In what year was the first Toyota car produced?

In what year was the first Toyota car produced? The first Toyota production car was produced in 1936. It was the Toyota AA sedan, developed after the company’s earlier A1 prototypes and introduced alongside the related AB cabriolet.

Kiichiro Toyoda led Toyota’s move into passenger cars after the company had developed truck manufacturing. Three A1 prototypes were completed in May 1935, but they were not production models. Toyota redesigned that work into the AA, whose streamlined, fully enclosed body reflected contemporary American styling, especially the DeSoto Airflow.

The AA used a six-cylinder engine based on Toyota’s Type A design. Its production run lasted from 1936 to 1943, with 1,404 sedans built. The related AB convertible was also produced from 1936. This distinction explains why some accounts mention 1935: that year marks Toyota’s first passenger-car prototypes, while 1936 marks the first Toyota passenger cars produced for sale.