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The museum, which was maintained by the TMS Corporate Communications Department. was intended to preserve a collection of historical models milestone vehicles representing Toyota’s history in the United States. The museum's inventory consisted of more than 100 Toyota, Lexus and Scion vehicles, dating from 1958 to 2013.
The Toyota Automobile Museum (トヨタ博物館, Toyota Hakubutsukan) is a large museum showcasing the history of Toyota as an automobile manufacturer. In addition to displaying its own vehicles that Toyota has manufactured over the years, numerous vehicles from other manufacturers of various makes are also being displayed in the museum.
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]
Torrance Historical Society & Museum Torrance: South Bay: Local history [25] Toyota USA Automobile Museum: Torrance: South Bay: Automobile: Toyota automobiles and history, open by appointment only University Art Museum: Long Beach: Los Angeles Harbor Region: Art: on the campus of California State University, Long Beach: USC Pacific Asia Museum ...
Toyota started as a textile firm and evolved over decades into an international automobile producer. The museum was established in June 1994 (30 years ago) () and is housed in an old red-brick textile factory. Its display starts with textile looms and then gradually goes over into the history of cars. Also featured are high-tech robots.
An automotive museum is a museum that explores the history of automotive-related transportation. Bold – museums owned by automotive manufacturers Italics – no longer open to public access, excluding private or invitation-only collections that were never intended for public access
The Toyota FCV-R fuel cell concept car was unveiled at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show. The FCV-R sedan seats four and has a fuel cell stack including a 70 MPa high-pressure hydrogen tank, which can deliver a range of 435 mi (700 km) under the Japanese JC08 test cycle. Toyota said the car was planned for launch in about 2015. [135]
Peter Pichert (1944–2016) was one of the first car dealers of the Japanese brand Toyota in Germany starting in 1971. He began collecting used vehicles of this brand. In 1994, he founded the museum in the district of Hartkirchen in the city of Pocking in the Bavarian district of Passau. [1] [7] It had regular opening hours six days a week. [5]