Toyota Company History
Toyota Motor Company began its journey in September 1933 when Toyoda Automatic Loom decided to add an affiliate for the production of automobiles. Soon the company matured and in the year 1937 it established as an independent identity. Though initially it was named Toyoda but the change in its name symbolized the disintegration from the former family. Another reason for renaming the company from Toyoda to Toyota was that it takes eight strokes when written in Japanese and this is considered very lucky. Sakichi Toyoda's son Kiichiro Toyoda was the founder under whose direction the company was formed. The year 1934, witnessed the production of the company's first Type A engine, its first car and in the year 1935, the first G1 truck was produced. Their first Model A1 passenger car used the Type A engine. By the next year, that is 1936 the production of the second car, Model AA (passenger car) started.
During the Pacific War, the Company dedicated the production of the trucks for the Imperial Army. The trucks were designed with simple features because during that period Japan was facing several shortages. Fortunately, the war ended just before a scheduled Allied bombing run on the factories in Aichi. The company started the SA compact passenger car production in 1947. The company established a separate sales company Toyota Motor Sales Co. in 1957 that lasted until July 1982.
Toyota Motor Corporation has its manufacturing or assembly plants all over the world including the United States, Japan, Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Poland, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, France, Brazil, and more recently Pakistan, India, Argentina, Czech Republic, Mexico, Malaysia, Thailand, China and Venezuela. Land Cruiser FJ-251, built in Sao Paulo, Brazil was the first Toyota that was built out of Japan in 1959. In 2003, they created Scion, which means a descendant or heir.
Toyota Motor Company is known in the industry for its manufacturing philosophy, called the Toyota Production System. Many manufacturing companies copy this system worldwide. In 2005, it was the 4th largest auto company in the world in terms of sales. It recorded sales of $135.82 billion. In US, the company became number three in total sales, by the end of May 2006. In June, it surpassed Ford and became the second largest maker of automobiles in the US. The Toyota Cars are known worldwide for their quality and performance. They still continue to rule the roads with the 2008 models already launched like, 2008 Toyota Highlander, 2008 Toyota Tacoma, 2008 Toyota Camry, 2008 Toyota Avalon, 2008 Toyota 4-Runner and many more.
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