The successful journey of Toyota Motor Company began in September 1933. It actually happened with the creation of a new division for production of automobiles by Toyoda Automatic Loom. Soon, the company began to grow and mature and in the year 1937 it became an independent company. Even though, the company was initially named as “Toyoda”, soon there was a change in its name that basically symbolizes the disintegration from the founder's home line. Another reason for renaming the company from Toyoda to Toyota was that it takes eight strokes while writing it in Japanese language that is considered very lucky. Sakichi Toyoda's son Kiichiro Toyoda was the founder under whose direction the company was formed. The Company produced its first Type A engine in 1934 and its first car and the G1 truck in 1935. The Type A engine was used in the first Model A1 passenger car. The production of the second car, Model AA (passenger car) started in 1936.
Different Phases
The company used to manufacture trucks for the Imperial Army during the Pacific War. The trucks were designed with simple features because during that period Japan was facing severe shortages. Fortunately, the war ended just before a scheduled Allied bombing run on the factories located in Aichi. The company started the SA compact passenger car production in 1947. A separate sales company was also established with the name Toyota Motor Sales Co. in 1957 that lasted until July 1982. There are many manufacturing or assembly plants owned by Toyota Motors Company, 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.
Success Story
After being here for so many years, Toyota Motors is known in the industry for its manufacturing philosophy, called the Toyota Production System. Many manufacturing companies follow this system worldwide. In 2005, it was the 4th largest auto company in the world as far as the sales statistics were taken into consideration. It recorded a whopping sales number 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. After making a mark in the industry for many long years, they still continue to rule the roads with the 2008 models that are already launched in the market like, 2008 Toyota Highlander, 2008 Toyota Tacoma, 2008 Toyota Camry, 2008 Toyota Sienna, 2008 Toyota Echo and many more.
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