TOYOTA

TOYOTA:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki-gaish (TYO: 7203) is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan, and the world's largest automaker.


Toyota Industries created its first product, the Type A engine In 1934.
Its first passenger car, the Toyota AA in 1936.

• The company was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda in 1937 as a spinoff from his father's company Toyota Industries to create automobiles.
  
• Toyota also owns and operates Lexus and Scion brands and has a majority shareholding stake in Daihatsu and Hino Motors, and minority shareholdings in Fuji Heavy Industries, Isuzu Motors, and Yamaha Motors.
  
• The company includes 522 subsidiaries.