The production of Toyota automobiles was started in 1933 as a division ofToyoda Automatic LoomWorks devoted to the production of automobiles under the direction of the founder’s son, Kiichiro Toyoda. Its first vehicles were theA1passenger car and theG1truck in 1935.
Kiichiro Toyoda
Kiichiro Toyoda June 11, 1894 – March 27, 1952 was a Japanese entrepreneur and the son of Toyoda Loom Works founder Sakichi Toyoda. His decision to change Toyoda’s focus from automatic loom manufacture into automobile manufacturing created what would become Toyota Motor Corporation.