The Stout didn't start with that name — Toyota only settled on it in 1959 after an internal naming contest among its own employees and dealers.
Median 100 hp across 9 similar cars
Lead trim: 1.5 R (49 PS, 1956) · up to 59 hp
Toyota Stout RK23 / RK30 / RK35K20/K30 · 1956–1960
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FactThe Stout didn't start with that name — Toyota only settled on it in 1959 after an internal naming contest among its own employees and dealers.
Introduced in April 1956 as the Toyopet RK23 1.5-ton truck, successor to the RK, sharing its cab with the Masterline coupé utility and its chassis with the Dyna until 1963. The 1.5 L R engine ran through 49, 55, 58 and 60 PS as it was tweaked between 1956 and 1959; a 1957 update added a two-door extended cab and van / wagon bodies, the April 1958 RK30 gained a four-speed with column shifter, and the long-wheelbase 1.75-ton RK35 followed two months later. Named "Stout" in a June 1959 staff naming competition. Main rival: the Nissan Junior.
Collectors Spotted in the Toyota Stout Lineage
No member has published a public street spot of the Toyota Stout yet — the First · Worldwide stamp is wide open.
Trims & Figures
4 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.5 R (49 PS, 1956) | 1956–1957 | 1.5 L Inline-4 | 48 hp | — | — | — | manual | — |
| 1.5 R (55 PS, 1957) | 1957–1958 | 1.5 L Inline-4 | 54 hp | — | — | — | manual | — |
| 1.5 R (58 PS, 1958) | 1958–1959 | 1.5 L Inline-4 | 57 hp | — | — | — | manual | — |
| 1.5 R (60 PS, 1959) | 1959–1960 | 1.5 L Inline-4 | 59 hp | 80 lb-ft | — | — | manual | — |
Owning one
We don’t estimate running costs for a car like this. What it costs depends on its condition, its specialist and how it is driven, and an average would mislead.
Owners’ builds
Nobody has claimed one yet.
Photographs
Toyota stopped selling this Stout at home in 1989 — then kept building it for export markets for another eleven years, into 2000.
When this Lite Stout launched in America as the Stout 1900, it found exactly 4 buyers in its first year on sale.
The Stout didn't start with that name — Toyota only settled on it in 1959 after an internal naming contest among its own employees and dealers.
Rivals
Same body, same money, other badges — tap any card to flip.
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This Sierra kept rolling off the line for a full extra year after its replacement arrived - badged "Classic" in 2007 just to tell the two generations apart on dealer lots.
When this GMT900 Sierra launched for 2007, GM kept selling the outgoing truck alongside it, badged "Classic," so buyers could choose old or new side by side on the same lot.
Toyota showed it as the T150 until Ford sued over the likeness to the F-150, and the production truck was renamed Tundra.
A Louisiana owner put over a million miles on his 2007 Tundra in eight years; Toyota gave him a new truck and took his apart to study it.
Toyota's Texas Tundra plant sits on land bought from the state's oldest working cattle ranch, and the 1794 Edition is named for the year that ranch was founded.
Its launch colours had pun names such as "Anti-Establish Mint" and "Freudian Gilt", sent to Lee Iacocca by a friend.