The Toyota Sports 800 is Toyota's first production sports car. The prototype for the Sports 800, called the Publica Sports, debuted at the 1962 Tokyo Auto Show, featuring a space age sliding canopy an
Publica Sports styling prototype
A 1967 Toyota Sports 800 in left-hand drive configuration
Rear view of 1965 Sports 800 with roof panel removed
Tatsuo Hasegawa was a Japanese automotive engineer, and known as the development chief of the first Toyota Corolla. He built the base of the economy cars in Japan through the development of the Coroll