Toyota

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Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) (In Japanese: トヨタ自動車株式会社; Toyota Jidōsha Kabushikigaisha) (TYO: 7203.T), (NYSE: TM), (LSE: TYT), is an automobile maker in Japan. It is based in Toyota, Aichi. Toyota provides financial services and works with many other kinds of business as well. It makes cars and trucks under the brand names Toyota, Hino Truck, Scion and Lexus. The company owns most of Daihatsu. Toyota automobiles are well-known for lasting a very long time. Their North American offices are in Torrance, California. The Calty Design Center, a place where Toyota cars are designed is in Newport Beach, California and there is a factory in Georgetown, Kentucky. Another factory that is run by both Toyota and General Motors is in Fremont, California. It is called "NUMMI," or New United Motor Manufacturing Incorporated.

Toyota was started in 1933 as "Toyoda," a maker of textile-weaving machines.

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