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The lead=yes, the plural Italian word for "door", is a mini MPV produced by the Japanese automaker Toyota from 2004 to 2020 that features an electric-powered sliding door on the passenger side, similar in approach to the Toyota Isis. The driver's door is of the conventional swing-open type.
It comes with either a 1.3-litre or 1.5-litre Petrol engine engine, with automatic transmission only, and with either front-wheel drive or four-wheel drive. It is similar in concept to the 2002 Peugeot Sésame concept and the slightly smaller Peugeot 1007 which have electric-powered sliding doors on both sides. However, there is only a sliding door on the left, passenger side of the Porte.
While the Spade's name is transliterated the same way as is the suit of cards, and the badging includes an image of the spades symbol, the name is actually slightly different in Japanese: supeido rather than supēdo. This is because the name in katakana is actually a portmanteau of the English words "space" and "wide".
Although, it still comes with the 1.3-litre 1NR-FE engine or an improved 1.5-litre 1NZ-FE engine, mated with the Super CVT-i (Continuously Variable Transmission-intelligent) automatic transmission, an available Smart Stop feature for the 1.5-litre variants has a fuel efficiency of under the JC08 test cycle (equivalent to of emissions) of the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). The two different engine sizes gave Japanese drivers a choice as to which annual road tax obligation they were willing to pay; vehicles with the larger engine were equipped at a higher level than the lower trim level in compensation.
In July 2015, the 1.3-litre engine option was dropped and a newer 1.5-litre 2NR-FKE engine was used for front-wheel drive models. This version has a fuel efficiency of under the JC08 test cycle.
Toyota stopped the production of the Porte and Spade in December 2020.
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