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Toyota (Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota Jidosha KK) is the Japanese automobile company. Based in 1933 as a department on development of cars Toyota Loom Works and having found soon independence, the company is included nowadays into structure of financial and industrial group Toyota. Toyota by the right it is considered one of leaders of world motor industry. Except for trade mark Toyota the firm lets out{releases} cars under brand Lexus.
The first car - a cabriolet on the chassis from Chevrolet - was a hybrid of models Crysler and Ford. The model which is successfully on sale before war, was issued and during the post-war period with some updatings. In 1958 the company has started to carry out sales to the USA, and four years later - to the Europe. The first model which has got on the European market, it has appeared Corolla 1100. Rates of sales have sharply gone upwards - quality and design were with the European and American marks, and the price - much more below. In 1967 to Toyota joins Daihatsu Motor Company. Having achieved steady growth, the company has started to master the market and sports cars. Very few people from owners Toyota Land Cruiser knows, that the prototype of the well-known off-road car has appeared already in 1951. In the end of 90th years the 100-million car has been let out
In Russia Toyota on popularity wins first place - more than 500 000 officially registered cars.
