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24-459: 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

48-459: 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

72-422: Is a dependent suspension design in which a set of wheels is connected laterally by a single beam or shaft. Beam axles were once commonly used at the rear wheels of a vehicle, but historically, they have also been used as front axles in four-wheel-drive vehicles. In most automobiles, beam axles have been replaced with front (IFS) and rear independent suspensions (IRS). With a beam axle, the camber angle between

96-518: Is a solid axle with electric motors attached to the differential, either end, or elsewhere. Inverters, power electronics , gearboxes, transfer cases (including low-range gearing), and transmissions may also be attached to the motors and/or axle. All components move with the axle as unsprung weight. Toyota R engine Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include

120-501: Is typically a six-millimeter thick steel plate bent into a "Π"-shaped beam and welded with the open side facing the top of the differential or axle housing. It reinforces a solid axle so that it does not bend or break when the axle's load rating is exceeded. A larger/thicker axle is stronger, but also comes with increased cost, unsprung weight, and more compatibility issues (drivetrain, suspension, steering geometries, body mount locations, clearances) on smaller vehicles. eAxle or E-axle

144-452: The FH26 and FH28. The RH was succeeded by the similar 1955 RR Master and the much more modern 1955 RS Crown . The one-liter SH version which was equipped with the type S engine was also produced. The 1500 cc version was named Toyopet Super and the 1000 cc version was named Toyopet Custom but found few takers. Produced from September 1953 to 1955, 5,845 RHs were built. On

168-572: The Japanese Police Reserve Force by adding a special body with a canvas top, four canvas doors, and a fold down front window but they were not popular. Produced from 1947. The SB used the same engine and gearbox as the SA, a three-speed manual and the 1-litre "S"-series engine, producing 27 PS (20 kW) at 4,000 rpm. This was enough for a top speed of 68 km/h (42 mph). A conventional ladder frame chassis

192-672: The SA stopped, a revised version of the SC was made as the SD. 3 prototypes were built but the SC did not go into production. Same as the SB except for independent front suspension. A 5-seater passenger car using the same chassis and suspension as the SB. Produced from November 1949 until 1951. Same as the SB. An update to the SD. This sold in considerably higher numbers than any of its predecessors, mainly due to increasing demand for taxis. Produced from October 1951 until 1953. 3,653 were built. Same as

216-642: The SD. An update to the SB, sharing components with the SF. Produced from March 1952 until 1954. Same as the SF. A further update to the SF but with the newly designed 1.5 liter Type R engine. The RHN's body was made by the New Mitsubishi Heavy Industrial Manufacturing Co. and the RHK's body was made by Kanto Auto Works , Ltd. The transmission was a four-speed manual sliding mesh unit. The BHR police patrol car sedan

240-630: The Type F engine. The front body was based on the SG light truck, there were no doors and the rear of the body was heavily customised with typical fire appliance accessories (e.g. hoses, axes, ride-on steps, grab bars). In spite of looking like a small truck, the FHJ still used the single rear wheels of the RH passenger car. The FH24 was a fire appliance vehicle built based on the RH but with the much larger Type F engine. It

264-739: The economic principles exemplified by the Beetle when designing the Publica and the Corolla . Although permission to begin full production of passenger cars in Japan was not granted until 1949, limited numbers of cars were permitted to be built from 1947, and the Toyota SA was one such car. Design work started at the end of 1945 when the GHQ let it be known that authorised commercial production of vehicles for

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288-456: The end of that year, not counting the prototype. Eighteen SA cars were built in 1948, and from 1949 to 1952, 193 more were built. No breakdown exists between models after 1948; only yearly passenger-car grand totals are extant. This model introduced the Type S straight-4 water-cooled engine, conventionally mounted in the front of the car and driving through the rear wheels. Two small grills at

