Toyota Motor Corporation (Japanese: トヨタ自動車株式会社 Toyota Jidōsha KK, IPA: [toꜜjota][3]), abbreviated TMC, is a multinational automaker headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan. In 2010, Toyota employed 317,734 people worldwide,[2] and was the world's largest automobile manufacturer in 2010 by production.[4]
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,[5] along with several "non-automotive" companies.[6] TMC is part of the Toyota Group, one of the largest conglomerates in the world.
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,[5] along with several "non-automotive" companies.[6] TMC is part of the Toyota Group, one of the largest conglomerates in the world.
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