Toyota

For other uses, see Toyota (disambiguation).

Toyota Motor Corporation Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki-gaisha トヨタ自動車株式会社

Type	Public (TYO: 7203, LSE: TYT & NYSE: TM)
Industry	Automotive Robotics Financial services Biotechnology
Founded	August 28, 1937
Founder(s)	Kiichiro Toyoda
Headquarters	Toyota City, Aichi, Japan
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Fujio Cho (Chairman and Representative Director) Katsuaki Watanabe (Vice chairman and Representative Director) Akio Toyoda (President and Representative Director) Shoichiro Toyoda (Honorary Chairman)[1]
Products	Automobiles Financial Services
Revenue	▼ JPY 18,950,973 million (FY2010)[2]
Operating income	▲ JPY 147,516 million (FY2010)[2]
Net income	▲ JPY 209,456 million (FY2010)[2]
Total assets	▲ JPY 30,349,287 million (FY2010)[2]
Total equity	▲ JPY 10,359,723 million (FY2010)[2]
Employees	71,116 (for TMC, total Toyota 320,808)[3]
Divisions	Lexus Scion
Website	Toyota Worldwide

Toyota Motor Corporation (Japanese: トヨタ自動車株式会社, Toyota Jidōsha Kabushiki-gaisha^?, TYO: 7203), LSE: TYT, NYSE: TM, commonly known simply as Toyota and abbreviated as TMC, is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan. In 2009, Toyota Motor Corporation employed 71,116 people worldwide (total Toyota 320,808).^[3] TMC is the world's largest automobile manufacturer by sales^[4][5] and production.^[6]
The company was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda in 1937 as a spinoff from his father's company Toyota Industries to create automobiles. Three years earlier, in 1934, while still a department of Toyota Industries, it created its first product, the Type A engine, and, in 1936, its first passenger car, the Toyota AA. Toyota Motor Corporation group companies are Toyota (including the Scion brand), Lexus, Daihatsu and Hino Motors,^[7] along with several "non-automotive" companies.^[8] TMC is part of the Toyota Group, one of the largest conglomerates in the world.
Toyota Motor Corporation is headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi and in Tokyo.^[9] In addition to manufacturing automobiles, Toyota provides financial services through its Toyota Financial Services division and also builds robots.

Contents

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• 1 History
  • 1.1 Recent company developments
    • 1.1.1 2007–2010 financial crisis
    • 1.1.2 2009–2010 vehicle recalls
• 2 Name
• 3 Company overview
• 4 Logo and branding
  • 4.1 Marketing
  • 4.2 Sports
• 5 Toyota philosophy
  • 5.1 Toyota Production System
• 6 Operations
  • 6.1 Worldwide presence
    • 6.1.1 Toyota North America
• 7 Product line
  • 7.1 Electric technology
    • 7.1.1 Plug-in hybrids
    • 7.1.2 All-electric vehicles
  • 7.2 Cars
    • 7.2.1 SUVs and crossovers
    • 7.2.2 Pickup trucks
    • 7.2.3 Luxury-type vehicles
• 8 Motorsport
  • 8.1 TRD
• 9 Non-automotive activities
  • 9.1 Aerospace
  • 9.2 Philanthropy
  • 9.3 Higher education
  • 9.4 Robotics
  • 9.5 Finance
  • 9.6 Agricultural biotechnology
• 10 Financial information
  • 10.1 Government bailouts
• 11 Production and sales numbers
• 12 Environmental record
• 13 See also
• 14 References
• 15 External links

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