Toyota - A success story

Do you know the entire history of the car manufacturer Toyota? Many people like Toyota cars, one that became very popular was the Corolla, which is one of the best-selling cars of the Toyota brand in Brazil.

Toyota is one of the most famous manufacturers for building high quality, comfortable and long lasting cars, but more expensive. In this article, we will see some facts about Toyota, how it was formed and its popularity in Brazil.

Toyota was founded on August 28, 1937, by Kiichiro Toyoda in a city called Koromo, which, due to its great success, was renamed Toyota, located in Aichi Prefecture.

On January 23, 1958, Toyota opened an office in São Paulo, marking its presence in Brazil and making many people happy. With its 50 years in the auto industry, Toyota has sold over 44 million worldwide.

Its presence in the United States began around 1968 and within a few years it sured millions of vehicles sold. Toyota was the first car manufacturer to produce more than 10 million vehicles a year.

Toyota's success story

Sakichi Toyoda had his company since 1933 that was called Toyoda Automatic Loom. His son Kiichiro decided to change the name from Toyoda to Toyota just because of the tenten that formed the da [だ] and added 2 more strokes [とよだ = 10].

Both words are written with the characters [豊田], but Toyota [とよた] is left with 8 dashes, which is considered a lucky number. And what a lucky company! Both for her and for consumers.

Around the year 1934 the company produced its first 6-cylinder engine named Type A, thus using it in its first prototype of a enger car.

Toyota's first car was called AA. Before automobiles, the company only produced loom machines. Kiichiro reverse-engineered other cars to complete his first automobile.

The company was one of the first to apply the famous Kaizen method, focusing on productivity, efficiency, and avoiding waste. Toyota received several quality awards and reached the position of Largest Car Manufacturer in the World in 2006.

Toyota currently has more than 5 world headquarters, 15 design, research and development centers and more than 69 production plants that sell in more than 160 countries.

Toyota is also active in other areas such as the production and sale of boats and engines, forklifts and other industrial equipment. Toyota even got involved in real estate, biotechnology and agriculture.

Toyota's most successful cars

The Corolla has already sured 22.65 million sales, and has already conquered the rank of Toyota's and the world's best-selling car of all time. In Brazil, cars like Corolla, Hilux, Etios, Prius and Yaris are the ones that stand out from the brand. Unfortunately in Brazil with huge taxes, these cars are expensive and considered a bit of luxury.

The company's success story is impressive, in 1994 it showed its concern for the environment by developing a car capable of reducing pollutant emissions. In 1995 the company has already started to develop the hybrid model that mixes electricity and gasoline.

In Japan, the Toyota Prius is one of the most popular cars, along with the Aqua, Voxy, Sienta, and thousands of cars in the niponic style (kei jidosha) such as the Daihatsu Tanto. All these mentioned cars are on the list of the 10 best-selling cars in Japan of their time.

Toyota car list

To end the article, we will leave a list of cars from the famous Toyota. Don't expect them all to appear on the list, not least because every year a new car appears. If you liked the article, share it and leave your comments.

• Toyota 2000GT
• Toyota 4Runner
• Toyota GT-86
• Toyota Allex
• Toyota Allion
• Toyota Alphard
• Toyota Altezza
• Toyota Aristo
• Toyota Aurion
• Toyota Auris
• Toyota Avalon
• Toyota Avanza
• Toyota Avensis
• Toyota Aygo
• Toyota Bandeirante
• Toyota bB
• Toyota Belta
• Toyota Brevis
• Toyota Caldina
• Toyota Cami
• Toyota Camry
• Toyota Camry Solara
• Toyota Carina
• Toyota Cavalier
• Toyota Celica
• Toyota Celsior
• Toyota Century
• Toyota Chaser
• Toyota C-HR
• Toyota Classic
• Toyota Coaster
• Toyota Comfort
• Toyota Corolla/Sprinter
• Toyota Corolla Verso
• Toyota Corona
• Toyota Corsa
• Toyota Cressida
• Toyota Cresta
• Toyota Crown
• Toyota Curren
• Toyota Cynos
• Toyota Duet
• Toyota Dyna
• Toyota Echo
• Toyota Estima
• Toyota Etios
• Toyota Fielder
• Toyota FJ40
• Toyota FJ45
• Toyota FJ55
• Toyota FJ60
• Toyota FJ62
• Toyota LandCruiser 70 Series
• Toyota FJ Cruiser
• Toyota Fortuner
• Toyota Fun Cargo
• Toyota Granvia
• Toyota Harrier
• Toyota Highlander
• Toyota Hilux
• Toyota Hilux Surf
• Toyota SW4
• Toyota HiClass
• Toyota Hiace
• Toyota Innova/Kijang Innova
• Toyota Ipsum
• Toyota iQ
• Toyota Isis
• Toyota Ist
• Toyota Kijang
• Toyota Kluger
• Toyota Land Cruiser
• Toyota Lexcen
• Toyota LiteAce
• Toyota Majesta
• Toyota Mark II
• Toyota Mark X
• Toyota Matrix
• Toyota Mega Cruiser
• Toyota MiniAce
• Toyota MR2/MR-S
• Toyota Noah
• Toyota Opa
• Toyota Origin
• Toyota Paseo
• Toyota o
• Toyota Picnic
• Toyota Platz
• Toyota Porte
• Toyota Premio
• Toyota Previa
• Toyota Prius
• Toyota Probox
• Toyota Progres
• Toyota Publica
• Toyota Qualis
• Toyota Ractis
• Toyota Raum
• Toyota RAV4
• Toyota RAV4 EV
• Toyota Regius Ace
• Toyota Revo
• Toyota Rush
• Toyota SA
• Toyota Sera
• Toyota Sequoia
• Toyota Sienna
• Toyota Sienta
• Toyota Soarer
• Toyota Sprinter Trueno
• Toyota Starlet
• Toyota Stout
• Toyota Succeed
• Toyota Supra
• Toyota Supra MK V concept
• Toyota T100
• Toyota Tacoma
• Toyota Tercel
• Toyota TownAce
• Toyota ToyoAce
• Toyota Tundra
• Toyota Van
• Toyota Venza
• Toyota Verossa
• Toyota Verso
• Toyota Vios
• Toyota Vista
• Toyota Vitz/Platz/Yaris/Echo
• Toyota Voltz
• Toyota Voxy
• Toyota WiLL
• Toyota Windom
• Toyota Wish
• Toyota Yaris
• Toyota Za
• Toyota Zab
• Toyota Zay
• Toyota Zaz
• Toyota Ze