DKW compact passenger car (front-wheel drive) bought in Germany by Kazuo Kumabe, an assistant professor of the Tokyo Imperial University Faculty of Engineering, was delivered to the Shibaura Laboratory. The Automotive Department of Toyota Automatic Loom Works decided to disassemble and sketch the vehicle and make drawings of it, with Eiji Toyoda in charge of the engine and Higuma Ikenaga in charge of the suspension and other parts. This led to the prototype production of the EA small passenger car, which began in a section of the Kariya Assembly Plant