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Toyota Motor CorporationJapanese: , Toyota Jidōsha Kabushiki-gaisha?, TYO: 7203), LSE: TYT, NYSE: TM, commonly known simply as Toyota and abbreviated as TMC, is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan. In 2009, Toyota Motor Corporation employed 71,116 people worldwide (total Toyota 320,808). TMC is the world's largest automobile manufacturer by sales and production.
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, along with several "non-automotive" companies. 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. In addition to manufacturing automobiles, Toyota provides financial services through its Toyota Financial Services division and also builds robots.
Contents
* 1 History
o 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
o 4.1 Marketing
o 4.2 Sports
* 5 Toyota philosophy
o 5.1 Toyota Production System
* 6 Operations
o 6.1 Worldwide presence
+ 6.1.1 Toyota North America
* 7 Product line
o 7.1 Electric technology
+ 7.1.1 Plug-in hybrids
+ 7.1.2 All-electric vehicles
o 7.2 Cars
+ 7.2.1 SUVs and crossovers
+ 7.2.2 Pickup trucks
+ 7.2.3 Luxury-type vehicles
* 8 Motorsport
o 8.1 TRD
* 9 Non-automotive activities
o 9.1 Aerospace
o 9.2 Philanthropy
o 9.3 Higher education
o 9.4 Robotics
o 9.5 Finance
o 9.6 Agricultural biotechnology
* 10 Financial information
o 10.1 Government bailouts
* 11 Production and sales numbers
* 12 Environmental record
* 13 See also
* 14 References
* 15 External links
History
Main article: History of Toyota
Toyota started in 1933 as a division of Toyoda Automatic Loom Works devoted to the production of automobiles under the direction of the founder's son, Kiichiro Toyoda. Its first vehicles were the A1 passenger car and the G1 in 1935. Toyota Motor Co. was established as an independent company in 1937.

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