kW (44 hp; 45 PS)
This engine was sufficient to power the light car Transmission 4speed manual
around town at 70 km/h (45 mph) or on a race track Dimensions
up to about 160 km/h (100 mph). Production started
Wheelbase 2,000 mm (78.7 in)
after the introduction of Honda's first car, called the
Honda S500, and joined the market segment that was Length 3,580 mm (140.9 in)
already represented by the Datsun Fairlady, and the Width 1,465 mm (57.7 in)
Daihatsu Compagno. Height 1,175 mm (46.3 in)
The car had aerodynamic styling by Shozo Sato, a Kerb weight 580 kg (1,279 lb)
designer on loan from Datsun, and Toyota engineer
Tatsuo Hasegawa. Hasegawa had been an aircraft designer in World War II and the resulting
Sports 800 was a lightweight and agile machine.[2] The Sports 800 was one of the first production
cars featuring a liftout roof panel, or targa top, predating the Porsche Targa. The aluminum targa
top could be stored in the trunk, when not in use.
Between 1965 and 1969 approximately 3,131 units were built by Toyota subcontractor Kanto Auto
Works. Only about 10% of those vehicles are known to have survived, most being in Japan.[3]
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Production Tables show 1,235 cars manufactured in 1965, 703 in 1966, 538 in 1967, 440 in 1968,
and 215 in 1969.
The vast majority of the 3,131 cars were right hand drive, but
some 300 were left hand drive models, built primarily for the
Okinawa market. (Okinawa, having been American occupied,
drove on the "other side" from the rest of Japan.) A very
limited number of left hand drive cars were used by Toyota to
"test drive" in the US, but Toyota made a decision not to
import or sell the cars in the US market.
A 1967 Toyota Sports 800 in left
There are subtle design differences between the years. hand drive configuration
Noticeable differences have included: change over from non
synchro to synchro first gear in 1967; a grill and bumperette
change in 1968; and side marker lights in 1969. The basic body
design, however, remained unchanged.
An aircooled 790 cc horizontally opposed twocylinder boxer
engine powered the vehicle. The 0.8 liter 2U (45 PS at
5,400 rpm) was produced from 1965 through 1969, while a
similar 2UB was produced from 1966 through 1976 (in 1975 Rear view of 1965 Sports 800 with
the Dyna Coaster Bus manual shows that Toyota used the 2U roof panel removed
B as a separate auxiliary engine, just to run the air
conditioning unit for the bus). In a less tuned form, the 2U
was also used in the Publica (UP20/UP26) and MiniAce (UP100).[4]
Weight was kept down by using aluminum on selected body panels and thin steel on the unibody
construction. For the first few years of production even the seat frames were made of aluminum.
There are both Japanese and American Registries on the Internet. Owners are encouraged to
register their vehicles.
Toyota produced a oneoff prototype Sports 800 Gas Turbine
Hybrid for the 1979 Tokyo Motor Show.[5] The body of the
Sports 800 also served as basis of the Sports EV and Sports
EV Twin electric concept cars, both unveiled in 2010.
Toyota Sports 800 EV Twin
See also
Toyota Publica Sports
Toyota Publica
References
1. "TOYOTA SPORTS 800's page" (http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ts800/hp/ENGLISH/index.html). Ne.jp.
Retrieved 20121028.
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2. http://members.aol.com/pinealguy/tatsuo.htm
3. "トヨタ自動車東日本株式会社" (https://web.archive.org/web/20120508094505/http://www.kant
oaw.co.jp/en/corporate/history/). Kantoaw.co.jp. Archived from the original (http://www.kanto
aw.co.jp/en/corporate/history/) on 20120508. Retrieved 20121028.
4. 愛される車づくり。トヨタはあすにいどみます。 [Lovable car manufacture. Toyota dares to
defy tomorrow.] (catalog) (in Japanese), Toyota Motor Co., 1972, pp. 3–4
5. Japanese Showcars 2 Tokyo Motor Show 1970~1979. Japan. 2008. ISBN 9784544910339.
Bibliography
Toyota 2000GT Sports 800, Neko Publishing Co., Ltd.
Toyota Publica & Sports 800, Miki Press.
Toyota Sports 800 Production Figure Documents from Toyota Motor Corporation, Global
External Affairs Division.
1968 Toyota Motor Sales, USA Press Release.
1975 Toyota Dyna Coaster Bus Manual.
External links
North American Owner's Registry (http://www.rstreet.us/yotahachi/toyota_700_800_online_re
g.htm).
Japanese Owner's Registry (http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ts800/hp/MAIN/list.html).
Yahoo Groups Toyota 700 and 800 Publica and Sports 800 Group (http://autos.groups.yahoo.c
om/group/Toy700and800/).
Japanese Club Page (https://web.archive.org/web/20071213025206/http://tsocyota8.hp.infose
ek.co.jp/).
Yotahachi North American Resource Page (http://www.rstreet.us/yotahachi/).
Original S800/UP15 Sales Brochure (http://www.bcchapel.org/pages/0003/S800/Index.html).
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