Where is Toyota From and Where Are Toyotas Made?
Toyota is the world’s largest automobile company and has an absolutely massive manufacturing base that spans the globe, serving markets both large and small. Despite this, many people may not know where Toyota is from or where Toyota vehicles are made.
If you always wondered where the world-famous company hails from and where products like the Camry, Corolla, Prius and others are built, you’ve found the right post. Scroll below for a brief history on Toyota’s origins and a list of its manufacturing plants. For simplicity, our list will only include plants making Toyota models that are sold in North America, as Toyota has a large and rather confusing portfolio of vehicles that it offers around the globe.
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Where is Toyota From From?
Toyota Motor Co. was incorporated in 1937 and was founded in Aichi, Japan, and its global headquarters are still located there.
Toyota’s story begins with Sakichi Toyoda, who started Toyoda Automatic Loom Works in 1926 – a manufacturer of automatic loom machines. His son, Kiichiro Toyoda, got the idea to expand the company’s operations into automobile production and convinced his elder brother, who was in charge of the company at the time, to task the risk. The company was also being encouraged to begin manufacturing cars by the Japanese government, which wanted a domestic automobile due to the war.
Toyota’s first production car, the Toyota AA, entered production in Koromo, Japan, in 1936.
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Where Are Toyotas Made?
Toyota may be a Japanese automaker, but the automaker is well known for building vehicles where it sells them and trying to support local markets. It, therefore, operates many plants in the United States, along with a large plant in Canada.
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi, Inc. – Blue Springs, Mississippi, USA
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, Inc. – Georgetown, Kentucky, USA
Toyota Camry and Camry Hybrid
Toyota Avalon
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas, Inc. – San Antonio, Texas, USA
Toyota Tundra
Toyota Tacoma
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana, Inc.- Gibson County, Indiana, USA
Toyota Sequoia
Toyota Highlander
Toyota Sienna
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada – Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Toyota Corolla
Toyota Motor Manufacturing de Baja California – Baja California, Mexico
Toyota Tacoma
Toyota Models Sold in North America and Built Abroad:
- Toyota Prius – Toyota Tsutsumi Plant, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
- Toyota Yaris – Toyota Manufacturing France, Valenciennes, France
- Toyota 86 – Subaru Gunma Assembly, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
- Toyota Mirai – Toyota Motomachi Plant, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
- Toyota Supra – Magna Steyr, Graz, Austria
- Toyota Land Cruiser – Toyota Yoshiwara Plant, Aichi Prefecture and Toyota Tahara Plant, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
- Toyota 4Runner – Toyota Tahara Plant, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
- Toyota C-HR – Toyota Motor Manufacturing Turkey, Sakarya, Turkey
Sam McEachern holds a diploma in journalism from St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario, and has been covering the automotive industry for over 5 years. He conducts reviews and writes AutoGuide's news content. He's a die-hard motorsports fan with a passion for performance cars of all sorts.
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