History of Toyota

New Model Introductions, Productions, Sales and Exports		Year	Business Development, Plants and Facilities
		1950	• Financial crisis/Labor dispute/Voluntary retirement. • Toyota Motor Sales Co., Ltd. is established. • Minsei Spinning Co., Ltd. (currently Toyoda Boshoku Corporation) is established.
• BX truck and BJ Toyota Jeep (currently Land Cruiser) are announced. • Production of SF compact passenger car starts.		‘51	• Creative Idea Suggestion System begins.
• Production of SG small truck starts.		‘52
• RH Toyopet Super and RK small truck are announced.		‘53	• Towa Real Estate Co., Ltd. is established. • Corporate slogan "Good Thinking, Good Products" is established.	Slogan is established
• SKB small truck (currently Toyo Ace) is announced.		‘54	• Main Technical Building (Technical Center) is completed.
Toyopet Crown	• Toyopet Crown, Toyopet Master and Crown Deluxe are announced.	‘55
• RK52 small truck (currently Dyna) is announced.		‘56	• Toyopet dealerships start operations. • Head Office test course is completed.
First export of Japanese passenger car (Crown) to the U.S.	• DA60 diesel truck and Toyopet Corona (currently Premio) are announced. • First export of Japanese passenger car (Crown) to the United States.	‘57	• Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. is established.	Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
		‘58	• Toyota do Brasil S.A. starts operations.
		‘59	• Motomachi Plant starts operations.	Motomachi Plant

§ Entries in blue refer to Toyota overseas operations.