312-405: The front allowed air for the engine's radiator. Transmission was by a 3-speed manual gearbox and a Hotchkiss drive (previous Toyotas used a torque tube ) to a rear-mounted differential . The final drive gear ratio was 7.17:1 . More unconventional was the use of a backbone chassis and four-wheel independent suspension. A-arm suspension (short upper arm, long lower arm) with coils was used at

336-483: The front and swing axle suspension with semi-trailing arms , Panhard rods and a transverse semi-elliptical leaf spring was used at the rear. A light truck using the running gear from the SA but with a ladder chassis and solid axles front and rear, both with semi-elliptical springs. The SB was popular with the general public and also with the American occupation forces, which ordered it in large numbers. The SB

360-753: The general public would be commencing soon. This model was introduced in January 1947, with a prototype (which had been under development for more than a year) being completed at that time. Production occurred from October 1947 through May 1952 (overlapping with the 1949-introduced SD), with a total of only 215 being built. The first car to be produced by Toyota in the postwar period was the AC, which had first been produced in 1943-1944. Fifty were built for government and military use in 1947, and three more were assembled in 1948. Since only 54 cars were built by Toyota in 1947, this leaves four Model SA production cars to be built at

384-517: The leaf springs. Shock absorbers and either leaf springs, coil springs , or air bags are used to control vertical movement. A live axle is a type of beam axle in which the shaft (or, commonly, shafts connected to move as a single unit) also transmits power to the wheels; a beam axle that does not also transmit power is sometimes called a dead axle . While typically used in vehicles with Hotchkiss drive , this suspension system can also be used with other types of power transmission. An axle truss

408-615: The other hand, 230 SHs (1000 cc "Custom" version) were built. Same as the SF except for the new Type R engine. The FHJ was a fire appliance vehicle built based on the RH but with the much larger Type F engine. This was sold at the same time as the FAJ (based on the heavy duty FA truck), the FCJ (based on the medium duty FC truck) and the FJJ (based on the BJ Jeep ). Same as the RH except for

432-466: 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

456-425: The wheels is the same regardless of its location in the travel of the suspension. A beam axle's location in the fore and aft directions is constrained by one of several suspension components, including trailing arms , semi-trailing arms, radius rods, and leaf springs . The lateral location can be constrained by a Panhard rod , a Scott Russell linkage , a Watt's linkage , or some other arrangement, most commonly by

480-477: 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

504-569: Was made from the four-cylinder RH sedan by using the Type B six-cylinder engine and a longer front end. This later became the BH26 patrol by using the Crown RS body with the same RH chassis, Type B engine and BHR extended front end. Similarly, the BH28 ambulance was made by converting the BH26 police sedan into a van body. Even later, the Type B engine was upgraded to the F engine and they were renamed as

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528-611: Was offered with commercial bodies only but many dealers and owners had sedan bodies made for them. Toyota contracted the Kanto Denki factory to produce a sedan body and wagon on the SB chassis as the SC. There was also a cab-over walk-through van model, the 1952 Toyopet Route Van. The body of the Route Van was built by Shin-Nikkoku Kogyo (now Nissan Shatai) , a special-purpose manufacturing company that originally built streetcars and buses. A small number of police cars were made for

552-431: Was used with conventional semi-elliptical springs and solid axles front and rear. The SB light truck was offered with commercial bodies only but many dealers and owners had sedan bodies made for them. Toyota contracted the Kanto Denki factory to produce a 4-door, 4-seat sedan body and wagon on the SB chassis as the SC. However, production of the SA sedan continued and the SC was not put into production. When production of

576-525: Was very similar to the earlier FHJ fire appliance. Same as the RH except for the Type F engine. The front body was based on the SG light truck, there were no doors and the rear of the body was heavily customised with typical fire appliance accessories (e.g. hoses, axes, ride-on steps, grab bars). In spite of looking like a small truck, the FH24 still used the single rear wheels of the RH passenger car. Live axle A beam axle , rigid axle , or solid axle

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