1936 Toyoda Model AA Sedan
Toyota first produced automobiles in 1933, originally sold under the Toyoda name, the first passenger car was the Model AA Sedan and the Model AB Cabriolet.
The AA was a fully enclosed 4-door sedan that largely copied the design of the Chrysler built DeSoto Airflow. It had a metal body on a metal ladder chassis. The metal body was of modern construction compared to the fabric-over-wooden-frame bodies used on cars designed in the 1920s. The rear doors opened backwards as suicide doors. The front glass spanned the entire width of the body in a single pane.
The AB was identical to the AA except that it was a convertible with a folding cloth roof, the rear doors opened forwards like conventional doors and the front glass could fold down onto the engine compartment
Only 1404 Sedans and 353 Cabriolets were made from 1936-43, there are no known surviving examples, so this is a replica
Originally powered by 3400cc 6 cyl engine, replicas by a 2300cc 6 cyl
Petersen Museum, Los Angeles
1936 Toyoda Model AA Sedan
Toyota first produced automobiles in 1933, originally sold under the Toyoda name, the first passenger car was the Model AA Sedan and the Model AB Cabriolet.
The AA was a fully enclosed 4-door sedan that largely copied the design of the Chrysler built DeSoto Airflow. It had a metal body on a metal ladder chassis. The metal body was of modern construction compared to the fabric-over-wooden-frame bodies used on cars designed in the 1920s. The rear doors opened backwards as suicide doors. The front glass spanned the entire width of the body in a single pane.
The AB was identical to the AA except that it was a convertible with a folding cloth roof, the rear doors opened forwards like conventional doors and the front glass could fold down onto the engine compartment
Only 1404 Sedans and 353 Cabriolets were made from 1936-43, there are no known surviving examples, so this is a replica
Originally powered by 3400cc 6 cyl engine, replicas by a 2300cc 6 cyl
Petersen Museum, Los Angeles