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Koromo plant at the time of establishment
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First-generation Toyopet Crown
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First-generation Corolla
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Cumulative domestic production reaches 100
million vehicles
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Hybrid vehicle, second-generation Prius
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A1 prototype passenger car
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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.
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Automobile research begins at Toyota Automatic Loom Works, Ltd.
Completion of A1 prototype passenger car Launch of G1 truck
Launch of AA passenger car
Establishment of Toyota Motor Co., Ltd.
Koromo plant (now Honsha plant) begins production
Domestic production reaches 100 thousand vehicles
Establishment of and transfer of sales operations
to Toyota Motor Sales Co., Ltd.
Launch of the Toyopet Crown
Export of the first made-in-Japan passenger car
to the United States (the Crown)
Establishment of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
Launch of the Publica
Launch of the Corolla
Cumulative total domestic production reaches 10 million vehicles
Establishment of Calty Design Research, Inc.
Establishment of Toyota Technical Center, U.S.A., Inc. (now TEMA*)
* TEMA has overall control of R&D and production in North America.
Toyota Motor Co., Ltd., and Toyota Motor Sales Co., Ltd.,
merge to become Toyota Motor Corporation
Joint venture company (NUMMI) established with General Motors
begins production in the United States
Establishment of Toyota Technical Center of Europe (now TME*)
Kentucky plant (now TMMK) begins production in the United States
Launch of Lexus in North America
* TME has overall control of operations in Europe.
Establishment of Toyota Supplier Support Center in the United States
U.K. plant (TMUK) begins production
Launch of the Prius hybrid vehicle
Toyota Motor Corporation lists on the New York
and London stock exchanges
Cumulative total domestic production reaches 100 million vehicles
Sichuan FAW Toyota Motor Co., Ltd., begins production
Establishment of the Toyota Institute, a personnel training facility
Toyota Motor Corporation participates in F1,
the pinnacle of motorsports
Joint venture company established with PSA Peugeot Citroën
begins production in the Czech Republic
Launch of Lexus in Japan
Global cumulative sales of Toyota hybrid vehicles top one million
Global cumulative sales of Prius hybrid vehicle top one million
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Toyota Milestones
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