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Toyota Motor Co. was established as an independent and separate company in 1937. Although the founding family's name was written in the Kanji "豊田" (rendered as "Toyoda"), the company name was changed to a similar word in katakana - トヨタ (rendered as "Toyota") because the latter has 8 strokes which is regarded as a lucky number in East Asian culture. [3]
The 1936 Toyota AA, the first vehicle produced by the company while it was still a department of Toyota Industries. Vehicles were originally sold under the name "Toyoda" (トヨダ), from the family name of the company's founder, Kiichirō Toyoda. In September 1936, the company ran a public competition to design a new logo.
Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) is the operating subsidiary that oversees all operations of the Toyota Motor Corporation in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Its operations include research and development, manufacturing, sales, marketing, after sales and corporate functions, which are controlled by TMNA but sometimes executed by other subsidiaries and holding companies.
Toyota Motor Triathlon Race Car: 2004 Toyota MP-1: 1975 Toyota MP20: 1972 Multi-purpose vehicle based on a small bus Toyota MR2 Concept: 2020 Made in partnership with Porsche: Toyota MR2 Group B Prototype: 1987 MR2 based Group B race car Toyota MR2 Street Affair: 2002 Based on the MR2: Toyota MRJ: 1995 Toyota MR-S: 1997 Entered production as ...
There were many machines that had been used for many years and were not well maintained, [2] so Kiichiro was worried about whether the cars of Toyota Motor Corporation could beat foreign cars. Moreover, [3] if Toyota Motor Company couldn't complete a car that would be better and cheaper than a foreign car in a few years and that Japanese people ...
This vehicle used Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive system that combined gasoline and electric motors. [68] In 2005, Lexus completed an organizational separation from parent company Toyota, [69] with dedicated design, engineering, training, and manufacturing centers working exclusively for the division.
Karl Benz's vehicle was the first true automobile, entirely designed as such, rather than simply being a motorized stage coach or horse carriage. This is why he was granted his patent, and is regarded as its inventor. His wife and sons became the first true motorists, in 1889, when they took the car out for the specific task of paying a family ...
Kyoho kai group – Auto parts company – 211 companies. Kyouei kai group – Logistic/facility company – 123 companies. KDDI (Toyota owns 11.09% of the company); Nagoya Broadcasting Network (Toyota owns 34.6% and is the largest single shareholder in the company; 36.9% of the stock are directly and indirectly (through TV Asahi Holdings Corporation) owned by Asahi Shimbun, making it the ...