
Year Founded
1937
Founder
Kiichiro Toyoda
Headquarters
Toyota, Aichi, Japan
Parent
Toyota Motor Corporation
Official Site
It is quite evident that the automotive industry is quite competitive owing to rapidly growing globalization, industrialization, high safety requirements and commitments toward environmental protection. However, being a giant doesn’t convey the company’s success, actual success resides in innovation and creating value for the money for customers.
Toyota was launched when the automotive giants such as Ford and GM were dominating the market. With the manufacturing of fuel-efficient and cost-effective cars, Toyota made a humble entry into the market. However, the company’s success and transformation into an automotive giant was not overnight. The company took very few steps of improvement to get the current success point. Toyota enjoys market dominance in more than 170 countries and ousts its main competitor Volkswagen Group. During the fiscal year 2022, the company sold 9.5 million cars and other vehicles globally. To have a glimpse of the company’s success, the following indicators can be seen for the year 2022.
The company’s operations cover designing, manufacturing, assembling and sale of sedans, hatchbacks, minivans, commercial automotive, associated accessories and parts. Client and quality-focused strategy played a vital role in the company’s success over the decades.
Initially, company started the manufacturing passenger cars but due to World War II production ceased. Later in 1947, company resumed the manufacturing and introduced the passenger car Model SA. By the end of the 1950s, the production plants started to manufacture the cars to their full capacity.
Back in 1957, the company made the entry into the USA Market with the name “Toyota Motor Sales, USA” and the Toyopet sedan was launched. Initially, the company received very poor response from the buyers due to inflated prices and compromised engine power. Later on, the company decided to redesign the Toyopet and relaunched it as Toyota Corona in 1965, which made the successful entry into the USA market. In addition to this, the company started to receive tremendous responses from the market in the 1960s and 1970s. Consequently, the company started to make entries into new markets globally.
21st century proved to be welcoming for the company but the global economic crunch of 2008 hit the company badly. The company’s portfolio includes 528 subsidiaries and 201 linked corporations by 2020, out of 201, 71 corporations were accounted for via equity methodology. Currently, the company is selling its products in more than 200 countries and dominating in more than 175 countries.
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