TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
LOGO TOYOTA
TOYOTA MOTOR
1867
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Birth of Sakichi Toyoda.
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1924
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Sakichi Toyoda invents Toyoda
Model G Automatic Loom.
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1929
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Automatic-loom patent is sold to a
British company.
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1930
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Kiichiro Toyoda begins research on
small gasoline-powered engine.
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1933
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Automobile Department is
established at Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Ltd.
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1935
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The Toyoda precepts are compiled.
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1936
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The AA Sedan is completed.
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1937
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Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. is
established.
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1938
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Honsha Plant begins production
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1950
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Company faces a financial crisis;
Toyota Motor Sales Co., Ltd. is established.
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1951
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Suggestion System begins.
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1955
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The Toyopet Crown, Toyopet Master
and Crown Deluxe are launched.
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1957
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The first prototypes of the Crown
are exported to the United States; Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc. is
established.
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1959
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Motomachi Plant begins production.
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1962
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Joint Declaration of Labor and
Management is signed.
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1965
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Toyota wins the Deming Application
Prize for quality control.
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1966
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The Corolla is launched; business
partnership with Hino Motors Ltd. begins.
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1967
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Business partnership with Daihatsu
Motor Co., Ltd. begins.
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1974
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Toyota Foundation is established.
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1975
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The prefabricated housing business
begins.
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1982
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Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. and Toyota
Motor Sales Co., Ltd. are merged into Toyota Motor Corporation.
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1984
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Joint venture with General Motors
(New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc.) begins production in the USA.
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1988
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Toyota Motor Manufacturing, USA,
Inc. (present TMMK) begins production.
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1989
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The Lexus brand is launched in the
USA.
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1992
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Toyota Motor Manufacturing (United
Kingdom) Ltd. begins production.
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1997
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The Prius is launched as the
world's first mass-produced hybrid car.
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1999
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Cumulative domestic production
reaches 100 million vehicles.
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2000
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Sichuan Toyota Motor Co., Ltd.
begins production in China.
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2001
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Toyota Motor Manufacturing France
S.A.S. begins production in France.
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2002
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Toyota enters Formula One World
Championship; Tianjin Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. begins production in China.
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2004
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The Toyota Partner Robot is
publicly unveiled.
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2005
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The Lexus brand is introduced in
Japan.
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2008
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Worldwide Prius sales top 1
million mark.
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2010
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Worldwide Prius sales top 2
million mark; Toyota and Tesla Motors agree on joint EV development.
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2011
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Worldwide Hybrid Vehicle sales top
3 Million mark; Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Mississippi, Inc. begins
production in the USA.
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