Toyota Motor Corporation commonly known simply as Toyota, is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan. At its peak, Toyota employed approximately 320,000 people worldwide. It is the world's largest automobile maker by sales.

The company was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda in 1937 as a spinoff from his father's company Toyota Industries to create automobiles. Three years earlier, in 1934, while still a department of Toyota Industries, it created its first product, the Type A engine, and, in 1936, its first passenger car, the Toyota AA. Toyota also owns and operates Lexus and Scion brands and has a majority shareholding stake in Daihatsu and Hino Motors, and minority shareholdings in Fuji Heavy Industries, Isuzu Motors, Yamaha Motors, and Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation. The company includes 522 subsidiaries.

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Toyota Corolla
The Toyota Corolla, the 10th generation of the world's best-selling car.

Toyota Yaris
The Yaris is Toyota's best selling model in Europe, positioned at the heart of this highly competitive segment.

Toyota Avensis
The Toyota Avensis is a large family car built in Derbyshire, United Kingdom by Japanese automaker Toyota since the 1998 model year.

Toyota Camry
The Toyota Camry is a mid-size car that has been the best selling car in the United States for eight of the last nine years starting in 1997.

Toyota Prius
Toyota unveiled the all-new 50-mile-per gallon rated third-generation Toyota Prius hybrid vehicle at the 2009 North American International Auto show.

Toyota RAV4
The Toyota RAV4 is a compact crossover SUV built and marketed by the Toyota Motor Corporation.

Toyota Land Cruiser
The Toyota Land Cruiser is a series of popular four wheel drive automobiles from the Toyota Motor Corporation of Japan.