Kiichiro Toyoda was a Japanese engineer and businessman, and the son of Toyoda Loom Works founder Sakichi Toyoda. His decision to change Toyoda's focus from automatic loom manufacturing into automobil
Kiichiro Toyoda
Toyota Motor Corporation is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on August 28, 1937. Toyota i
Kiichiro Toyoda
…founder Sakichi Toyoda. His decision to change Toyoda's focus from automatic loom manufacturing into automobile manufacturing created what later became Toyota. Kiichiro Toyoda persuaded his father, who was responsible as head of the family business, to invest in the expansion of Toyoda Loom Works into a concept…
Headquarters in Toyota City, Japan
Sakichi Toyoda, founder of the Toyota Group
The mass-produced Toyoda automated loom, displayed at Toyota Museum in Aichi-gun, Japan
The 1936 Toyota AA, the first vehicle produced by the company while it was still a department of Toyota Industries