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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.
In 1937, Toyota Motor Corporation was established and Kiichiro was elected as vice president. Kiichiro's management was very good for mainly two reasons. First, He controlled and made the operation simpler to produce more cars on a shoestring. [3]
Sakichi Toyoda (豊田 佐吉, Toyoda Sakichi, March 19, 1867 – October 30, 1930) was a Japanese inventor and industrialist who founded Toyoda Automatic Loom Works (later Toyota Industries). The son of a farmer and sought-after carpenter , he started the Toyoda family companies.
Salvador Caetano - Toyota Caetano Portugal Plant, Ovar - Inaugurated in 1971, it was the first Toyota’s assembly plant in Europe. [32] Dyna, Land Cruiser (J70) [33] Caetano City Gold/Toyota Sora - low-floor, single-decker bus. The buses with hydrogen fuel cell and full electric powertrains are Toyota badged. [34]
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A Toyota division that manufactures trucks will pay more than $1.6 billion and plead guilty to violations related to the submission of false and fraudulent engine emission testing and fuel ...
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.