The redesigned K170 Dyna shared its chassis and 1.9-litre engine with the lighter-duty Toyota Stout pickup, and even lent its own underpinnings to Toyota's light bus.
Lead trim: Dyna K170 1.9 3R-B petrol (80 PS) · up to 79 hp
Toyota Dyna K170K170 · 1963–1968
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FactThe redesigned K170 Dyna shared its chassis and 1.9-litre engine with the lighter-duty Toyota Stout pickup, and even lent its own underpinnings to Toyota's light bus.
The Toyota Dyna is a light to medium-duty cab-over truck for commercial use, sold in Japan alongside its twin, the Toyoace (a renaming of the Toyopet SKB Truck after a 1956 public competition with 200,000 entries; "Dyna" is short for "dynamic"), and also as the Hino Dutro and formerly the Daihatsu Delta; the name replaced the Toyopet Route Truck in April 1959, and Toyota's traditional competitors are the Isuzu Elf, Mitsubishi Fuso Canter and Nissan Atlas. The original semi-cab-over Dyna was replaced in September 1963 by the K170 series with a leaner design and quadruple headlights, built on the chassis of the Stout (also the basis of the RK170B Toyota Light Bus) with the Stout's 1.9-litre 80 PS 3R-B engine; the Isuzu Elf, whose diesel arrived in 1960, had relegated the Dyna to second place in sales, and the J-engined (2,336 cc, OHV) diesel JK170 added in March 1964 did not restore the lead. A long-wheelbase 2.5-tonne version with twin rear wheels (RK175) and a route van (a glazed minivan) were also built.
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Trims & Figures
2 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dyna JK170 2.3 J OHV diesel | 1964–1968 | 2.3 L | 64 hp | 105 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| Dyna K170 1.9 3R-B petrol (80 PS) | 1963–1968 | 1.9 L | 79 hp | 105 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
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Photographs
The hybrid Dyna's electric motor pulls double duty — it also serves as the truck's starter motor, one less part under the cab.
Toyota didn't build this Dyna generation alone — it was co-developed with Hino, whose own Dutro truck is simply a rebadge of the same 1999 design wearing a different grille.
In 1997 Toyota pushed the Dyna's cab forward 690mm and dropped the floor 81mm for its Super Low Cab variant — squeezing more load space out of the same truck without lengthening it.
This generation of Dyna truck stayed in production in Indonesia all the way to 2002 — nearly two decades after it first went on sale.
This Dyna generation's heaviest-duty 300 model came with an exhaust brake standard — a feature more associated with much bigger commercial trucks of later decades.
This generation of Dyna led a triple life: badged as a Toyota, sold as a Daihatsu Delta, and — for the first time — as a Hino Ranger too.
This Dyna truck and the Toyota Coaster minibus aren't just cousins — they share the exact same U10-series chassis.
The redesigned K170 Dyna shared its chassis and 1.9-litre engine with the lighter-duty Toyota Stout pickup, and even lent its own underpinnings to Toyota's light bus.
Rivals
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When Mazda's E2000 — the truck that became the Titan — launched in January 1964, the factory was tasked with building 1,900 of them a month.
Swaraj Mazda built this truck under license in India from 1985, and the plant survived name changes all the way to SML Isuzu.
Indonesia built this pickup for 28 years with no successor, the last one leaving the Jakarta line in January 2019 after 324,960 units.
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A right-hand-drive DJ-3A was built so postal drivers could reach roadside mailboxes without leaving the seat.
The Power Wagon name and civilian pickup design were derived directly from the WC-series military trucks Dodge built for World War II.
Suzuki kept the L20 Carry at the exact same 21 hp as its predecessor but still called it progress — the gain was a patented Cylinder Crank Injection lubrication system, not more power.
This generation of Titan quietly became the ancestor of two other trucks entirely: it was license-built by Kia as the Kia Titan in South Korea, and formed the basis of the Australian Ford Trader.