Toyota is a Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer
headquartered in Aichi, Japan.
It is the world’s largest automotive manufacturer
.
In Sep. 2018, it was the 6th-largest company in the world by revenue.
History
Toyota’s name originated
from the family name of its founder, Kiichiro Toyoda.
He founded it in 1937
, as a subsidiary of his father’s company Toyota Industries to produce automobiles.
In 1957, the company entered the US market
which was the 1st export of Japanese passenger cars to the U.S.
During the 1960s and ’70s, the company expanded↔ at a rapid rate and began exporting large numbers of automobiles to other foreign markets too.
About its operations
Its portfolio includes cars
ranging from small to luxury models, SUVs, pickup trucks, minivans and buses etc.
Some of its bestselling models
include Corrolla, Land Cruiser, Lexus. Fortuner etc.
Apart from Japan, Toyota now has its manufacturing facilities across the world
.
Leader in EVs
Toyota is the world’s 
market leader in sales of hybrid electric vehicles.
Its Prius model is the world’s top-selling hybrid with over 60 lakh units
sold worldwide as of Jan. 2017.
Figures to be proud of
Toyota was the world’s 1st automaker to produce more than 1 crore vehicles per year in 2012 and has been doing that continually
since then.
In the same year it also produced its 20th crore vehicle.
Its. FY 19 revenue
was over $272 billion and it employs over 350,000 employees
worldwide.