Toyota Dyna

"Dyna" redirects here. For the record label, see Dyna Music.
Toyota Dyna
Overview
Manufacturer
Also called
Production1959–present
Assembly
Body and chassis
ClassMedium-duty truck
Body style
  • 2-door standard cab
  • 4-door crew cab
  • 2-door wide cab
  • 5-door van
Layout
Platform
  • Toyota R (1959–1968)
  • Toyota U (1968–present)
RelatedToyota Coaster
Powertrain
Transmission
  • 4-speed manual
  • 5-speed Aisin Seiki manual
  • 6-speed Aisin AH15/AH16 manual
  • 4-speed Aisin Seiki automatic
  • 5-speed Aisin AW automatic

The Toyota Dyna (Japanese: トヨタ・ダイナ) is a light to medium-duty cab over truck for commercial use. In the Japanese market, the Dyna is sold alongside its twin called the Toyoace. The Toyoace was a renaming of the Toyopet SKB Truck as a result of a 1956 public competition with 200,000 entries.[7] "Dyna" is short for dynamic.[8]

The Dyna was originally available in Japan only at Toyota Diesel Store locations, then later available at Toyota Store locations, while the Toyoace twin was available at Toyopet Store locations. The Dyna was also sold as the Daihatsu Delta and the Hino Dutro.

In Japan, its traditional competitors are the Isuzu Elf, the Mitsubishi Fuso Canter and the Nissan Atlas.

The former Central Motors produced the Dyna Route Van from April 1957 to June 1967.[9]

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  2. ^ Shioji, Hiromi (1995). "'Itaku' Automotive Production: An Aspect of the Development of Full-Line and Wide-Selection Production by Toyota in the 1960s". Kyoto University Economic Review. 65 (1). Kyoto University: 19–42. ISSN 0023-6055. JSTOR 43217480.
  3. ^ "60年の歴史を持つトヨタ車！国産初のチルトキャブで、日本の物流を支えた 初代ダイナとは？" [A Toyota vehicle with sixty years of history! Which was the first-generation Dyna, the first domestically produced tilt cab that supported logistics in Japan?]. Motorz (in Japanese). 2018-09-29. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
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  6. ^ "Grupo Salvador Caetano". Retrieved 2011-02-04.
  7. ^ Toyota: A history of the First 50 Years. Toyota Motor Corporation. 1988. pp. 136–137. ISBN 0-517-61777-3.
  8. ^ "Massy Dyna: Name origin". 75 years of Toyota: Vehicle Lineage. Toyota Motor Co. Retrieved 2013-01-16.
  9. ^ "Affiliates (Toyota wholly-owned subsidiaries)-Toyota Motor East Japan, Inc". Toyota Motor Corporation. 2012. Retrieved 2014-07-21.