[randywebb]

I'd rather discuss how it compares to 911s of the time...
{and that is perfectly appropriate for this forum}

R&T must have done an article on the Toyota...

Beyond the technical merits, Toyota simply didn't have the name recognition and the "definition" of being THE sports car company that Porsche had (something Wienie-King is working hard to dilute, BTW). Lacking that, you'd better have a nice price - it didn't.
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Now, (watch me save this thread) what we have is:

150 hp, 2L straight six; torque 130 ft-lbs

car wt. 2,470 lbs.

front-mounted engine

X-backbone type chassis - similar to a Lotus Elan chassis

cross-ratio 5-speed transmission, limited slip differential
What is a cross-ratio trans.??

4-wheel disc brakes


For a Porsche 911, we could cheat just a tad and use the 1967 911S (first year of the S), which will be a SWB version. The engine is in the rear - with all the good and bad that implies, esp. in a SWB.

hp & torque?

car wt. about 2,300 lbs.

unit body chassis

5 speed 901 (sensu strictu) trans. - {the 911 type trans would emerge in 1970}

4 wheel disc brakes that were a leader for the time - and the rear engine helps braking too.


The 911 had classic styling - the Toyota looks like an Italian styled it - the swoop of the overall shpare is almost Miura-like. The gawd-awful flaw is the gian bug-eye headlights - if more had been made you can bet people would be glassing over those....