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Toyota brands

Japanese carmaker that owns Toyota, Lexus and Scion; it also holds minority stakes in Subaru, Mazda, Suzuki, Isuzu and the truck group ARCHION.

Toyota owns 4 brands today: Toyota, Lexus, Daihatsu and Scion.

Founded
1937
Country
Japan
Headquarters
Toyota City, Aichi
Toyota Corolla in grey
Its most registered: Toyota Corolla
  1. Toyota logo Toyota
  2. Lexus logo Lexus
  3. Daihatsu logo Daihatsu
  4. Scion

Brands Toyota owns today

Most registered first, each with its most registered models.

Toyota timeline

  1. Toyoda Automatic Loom Works set up an automobile division, the seed of Toyota.

  2. Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. registered as a separate company.

  3. Joint statement on a business alliance with Hino Motors.

  4. Memorandum on a cooperative alliance with Daihatsu; Daihatsu joined the Toyota group.

  5. Toyota Motor Co. merged with its sales arm and took the name Toyota Motor Corporation.

  6. Lexus luxury sales network started in the United States.

  7. Takeover bid lifted Toyota from 34.5% to 51.2% of Daihatsu, making it a subsidiary.

  8. Hino became a Toyota subsidiary through a private placement of shares.

  9. Scion launched in the US as a youth-oriented test brand.

  10. Scion wound down; MY2017 vehicles rebadged as Toyotas.

  11. Share exchange made Daihatsu a wholly owned subsidiary.

  12. Business and capital alliance with Mazda; Toyota takes 5.05% of Mazda.

  13. Toyota and Isuzu agreed to dissolve their capital tie.

  14. Capital alliance with Suzuki; Toyota to buy 4.94% of Suzuki.

  15. Toyota agreed to raise its Subaru voting stake from 16.83% to at least 20%.

  16. Toyota to acquire 4.6% of Isuzu in a new commercial-vehicle partnership with Isuzu and Hino.

  17. Daihatsu halted shipments of all its own-developed models after certification irregularities; Toyota paused affected models it sells.

  18. Announced privatisation of Toyota Industries by Toyota Fudosan; Toyota Motor to invest about 700 billion yen in non-voting preferred shares.

  19. Tender offer for Toyota Industries completed; Toyota Motor held 24.66% and did not tender.

  20. Hino and Mitsubishi Fuso integrated under ARCHION; Toyota and Daimler Truck are its two main shareholders.

  21. Squeeze-out of Toyota Industries completed; Toyota Motor sold its 74,100,604 shares back to the company.

  22. Toyota Motor North America introduced "Scion by Toyota" with the KEI-01.

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