Toyota is independent. It owns itself.
Toyota gives its founding date as 28 August 1937, when the automotive department of Toyoda Automatic Loom Works was spun off and registered as the separate company Toyota Motor Co., Ltd.
Where it sits
Nowhere. There is no level above this one.
Toyota
89 years, one owner
The year is coloured by whoever held it at the time.
- 1937 Toyota gives its founding date as 28 August 1937, when the automotive department of Toyoda Automatic Loom Works was spun off and registered as the separate company Toyota Motor Co., Ltd.
Toyota
4 marques
Barely a percentage in sight: Lexus, Century and the Toyota badge are names, not companies, and only Daihatsu was bought.