biography of toyota
biography of toyota Jump to navigation Jump to search Toyota founder Kiichiro Toyoda Replica of the Toyota Model AA , the first production model of Toyota in 1936 The history of Toyota started in 1933 with the company being a division of Toyoda Automatic Loom Works devoted to the production of cars under the direction of the founder's son, Kiichiro Toyoda . [1] Kiichiro Toyoda had traveled to Europe and the United States in 1929 to investigate automobile production and had begun researching gasoline-powered engines in 1930. Toyoda Automatic Loom Works was encouraged to develop automobile production by the Japanese government, which needed domestic vehicle production, due to the war with China. [2] In 1934, the division p...