Toyota Motor Corporation

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC, yap.トヨタ自動車株式会社, Toyota Dzidosya Kabusikigaysya, TYO: 7203.T, NYSE: TM, LSE: TYT), or Toyota - the largest Japanese automotive corporation also provides financial services and has several additional lines of business . Headquarters - in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture (Japan).

Toyota Motor Corporation is a key member of the Toyota Group. With this company is mainly associated brand of Toyota. Company logo depicts a stylized weaving a loop and is connected with the fact that its activity company started with production of automatic looms.
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In 1933, the company producing automatic looms Toyoda Automatic Loom Works created a new department specializing in the production of cars, his head was Kihiro Toyoda. In 1929 Kihiro Toyoda traveled to Europe and the United States to study the automotive industry and in 1930 started to develop cars with gasoline engines. Government of Japan encouraged the initiative of a company Toyoda Automatic Loom Works. In 1934 the company produced its first Type A engine that was used in the first model A1 passenger car in May 1935 and the G1 truck in August 1935. Production of passenger cars Model AA began in 1936. Early models resembled already existing models of Dodge Power Wagon and Chevrolet.

Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. founded as an independent company in 1937. Despite the fact that the company founder's name sounds like Toyoda, to simplify the pronunciation, and as a symbol of separation of business from family life, the company decided to give the name "Toyota". In Japan, the name "Toyota» (トヨタ) is considered to be a better name than "Toyoda» (豊田), since 8 is the number that brings good luck, and the word "Toyota", written in Katakana (Japanese alphabet) just consists of 8 features.

During the Second World War, practically engaged only in production of trucks for the Japanese Imperial Army. Because of the severe shortage in the then Japanese military trucks were made in the most simplified versions, for example, with one headlamp. Some believe that the war was quickly ended due to Allied bombing in the city of Aichi, destroying factories Toyota.

After the war, in 1947, started production of commercial passenger car model SA. In 1950 created a separate company sales - Toyota Motor Sales Co. (it lasted until July 1982). In April 1956, was established dealer network Toyopet. In 1957, the Toyota Crown became the first Japanese car exported to America (not only in the U.S., but also in Brazil).

Toyota began to expand rapidly in 1960. The first car brand Toyota, produced outside of Japan, left the assembly line in April 1963 in Melbourne, Australia.