Tuesday, June 26, 2007

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION

The company was founded in 1937 by Kiichiro Toyoda as a spinoff from his father's company Toyota Industries to create automobiles. Toyota brands include Scion and Lexus and the corporation is part of the Toyota Group. Toyota Motor is the 8th largest company in the world.

Sales of Toyota branded vehicles have given Toyota Motor Corporation a 45% domestic market share in Japan.

CAR PRODUCED BY TOYOTA

4Runner (mid-size SUV) Allion (lower mid-size sedan) Alphard (full-size MPV) Aurion (full-size sedan) Auris (compact car) Avalon (full-size sedan) Avensis (mid-size sedan and wagon)
Aygo (city car) Caldina (mid-size wagon) Camry (upper mid-size sedan) Century (full-size upper luxury sedan) Coaster (mini bus) Corolla/Altis (compact car) Crown (full-size luxury sedan)
Dyna (commercial light truck) Estima/Tarago/Previa (minivan) FJ Cruiser (compact 4x4)
Hiace (commuter and commercial van) Highlander (mid-size crossover SUV) Hilux/Tacoma (mid-size pickup) Ipsum (mid-size MPV) Isis (Large MPV) Land Cruiser (full-size 4x4)
Mark X (mid-size sporty sedan) Matrix (compact crossover wagon) Prius (hatchback - hybrid flagship) Probox (small wagon) Progres (mid-size luxury sedan) RAV4 (compact crossover SUV) Sequoia (full-size SUV) Sienna (minivan, N. America) Sienta (compact MPV) Solara (Camry-based coupé) Soluna/Vios (subcompact car, S.E. Asia) Tundra (full-size pickup, N. America)
WISH (compact MPV) Yaris (subcompact car) Fortuner (mid-size SUV) Hilux (mid-size pickup) Innova (minivan) Avanza (mini MPV)

TOYOTA BRANDS

Lexus is Toyota's brand name for its luxury vehicle division. In 1989, Lexus was launched in the U.S. Lexus' full lineup now includes models ranging from the convertible SC to luxury SUVs such as the bestselling RX series. Lexus also produces hybrid vehicles featuring Lexus Hybrid Drive

LEXUS MODELS
IS (compact luxury sedan) ES (mid-size luxury sedan) GS (mid-size luxury sedan) LS (full-size luxury sedan) SC (personal luxury coupé convertible) GX (mid-size luxury SUV) LX (full-size luxury SUV) RX (mid-size luxury crossover)


Scion is a United States, Guam, and Puerto Rico-only division of Toyota founded in 2003. In 2003, Toyota brought two of its popular cars from Japan (including the bB) to America, and created a new badge, called Scion, meaning a descendant or heir.

SCION MODELS
xA (compact hatchback) xB (subcompact hatchback) tC (compact coupe)

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