TOYOTA COMPLETES AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM

Toyota City―TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION announced today that it has completed work on a new automobile museum located in the outskirts of Nagoya, Japan. The museum will be opened to the public on Sunday, April 16.

Toyota undertook construction of the museum, in part, to commemorate the company's 50th anniversary. It has been a long-cherished dream for Toyota to establish a facility that would show the general public how rapidly today's automobile culture developed. That dream has finally come true.

The Toyota Automobile Museum is unlike any other in Japan. Displays systematically present a century of progress in automobile technology and culture, facilitating the study of the history of automobiles.

The first gasoline-powered car was produced in Germany toward the end of the nineteenth century. During the 100 years since then, automobile technology has seen great progress, and we have realized the creation of an "automobile culture" in the twentieth century.

The museum displays 110 world-famous automobiles, including classic cars from Europe and the U.S., as well as models by Japanese automakers. Visual aids and actual auto parts will be used to make the displays easily understandable to all, including children. In addition, car-related data, photographs, statistics and other reference materials have been organized to create a world-class automobile museum.

Outline of the Toyota Motor Corporation Automobile Museum

1. Museum building

   First floor, measuring 3,400m², includes a reference library, museum shop, restaurant and maintenance workshop.
   Second floor, measuring 4,300m², includes display space for Western cars and an audio/visual reference room.
   Third floor, measuring 3,300m², acts as a display area for Japanese cars.

2. Contents of display

   110 units; 55 Western cars and 55 Japanese cars, including 17 non-Toyota cars

   • The displays show a century of automotive history, represented by Western cars of the late nineteenth century through the 1940s and by Japanese cars, starting with the 1936 Toyota AA passenger car, up through the 1970's.
   • Western cars are displayed chronologically, classified under the pioneering years, cars for the masses, luxury models and racing.
   • Japanese cars―not only Toyota models but also those of other automakers―are displayed chronologically. Some of the non-Toyota cars will be unusual limited production models, such as the Flying Feather and the Fuji Cabin, that drew popular attention in their day.

Information for the Public

1. Hours

   9:30-16:30 Tues. through Sun. (Closed over new-year holidays)

2. Admission

   ¥1,000 for adults, ¥600 for senior and junior high school students, and ¥400 for primary school children (group discounts available)

3. Inquiries 05616-3-5151

4. Directions

   Get off at Fujigaoka station on the Higashiyama subway line and take the Meitetsu bus to Nagakute Shako station.