Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), is an automobile manufacturer from Japan, based in Toyota, Aichi. Currently, Toyota is the manufacturer of the world's largest car producer.
In addition to manufacturing automobiles, Toyota provides financial services, and also mebuat robot. TMC is a member of the Toyota Group and Toyota produce cars with Lexus and Scion brands, has a majority share of Daihatsu and Hino, and have a few shares of Subaru and Isuzu.
History
Toyota Headquarters in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan
Toyota Motor Corporation was founded in September 1933 as a division of Toyoda Automatic Weaving Factory cars. The company's car division then separated on August 27, 1937 to create the Toyota Motor Corporation as at present.
Departing from the textile industry, a company that manufactures cars every 50 minutes it was used more as mention the Toyota naming better than using the family name of its founder, Toyoda. Here are some interesting milestone way Toyota.
Toyota is the world's largest car manufacturer in unit sales and net sales. Japan's largest manufacturer produces 8 to 8.5 million vehicles worldwide each year.
Compared with other automotive industries that use the trademark name of its founder as such by Soichiro Honda founded Honda, Daimler-Benz (Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz), Ford (Henry Ford), Toyoda name is not used as a brand. Because the set of simple ideas and visions that time, the mention of Toyoda less pleasant and not so familiarly known spoofed into a Toyota.
Sakichi Toyoda was born in February 1867 in Shizuoka, Japan. This man is known as the inventor since I was a teenager. Toyoda devoted his life to studying and developing the textile assembly. In the age of 30 years completed the Toyoda loom. It then set up her Toyota assembly precursor, the Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Ltd.. in November 1926.
Here the automatic textile machinery patent was later sold to Platt Brothers & Co., Ltd.. of England, United Kingdom. Proceeds from sale of this patent, made capital development of the automotive division. Beginning in 1933, when Toyoda build automotive division, the team then largely controlled by his son Kiichiro Toyoda, endlessly producing leading innovations in his day. A type of engine was completed in 1934. A year later the first prototype engine was transplanted their passenger cars, A1. Toyoda automotive division also produces G1 model trucks.
In 1936 they launched their first passenger car, Toyoda AA (at that time still used the name Toyoda). This model was developed from a prototype model A1 and fitted body and engine A. These vehicles are expected to be the beginning of people's car.
Four years is enough to wait for delivery of automotive companies own and break away from their textile industry. Then in 1937 they inaugurated the automotive division and the name Toyota, Toyoda is not like the name of the textile industry. Intake Toyota name in Japanese characters are represented in 8, and eight is a lucky number for Japanese society. Another reason is considered reasonable is the automotive industry is a lifestyle business and even the mention of a name (and what it sounds like), a side that is so important. Because Toyoda's name was considered too rigid in the dynamic business that is converted into a Toyota that feels better. No doubt, 1937 was an important era of the birth of Toyota Motor Co., Ltd.. embryo of giant Toyota Motor Corp. (TMC) today.
Kiichiro Toyoda spirit of innovation has never dimmed. Toyota later developed into a formidable producer of vehicles. In the era of the 1940s, Toyota is busy developing the company's capital includes inserting the bourses in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya.
After the era of World War II ended, the 1950's is proof of Toyota as a formidable producer of all-purpose vehicle. At that time the familiar Jeep vehicles in Japan. Inspired by this car, the Toyota Land Cruiser and then develop a prototype that came out in 1950. A year later officially launched early model Land Cruiser BJ models ie.
Buln July that year, the test driver Ichiro Taira end the test with remarkable results. Inspired by Samurai Heikuro figures are climbing Mount Atago Magaki on horseback in 1643, Taira drove his Toyota BJ to Fudo temple in Okasaki city. It once used as a promotional car toughness of all these fields. Not long ago, Toyota Land Cruiser began to rival the dominance of the Willys Jeep. Even with the subsequent models, the Toyota Land Cruiser can be accepted in the market when it is difficult to penetrate the North America. Through this model, Toyota entered the markets in various parts of the world, including in Indonesia, known as the Toyota Land Cruiser Hardtop FJ40/45. In Africa, the models of Toyota Land Cruiser Technical alias is used as an armed jeeps equipped with light machine guns, heavy weapons, or even without starting basoka behind (Recoilless bazooka) and deployed during armed conflicts with the very strong performance.
Toyota is not only known through the Toyota Land Cruiser. They also developed a model that became the world's favorite, a small sedan. Through the Toyota Corolla which debuted in 1966, this early generation sedan wearing tiny rear drive sedan bongsor change the order of the popular small sedan was headed toward a compact, economical and compact. Entering 1975, the Corolla into the third generation and has sold over 5 million units. The amazing thing is still strong today. Corolla engine is then used in Indonesia as an engine for a versatile commercial vehicle family, the first generation Toyota Kijang is known as the Crocodile Deer.
More consistent product mengglobalnya Toyota, they have not realized the logo graphic. Even in Indonesia found the Toyota-branded vehicles like the Toyota Kijang with TOYOTA logo on the grille on the bonnet (nose) car. In 1989, Toyota has finally decided to make two circles oval (ellipse) which produced the letter T and the third ellipse would suggest the spirit of understanding in design. The third circle is at once around the circle before the T-shaped ellipse as evidence and influence to keep him.
In the 1990s, Toyota has proved that Japanese cars can compete with European and American cars. Toyota Celica won the world rally, and the Toyota Camry became the best selling car in America.
1999, Toyota acquired a 51.19% stake in Daihatsu and Toyota in 2001 to buy 50.11% stake in Hino.
Leadership
President of Toyota Motor Industries:
Rizaburo Toyoda (1937-1941)
Kiichiro Toyoda (1941-1950)
Taizo Ishida (1950-1961)
Fukio Nakagawa (1961-1967)
Eiji Toyoda (1967-1982)
President of Toyota Motor Corporation:
Eiji Toyoda (1967-1981)
Shoichiro Toyoda (1982-1992)
CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation:
Dr. Tatsuro Toyoda (1992-1995)
Hiroshi Okuda (1995-1999)
Fujio Cho (1999-2005)
Katsuaki Watanabe (2005-2009)
Akio Toyoda (2009-present)
Chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation:
Shoichiro Toyoda (1992-1999)
Hiroshi Okuda (1999-2006)
Fujio Cho (2006-present)
