Toyota AA
After completion of the prototypes, Toyota then switched its attention to the G1 truck because it was more likely to be profitable in the short term.
After the G1 was in production the company was able to spend resources on developing the AA and AB passenger cars.
The A1 used the 3,389 cc (206.8 cu in) Type A Overhead valve 6-cylinder engine producing 62 horsepower (46 kW) with a 3-speed column-shift manual gearbox.
It was heavily based on the Chrysler built DeSoto Airflow, which was a reflection of Art Deco and streamlined appearances.
The front window was a single piece of flat glass with a top-mounted wiper on the driver's side.
Like the previous model, the AA was a fully enclosed 4-door sedan that largely copied the design of the Chrysler built DeSoto Airflow.
Plans that could be found were from various points during the car's development process and in any case were often incomplete and lacking by today's standards.
In 2008 an original AA was found in Vladivostok, Russia in derelict and heavily modified condition, with the undercarriage and drivetrain from a GAZ-51 truck.
[5][6] The car was apparently used by a local family for their farm until the 1990s (without them actually knowing its value) before it faced engine problems and was placed on an old barn, where it was later discovered by a 25-year-old student who called the museum.
The front glass was now a split into left and right halves with thick metal body work between them.
A total of 115 AC sedans was produced from 1943 until 1948 with no direct replacement as production efforts focused on the much smaller SA.
Forty-three were produced in 1943, 19 in 1944 (until February), and 50 units were made from spares in 1947 for a military order, with a final three being built in 1948.
Kiichiro Toyoda designed the EA as a copy of the DKW F7 sedan in 1938 but production was prevented by war time restrictions.
The EB was a rear-wheel-drive minicar derived from the DKW-inspired EA type, but production was prevented by wartime restrictions.
A small front-mounted, 2-cylinder, 2-stroke Type E engine installed at the front and driving the rear wheels.
The following table is a portion of that put out by Toyota, and represents passenger car production only, apparently not including prototypes:
