aster , ▁production ▁was ▁transferred ▁to ▁the ▁H ons ha ▁plant ▁of ▁a ▁Toy ota ▁Auto ▁Body ▁subs idi ary , ▁G if u ▁Auto ▁Body . ▁ ▁A ▁number ▁of ▁un lic ensed ▁cl ones ▁of ▁third ▁generation ▁Co aster s ▁have ▁been ▁( and ▁are ▁still ) ▁made ▁in ▁China , ▁including ▁Ji ang nan ▁Mot ors ' ▁J N Q 5 0 4 1 / J N Q 6 6 0 1 , ▁Jo yl ong ▁Mot ors ' ▁H K L 6 7 0 0 , ▁Golden ▁Dragon ' s ▁XML 6 7 0 0 ▁and ▁Sun long ▁Bus ' ▁SL K 6 7 7 0 . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁The ▁Toy ota ▁Co aster ▁was ▁introduced ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 9 ▁as ▁a ▁ 1 7 - pass enger ▁min ibus ▁using ▁the ▁same ▁running ▁g ear ▁as ▁the ▁Toy ota ▁D yna ▁of ▁the ▁time . ▁Early ▁models ▁used ▁the ▁ 2 . 0 - liter ▁Toy ota ▁R ▁engine ▁with ▁a ▁ 4 - speed ▁manual ▁transmission . ▁With ▁its ▁engine ▁r ated ▁at ▁ ▁, ▁a ▁R U 1 9 ▁Co aster ▁could ▁att ain ▁a ▁top ▁speed ▁of ▁. ▁Sub sequ ent ▁models ▁used ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁four ▁and ▁six - cy l inder ▁dies el ▁and ▁pet rol ▁engines , ▁and ▁an ▁option ▁of ▁automatic ▁transmission ▁was ▁later ▁introduced . ▁A ▁smaller ▁alternative ▁was ▁later ▁introduced ▁at ▁Toy op et ▁Store ▁locations , ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁Toy ota ▁To yo A ce