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For more than 75 years, Toyota Motor Company has been at the pinnacle of the global auto industry, having overtaken Ford Motor and General Motors in vehicle sales, and expanding to more than 170 countries worldwide.
With more than 40 vehicle assembly plants around the world and 12 research, development and design centers, the Japanese automaker is showing no signs of slowing down. The company employs more than 310,000 people.
According to the company, they’re “always looking for ways to improve our operations, always challenging ourselves to innovate, always looking to collaborate, always improving each day in everything we do.”
From innovation to environmental protection, Toyota is changing the automotive industry one car at a time. Their philosophy? It’s their “belief that our cars should do more than help you go places on the road, they should also help you go places in life.”
Who Is Buying a Toyota?
According to 2018 statistics, 16.47 percent of respondents aged 18 to 29 years stated they primarily drive a Toyota, making their target demographic certainly one of a younger crowd. The company has aimed its advertising at millennials, those who might still be in school or living at home with their parents.
Because many in this age group are taking advantage of services like Uber and Lift instead of buying their own vehicle, Toyota has responded by exploring its own ride-sharing business model, designing smaller, easier to maneuver i-Road vehicles, which could be used specifically for city car-sharing services.
While the Toyota is mostly a well-oiled machine with only minimal owner complaints, no vehicle is perfect, and there are a few issues that may need to be addressed.
All of these problems and more can be fixed by the Toyota service mechanics at Milito’s Auto Repair in Chicago.
If you’re looking for a reliable car but don’t want to pay for a brand new model, a used Toyota is the way to go.
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Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe, and Toyota is working to harness that clean energy source and developing and producing fuel cell vehicles (FCV) that results in zero CO2 emissions.
”Self-driving” cars are a thing, and Toyota is constantly working to bring that to every driver. This includes cars that make “decisions” based on sensory input, cars that use data acquired and provided through communication with other cars and the road, and interactive intelligence where the driver and car provide information to one another.
These run on a motor using electricity from an external charging supply as a power source. Because it doesn’t use gasoline, it generates zero CO2 emissions during operation. Toyota is continuing the research and development to improve battery performance and advance related technologies.
1933 – Sakichi Toyoda, an inventor, founded an automobile department established within textile loom maker Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, now known as Toyota Industries.
1935 – Right before the first Toyota dealership is established, the first vehicle, the Model G1 truck, is built.
1936 – Production starts of its first car, the Model AA.
1957 – First passenger car to be exported to the United States, the Crown, was made in Japan.
1962 – First overseas vehicle plant was established in Brazil.
1964 – First Asian vehicle plant outside Japan was established in Thailand.
1972 – A first record is set for production in Japan when it reaches a cumulative 10 million vehicles.
1984 – Toyota’s first U.S. car assembly plant opens in California as a joint venture with General Motors.
1989 – Starts first luxury Lexus brand in North America.
1992 – First European car plant begins production in Britain.
1997 – They start to offer the Prius, the first mass-produced hybrid car.
1998 – Toyota takes majority stake in mini vehicle maker Daihatsu Motor.
1999 – Japan produces the 100 millionth Toyota vehicle.
2001 – Toyota takes in truck maker Hino Motors with a majority stake.
2003 – Toyota’s 6.78 million vehicles produced overtakes Ford Motor in annual sales to become world No. 2 behind only General Motors.
2005 – Toyota takes minority stake in Fuji Heavy Industries, which made Subaru cars, for use of its U.S. factory and cooperation in vehicle technology development.
2006 – Toyota beefs up diesel engine technology by taking minority stake in truck maker Isuzu Motors.
2006 – Toyota reaches group global sales of 8.808 million vehicles, which exceeds GM’s by 128,000, making it the world’s biggest automaker.
2008 – Worldwide Prius sales exceeded 1 million units.
2009 – Worldwide hybrid sales reach 2 million units.
2014 – Company celebrated producing its 200-millionth vehicle.
Toyota has business operations in more than 170 countries.
The company was originally Toyoda, with a D. However, as they expanded into the US, an emblem which would work in Japanese and English was more appropriate. Toyota was voted as the new name because of its association with the lucky number eight in Japanese.
Toyota holds the record for the car company with the most patents with more than 1,000 — and counting.
In 2017, Toyota was ranked by the Inter brand Survey as No. 1 out of other Green brands.
Lexus is the luxury vehicle division of Toyota.
More than 30 million Toyota Corolla nameplates have been sold.