Toyota Milestones

Kiichiro Toyoda, the founder of Toyota Motor Corporation, was born in 1894. Inheriting the spirit of his father, Sakichi Toyoda, an inventor of looms, Kiichiro devoted his life to automobile manufacturing, at the time an unknown field in Japan. After a lot of painstaking work, he completed the A1 prototype passenger car in 1935, and the history of Toyota Motor Corporation began.

1930s 1933 Automobile research begins at Toyota Automatic Loom Works, Ltd. 1935 Completion of A1 prototype passenger car Launch of G1 truck 1936 Launch of AA passenger car 1937 Establishment of Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. 1938 Koromo plant (now Honsha plant) begins production A1 prototype passenger car

1940s 1947 Domestic production reaches 100,000 vehicles

1950s 1950 Establishment of and transfer of sales operations to Toyota Motor Sales Co., Ltd. 1955 Launch of the Toyopet Crown 1957 Export of the first made-in-Japan passenger car to the United States (the Crown) Koromo plant’s production line Establishment of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.

1960s 1961 Launch of the Publica 1966 Launch of the Corolla

1970s First Crown for U.S. export 1972 Cumulative total domestic production reaches 10 million vehicles 1973 Establishment of Calty Design Research, Inc. 1977 Establishment of Toyota Technical Center, U.S.A., Inc. (now TEMA*) * TEMA has overall control of R&D and production in North America.

1980s 1982 Toyota Motor Co., Ltd., and Toyota Motor Sales Co., Ltd., merge to become Toyota Motor Corporation 1984 Joint venture company (NUMMI) established with General Motors begins production in the United States First-generation Corolla 1987 Establishment of Toyota Technical Center of Europe (now TME*) 1988 Kentucky plant (now TMMK) begins production in the United States 1989 Launch of Lexus in North America * TME has overall control of operations in Europe.

1990s 1992 Establishment of Toyota Supplier Support Center in the United States Hybrid vehicle, first-generation U.K. plant (TMUK) begins production Prius 1997 Launch of the Prius hybrid vehicle 1999 Toyota Motor Corporation lists on the New York and London stock exchanges Cumulative total domestic production reaches 100 million vehicles

21st Century 2000 Sichuan FAW Toyota Motor Co., Ltd., begins production 2002 Establishment of the Toyota Institute, a personnel training facility Toyota Motor Corporation participates in F1, the pinnacle of motorsports Cumulative domestic production 2005 Joint venture company established with PSA Peugeot Citroën begins production in the Czech Republic reaches 100 million vehicles Launch of Lexus in Japan

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