Toyota · 1965–1969
Toyota Sports 800
The Toyota Sports 800 (Japanese: トヨタ・スポーツ800, Hepburn: Toyota Supōtsu Hachihyaku) is Toyota's first 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 Toyota Japan retail sales channel called Toyota Publica Store alongside the Publica.
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Specifications
- name
- Toyota Sports 800 (UP15)
- Manufacturer
- Toyota
- Production
- April 1965 – October 1969, 3,131 produced
- Assembly
- Japan: Yokosuka, Kanagawa (Kanto Auto Works)
- Designer
- Shozo Sato, Tatsuo Hasegawa
- Class
- Sports car
- Body style
- 2-door coupé
- Layout
- Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive
- Related
- Toyota Publica
- Engine
- 790 cc 2U-B H2 (petrol)
- Transmission
- 4-speed manual
- Wheelbase
- 2000 mm
- Length
- 3580 mm
- Width
- 1465 mm
- Height
- 1175 mm
- Kerb weight
- 580 kg
- sp
- us
- Top speed
- 156 km/h
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Sources
- Wikidata — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2299267CC0 1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Sports_800CC BY-SA 4.0 · Text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1375303556 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Toyota_Sports_800_at_History_Garage.jpgCC BY 3.0 · Photo: Alex Brogan · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.