Toyoda Model AA
Toyota's first production passenger car turned loom-company engineering into a streamlined Japanese sedan.
1936 Toyota Model AA · Herranderssvensson · CC BY-SA 3.0
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More than a set of wheels.
Kiichiro Toyoda led the automobile department of Toyoda Automatic Loom Works as it moved from prototypes to real production. The Model AA reached public exhibitions in Nagoya and Tokyo during 1936. Its rounded, streamlined body borrowed ideas from the American De Soto Airflow, while the company learned how to make engines, bodies and complete cars in Japan.
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The car wore the Toyoda name. Toyota Motor Company was established the following year, in 1937.
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Building a whole production system
The AA was more than a new shape. Toyota's history describes a Kariya assembly plant that came online in May 1936, with stamped body parts and mechanical components arriving from other shops. Monthly production had passed 100 vehicles when the Tokyo exhibition opened in September.
Source: Toyota 75-Year History · Model AA and GA launch ↗Why old specifications can disagree
Toyota's surviving records give 4,785 mm as the representative Model AA length, while the September 1936 exhibition table lists 4,737 mm. Joyride keeps the archive's representative figure in the main specification and records the contemporary exhibition number here instead of pretending every AA was identical.
Source: Toyota · Toyoda Model AA vehicle lineage ↗Where these facts come from
- Toyota · Toyoda Model AA vehicle lineage
- Toyota 75-Year History · Model AA and GA launch
- Toyota Automobile Museum · Toyota AA replica
Selected facts checked for this edition. Some source pages link to broader model families. Last reviewed September 30, 2026.