, or Toyota , is a Car manufacturer, originating in the Japan. The seat of the group is located in the town of Toyota and Bunkyō Tōkyō, which took the name of the company.

At the beginning of 2007, Toyota became the first world manufacturer of cars by the number of produced vehicles, 2.348.000 vehicles for the first quarter 2007, détrônant American General Motors who occupied this place since soixante-douze years.

The production of the group is mainly made in Japan, even if production centres were installed on all the continents.

The Japanese company is at the origin of a original system of production, the System of production of Toyota, also called lean production, “undertaken flexible/nimble” or simply toyotism. Invented by the engineer Taiichi Ōno, he is often regarded as one of most powerful in the world. This system of production gathers several concepts of which some have had for summer adapted or taken again by other car manufacturers or industrial companies: Juste-with-time, Kaizen , zero-defect, team spirit, Kanban , etc Several studies or works were devoted to this mode of production, but the divergent opinion on its Reproductibilité and its exemplary character (see Japanese Miracle ).

The president of the Steering Committee of the World Fair of 2005, which was held in Nagoya, was Shōichirō Toyoda, the president of Toyota until in 1999.

Group

History

At the beginning, the surname owner was Toyoda. In Japanese, Toyoda is written in six features of brush, six being a number unlucky person the name was voluntarily changed into Toyota which is written in seven blows of brush, seven being a number carrying chance. The city in which the seat of the group is located was also renamed Toyota-city in the honor of the company.

Models of car

Models of 1933 to 1939

Models of 1940 to 1949

Models of 1950 to 1959

Models of 1960 to 1969

Models of 1970 to 1979

Models of 1980 to 1989

Models of 1990 to 1999

Current models

  • Toyota Aygo, town, bases common with the Citroen C1 and Peugeot 107
  • Toyota Yaris, small size, called Vitz in Japan, renewed in 2005
  • Toyota STI, small car based on Yaris. The first generation goes back in May 2002 in Japan (called Scion xA in the USA as from 2003); second generation since semi-2007 (Scion xD in the USA)
  • Toyota Ractis, minis monospace based on Yaris, only sold in Japan
  • Toyota bB, very cubic small size based on Yaris. Renewed in 2006 and sold in Europe under name Daihatsu Materia.
  • Toyota Auris, compacts replacing Corolla in its versions 2 volumes with forage ladder since 2007
  • Toyota Corolla, compacts, large business success in the United States and Japan. Renewed in Japan at the end of 2006.
    • Toyota Corolla family, family (called Corolla Fielder in Japan).
    • Toyota Corolla back, monospace intended for the European market.
    • Toyota Corolla Spacio, monospace sold in Japan until the end 2007 and imported in Europe under the name Corolla Back until 2004 until the arrival of the European version.
    • Toyota Corolla Rumion, family succeeding Japan in Corolla Spacio and based on Corolla, exit in October 2007.
  • Toyota Matrix family on the basis of Corolla (USA/Canada), clone of Pontiac Vibe (USA/Canada).
  • Toyota Wish, monospace intended for the Japanese market
  • Toyota Prius truck with hybrid gasoline/electric engine, sold with more 500  000 specimens since 1997. Second generation in 2004.
  • Toyota Avensis, truck family, since 1997, second generation in 2003, the third should leave in 2008.
    • Toyota Avensis family, family
    • Toyota Avensis back, monospace, called Ipsum in Japan, sold in France until 2006.
  • Toyota Camry, truck, in particular produced in China, Russia and with the the United States where it is a best-seller (the car most sold except 4x4, record player, SUV and vans since the middle of the years 1990). Sales in 2006 in the United States: 450  000 specimens.
  • Toyota Mark X, road been driven by engines V-6 with gasoline, impetus at the end of 2004 and primarily sold in Asia.
  • Toyota Mark X Zio, family vehicle between station-wagon and monospace launched in September 2007 and which, as opposed to what its name suggest, are not based on Mark X.
  • Toyota Solara, half-compartment or convertible on the basis of Camry model.
  • Toyota Crown, large truck reserved in Asia and very widespread in Japan.
  • Toyota Century, model of luxury reserved for the Japanese market.
  • Toyota Sienna, monospace intended for the US market. Another best-seller of Toyota.
  • Toyota Estimated, monospace intended for the Japanese market. Renewed in 2006; the two former generations were sold in Europe under the name of Previa.
  • Toyota Rav4, SUV, since 1994, third generation in 2006. Exist in longer version in the United States (then called Vanguard - exit: 2007 - in Japan)
  • Toyota 4-Runner, SUV (USA/Canada), called Hi-Lux Surfing in Japan
  • Toyota Land Cruiser, large cross-country, seventh generation since 2003.
  • Toyota Land Cruiser Station Coach, large cross-country, since 1998, second generation at the end of 2007.
  • Toyota Sequoia, large cross-country (USA/Canada)
  • Toyota FJ Cruiser, cross-country
  • Toyota Tacoma, record player (the USA, Canada)
  • Toyota Tundra, record player (USA/Canada)

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