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Word: toyopet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...them, and tired eyes tricked them into braking their cars for no reason at all; strange, unearthy shapes seemed to dance across their headlight beams. This is kangaroo country, and the long-necked leapers chased cars down the road at speeds up to 40 m.p.h. One Japanese entry, a Toyopet Crown de Luxe, skidded off the road after a kangaroo bounced on its motor hood, dented a fender and smashed a headlight. Said Driver Kojiro Kondo to his navigator: "Jumping devil come from tree...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Trial by Trouble | 9/16/1957 | See Source »

JAPANESE CARS will soon make bid for share of U.S. market. Japan's Toyota automobile company in September will send over models of its four-door, 55-h.p. "Toyopet Crown de Luxe," which gets up to 69 m.p.h. from four-cylinder engine. Car sells for about $2,400 in Japan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Aug. 26, 1957 | 8/26/1957 | See Source »

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