Toyota Motor Corporation

A football (soccer) stadium in Prague, Czech Republic, the Toyota Arena, also bears the company's name. Its most important daughter corporations are Mizuho Bank and Mizuho Corporate Bank, which, together, form the world's largest banking firm. The basketball and hockey arena in Houston, Texas, the Toyota Center, is also named after the company. Although MHFG itself has only 350 employees, it holds assets in excess of ¥1.5 trillion. Toyota is also a city in Aichi, Japan, named after the corporation. Its main headquarters are in the Marunouchi district of Tokyo, Japan. Toyota Financial Services Corporation provides financing to Toyota customers. Mizuho Financial Group (みずほフィナンシャルグループ Mizuho Finansharu Gurūpu), (TYO: 8411) established in January 2003, is one of the largest financial services companies in the world.

Toyota reports on its consolidated financial statements 540 consolidated subsidiaries and 226 affiliates. Mizuho Holdings, Inc. Also on NYSE under TM. Publically traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange under number 7203 (first section). Jarno Trulli and Ralf Schumacher are the team's current drivers.

Jarno Trulli achieved two second places and one third place in the first five races of the season, helping the team to retain second position in the Constructors Championship for several races. It was expected that this would lead to an upturn in the teams fortunes, and although there was little improvement in 2004 itself, in 2005 the team made the jump from running in the midfield to challenging for the top positions. In 2004, top designer Mike Gascoyne was hired. Despite investing huge amounts of money into the project, the team's performances have so far been mediocre.

Toyota has participated in the Formula One World Championship since 2002. Main Article: Toyota F1. Toyota also uses odd power window switches which have become known as "Chinese windows". This system is copied worldwide by many manufacturing companies.

Toyota is also famous in industry for its manufacturing philosophy, called the Toyota Production System. In 2002 Toyota started racing in Formula One with the Toyota Team Europe (TTE) and is based in Cologne (Germany). Toyota has also been successful in racing, especially in Rally with the Toyota Celica as well as the Toyota Corolla. Instead of importing an existing model from Japan as was done with the xA and xB, the tC was designed specifically for the North American market, using a platform shared with the Avensis, a Toyota model not sold in North America.

A third model, the Scion tC, was introduced in 2004. Both models, the xA (known in Japan as the Toyota ist) and xB (known in Japan as the Toyota bB) are powered by a 1.5L DOHC I4 engine taken right out of the Toyota Echo, a new incarnation of the Toyota Starlet. These cars are targeted towards the young, and young-at-heart. In 2003, Toyota brought two of their popular cars from Japan (including the bB) to America, and created a new badge, called Scion, meaning a descendant or heir.

Now that it has become the number one selling luxury car brand in the U.S., Toyota is introducing it to Japan in 2005, thus completing a cycle of sorts. Since then, the lineup has been expanded with other models based on Japanese Toyotas, and the marque has been successful, receiving many industry awards. The brand was introduced with two models: the ES 250, based on Toyota Camry, and the LS 400, which was released simultaneously as the Toyota Celsior in Japan. domestic luxury car market, Toyota introduced a separate brand called Lexus in 1989, following Honda's (with its Acura division) example.

To gain a higher share in the U.S. In 2004, Toyota showed that it had made its Kluger/Highlander into the world's first mass-market seven-passenger hybrid SUV. Scientific American made the company its Business Leader of the Year in 2003 for commercializing an affordable hybrid car. In 2002, Toyota successfully road-tested a new version of the RAV4 which ran on a Hydrogen Fuel Cell.

Toyota also contributes a great amount of research to cleaner-burning vehicles (See: Toyota Prius and Hybrid Synergy Drive). Indeed, one of its first export markets was exporting its Landcruiser model to Australia in the late 1950s. Toyota also produces a range of SUVs. They currently produce three cars, including the Camry, Corolla, and the Sequoia (which is different from the Toyota Sequoia in the United States and is similar to the Land Cruiser Prado, which is found in other countries).

Toyota India is one of the largest subsidiaries of Toyota. It was dethroned in 2001 by the Honda Accord, only to regain its place in 2002, with the introduction of a redesigned model. was the Toyota Camry. Between 1997 and 2000, the number one selling car in the U.S.

For example, the South African-built Toyota Corolla is exported to Australia, while the Australian-built Camry is exported (in left hand drive) to countries in the Middle East. Cars from these plants are often exported to other countries. Toyota New Zealand assembled vehicles until 1998, when it switched to importing cars from Japan and Australia. Toyota has manufacturing or assembly plants in the United States, Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Poland, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, France, Brazil, and more recently India and Argentina.

Toyota has factories all over the world, manufacturing or assembling vehicles for local markets, including its most popular model, the Corolla. The company is immensely profitable, and its massive cash reserves dwarf those of many countries. It has similar market shares in several fast-growing south-east Asian countries^[1]. The company dominates its home market, with about 45 % of all new cars registered in 2004 being Toyotas, Nissan being a distant second.

It is estimated to produce about 8 million vehicles this year, not much smaller anymore than the 9 million produced by GM. Toyota is Japan's biggest car company and the second largest in the world after the giant General Motors. Toyota offers one of the largest ranges of vehicles of any manufacturer and amongst its more predictable high-volume models produces a number of exciting sports cars: the Celica, the MR2, and the Supra, the latter which was discontinued in 1998 for export and in 2002 in Japan altogether. Toyota's vehicles are generally highly regarded for their quality, proficient engineering, and value; their designs now set world-wide standards for safety, reliability and ease of maintenance.

It has a small car division, selling under the Daihatsu brand as well as a heavy vehicle division, selling under the Hino brand. Today Toyota is one of the top car manufacturers with large market shares in both the US and Europe. In April 1956 the Toyopet dealer chain was established. was established (which lasted until July 1982).

In 1950 a separate sales company Toyota Motor Sales Co. Commercial passenger car production started in 1947 with the model SA. Fortunately for Toyota, the war ended shortly before a scheduled allied bombing run on the Toyota factories in Aichi. For example, the trucks had only one headlight on the center of the hood.

Because of severe shortages in Japan, military trucks were kept as simple as possible. During the Pacific War the company was dedicated to truck production for the Imperial Army. Although the founding family name is Toyoda (豊田), the company name was changed to:. was established as an independent company in 1937.

Toyota Motor Co. Although the Toyota Group is most well known today for its cars, it is still in the textile business and still makes automatic looms (fully computerized, of course), and electric sewing machines which are available worldwide. Production of the model AA passenger car started in 1936. Quickly thereafter, the division produced its first Type A Engine in 1934, which in turn was used for the production of the first Model A1 passenger car in May 1935 and the G1 truck in August 1935.

The story of Toyota Motor Corporation began in September 1933 when Toyoda Automatic Loom created a new division devoted to the production of automobiles. . The company's Toyota automobiles are well regarded for their longevity and reliability. It manufactures vehicles under the brand names Toyota, Hino, Scion and Lexus, and owns a majority stake in Daihatsu.

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) (In Japanese: トヨタ自動車株式会社; Toyota Jidōsha Kabushikigaisha) (TYO: 7203.T), NYSE: TM, LSE: TYT, is an automobile manufacturer in Japan, based in Toyota, Aichi, provides financial services, and participates in other lines of business. Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. Hino Motors, Ltd. (100% - 2004).

Toyota Motor North America, Inc. Toyota (トヨタ) is considered luckier than Toyoda (豊田) in Japan, where eight is regarded as a lucky number, and eight is the number of strokes it takes to write Toyota in Katakana. Give the company an auspicious beginning. Simplify the pronunciation, and.

Signify the separation of the founders' work life from home life;.