New Model Introductions, Production, Sales, and
Exports
Business Development, Plants, and
Facilities
A1 prototype passenger car
G1 truck
Toyoda Model AA Sedan
First export of a Toyota car (G1 truck)
1867
・ Sakichi Toyoda born.
1890
・ Sakichi Toyoda invented the wooden Toyoda
handloom.
1894
・ Kiichiro Toyoda born.
1924
・ Sakichi Toyoda completed the non-stop shuttle change
type Toyoda automatic loom (Type G).
1929
・ Kiichiro Toyoda traveled to Europe and the United States
to investigate automobiles.
・ The British company, Platt
Brothers, gained the automatic loom patent rights.
1930
・ Kiichiro Toyoda started research into gasoline-powered
engines.
1933
・ Automobile Department established in Toyoda Automatic
Loom Works,Ltd.
・ A1 prototype passenger car completed.
・
G1 truck completed.1935
・ Hinode Motors (currently Aichi Toyota) started
operations.
・ Toyoda Model AA Sedan, AB phaeton, and GA
truck announced.
・ First
export of a Toyota car (G1 truck).1936
・ Toyota's logo established.
1937
・ Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. established.
・ Production of GB truck started.
1938
・ Koromo Plant (currently Honsha Plant) started
operations.
・ "Just-in-time" system launched on a
full-scale basis.
§ Entries in blue
refer to Toyota overseas operations.
Non-stop shuttle change type Toyoda automatic loom (Type
G)
Koromo Plant
Production line at Koromo Plant
