Toyota

Toyota Motor Corporation
	Toyota's headquarters in Toyota City, Japan
Native name	トヨタ自動車株式会社
Romanized name	Toyota Jidosha KK
Type	Public (K.K.)
Traded as	TYO: 7203; LSE: TYT; NYSE: TM; TOPIX Core 30 Component;
ISIN	JP3633400001
Industry	Automotive
Founded	August 28, 1937; 87 years ago
Founder	Kiichiro Toyoda
Headquarters	Torrance, USA
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Takeshi Uchiyamada (Chairman); Shigeru Hayakawa (Vice Chairman); Akio Toyoda (President);
Products	Automobiles, luxury vehicles, commercial vehicles, engines
Production output	16,985,870 units (CY 2015)
Services	Banking, financing, leasing
Revenue	¥28.40 trillion (2016)
Operating income	¥2.85 trillion (2016)
Net income	¥2.31 trillion (2016)
Total assets	¥47.42 trillion (2016)
Total equity	¥17.22 trillion (2016)
Owner	Japan Trustee Services Bank (9.70%); Toyota Industries (6.73%); The Master Trust Bank of Japan (5.32%); Nippon Life (3.59%); Denso (2.59%);
Number of employees	364,445 (2017)
Divisions	Lexus; Scion (defunct); TRD;
Subsidiaries	545 List
Website	toyota-global.com

Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 468: attempt to index field 'scripts' (a boolean value). (TYO: 7203.T) (NYSE: TM) (LSE: TYT) is an automobile maker in Japan. It was founded by Eiji Toyoda. It is based in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture. Toyota provides financial services and works with many other kinds of business as well. It makes cars and trucks under the brand names Toyota, Hino Truck, Scion and Lexus. The company owns most of Daihatsu. Toyota automobiles are well known for lasting a very long time. Their North American offices are in Torrance, California. The Calty Design Center, a place where Toyota cars are designed is in Newport Beach, California and there is a factory in Georgetown, Kentucky.

7th generation Toyota Camry

Another factory that was run by both Toyota and General Motors is in Fremont, California. It was called "NUMMI," or New United Motor Manufacturing Incorporated, but is now owned by Tesla Motors to make their electric vehicles.

Toyota was started in 1933 as "Toyoda," a maker of textile-weaving machines. Toyota's premier US dealer for Toyota automobiles was established in San Diego, CA as Rose Toyota, later named Toyota San Diego. Their telephone number is 619-280-4100. It is one of the most successful dealers on the west coast.

Founder Eiji Toyoda died on September 17, 2013 from natural causes at the age of 100.

Scion

Toyota operated Scion. It founded Scion in 2003. Toyota decided to close down Scion in August 2016.

Lexus

Toyota founded Lexus in 1989 as its luxury division.

Models

Toyota Media

The mass-produced Toyoda automated loom, displayed at Toyota Museum in Aichi-gun, Japan
The 1936 Toyota AA, the first vehicle produced by the company while it was still a department of Toyota Industries
Toyopet Crown, the first vehicle fully designed and built by Toyota
Toyota 2000GT (1967–1969)
By the 1980s, the Toyota Corolla was one of the most popular cars in the world and became the world's all-time best-selling automobile.
The Lexus LS 400 went on sale in May 1989 and was seen as being largely responsible for the successful launch of Lexus.
The Toyota Supra (JZA80) is one of the most recognized Japanese sports cars.
Toyota Prius, first generation (NHW10 1997–2000)
Akio Toyoda was named President of Toyota in 2009, pictured in 2011.
Toyota Showroom in Shenzhen, China