I love Japanese Domestic Market (JDM) automobiles. These were cars built specifically for the Japanese market, and the best of them were either higher performance versions of vehicles sold to the USA, or low-production cars only available in the Far East.
The Toyota Sports 800 is a very special JDM car by all measures. The prototype debuted at the 1962 Tokyo Auto Show and was an instant sensation. The Sports 800 was the company’s first foray into sports cars, and period publications touted that Toyota got the entire package right. The 800 was light, nimble, affordable and ultra-cool. It also presaged the coming Toyota 2000GT. What more could a Japanese enthusiast want-for in the 1960s?
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