トヨタ・スポーツ800
Sports 800UP15
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- MAKER
- TOYOTA
- YEARS
- 1965–1969
- CODE
- UP15
- TYPE
- SPORTS CAR / COUPÉ
- ORIGIN
- JAPAN
01 — Overview
A lightweight coupé with a removable aluminium roof panel, developed from the Publica Sports prototype shown in 1962. Its aerodynamic body was shaped with an engineer who had previously designed aircraft.
02 — Historical context
Historicalcontext.
- 01
Wikipedia describes the Sports 800 as Toyota's first production sports car; its prototype, the Publica Sports, debuted at the 1962 Tokyo show.
Source: Toyota Sports 800 — Wikipedia (English) - 02
Its aerodynamic styling was by Shozo Sato with Toyota engineer Tatsuo Hasegawa, a former aircraft designer.
Source: Toyota Sports 800 — Wikipedia (English) - 03
The aluminium roof panel could be removed and stored in the trunk.
Source: Toyota Sports 800 — Wikipedia (English) - 04
It is nicknamed 'Yota-Hachi' in Japan.
Source: Toyota Sports 800 — Wikipedia (English) - 05
About 300 left-hand-drive examples were built, primarily for the Okinawa market.
Source: Toyota Sports 800 — Wikipedia (English)
03 — Engineering
Technicalspecifications.
- Manufacturer
- Toyota
- Chassis / model codes
- UP15
- Production
- 1965-04 – 1969-10
- Body styles
- 2-door coupé (removable roof panel)
- Layout
- Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive
- Engine
- 2UFlat-2 (air-cooled boxer) · 790 cc · naturally aspirated45 PS @ 5,400 rpmNote: Figure from article text for the 2U; the infobox lists the engine as 2U-B at 33 kW.
- Transmission
- 4-speed manual
- Length × width × height
- 3,580 × 1,465 × 1,175 mm
- Wheelbase
- 2,000 mm
- Curb weight
- 580 kg
- Units built
- 3,131Note: Approximately 3,131 built 1965-1969 by Kanto Auto Works
- People
- Shozo Sato / Tatsuo Hasegawa
Figures follow the sources listed below. Values vary by market, variant and year; anything we could not verify is omitted. Power is shown in the unit the source used (PS / hp / kW).
04 — Gallery
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06 — Sources
- 01Toyota Sports 800Wikipedia · reference · accessed 2026-09-26
- 02トヨタ・スポーツ800Wikipedia · reference · accessed 2026-09-26
07 — Photo credits
Toyota Sports 800
Amethyst Silver Metallic Toyota Sports 800 coupe, front three-quarter view.
ByEthan Llamas