Jan. 17, 1986
TOYOTA REACHES CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION OF 50 MILLION UNITS
A-l PASSENGER CAR
TOYOTA'S FIRST PASSENGER TEST MODEL
SAME MODEL AS 50 MILLIONTH CAR PRODUCED
(CROWN 4-DOOR HARDTOP ROYAL SALOON G 3000 DOHC)
Toyota City―TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION announced today that it had reached the cumulative production figure of 50 million units, the first Japanese automaker to do so.
The only other automakers in the world to have reached that figure, without including overseas production, are GM, Ford and Chrysler.
Toyota's first automobile was a test model A-l passenger car produced in May 1935 in Toyoda Automatic Loom Works' Automobile Department, the origins of Toyota Motor Corporation. It thus took 50 years and 8 months to reach the 50 million cumulative production mark. Toyota was formally established in August 1937, and the new mark was thus reached 48 years and 5 months from then. Also, it took 2 years and 10 months from March 1983 to move from 40 million to 50 million units of cumulative production.
A breakdown of cumulative production shows that passenger cars accounted for 68 percent and trucks and buses for 32 percent of the total. Also, while 57 percent of the total was destined for the domestic market, 43 percent was exported.
Ever since its founding, Toyota has continually worked to improve the quality of its products and to raise its productivity, under the general motto of "Good Thinking, Good Products." Its efforts have been aimed at producing "Cars to love, the world over."
Nowadays the automobile has become an essential part of everyday life, and Toyota aims through the automobile to create a more affluent society. It is energetically involved in developing more fuel efficient, high-performance cars that are safe and attractive.
The 50 millionth vehicle to roll off Toyota's production lines was a Toyota Crown 4-door Hardtop Royal Saloon G model with domestic specifications.
Line-Off Ceremony
- Date
- January 17 (Friday)
- Time
- 10:30 - 10:50 a.m.
- Place
- Motomachi Plant (Toyota City)
- Line-off model
- Crown 4-door Hardtop Royal Saloon G
- Participants
- About 200 persons, including
Chairman Eiji Toyoda and President Shoichiro Toyoda
Milestones in Cumulative Production at Toyota
Trends in Single-Year Production of Passenger Cars, Trucks and Buses
Trends in Single-Year Production for Domestic and Export Markets
Reference for News From Toyota (No.03-86)
(1) Trends in Toyota Production: 1935 - 1985 (1/2)
(1) Trends in Toyota Production1935 - 1985 (2/2)
- Notes
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- Figures in parentheses are for KD sets and are not included in totals;
- Figures for wagons are included in passenger cars, and those for vans are included in commercial vehicles;
- Prototype vehicles are not included in production totals;
- Figures for 1985 are early report figures
(2) Trends in Domestic Registrations of Toyota Vehicles1949 - 85 (1/2)
*Excludes mini-size vehicles
(2) Trends in Domestic Registrations of Toyota Vehicles1949 - 85 (2/2)
*Excludes mini-size vehicles
- Notes
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- Because statistics were incomplete for 1949 and earlier, domestic sales are figured by subtracting exports from total production;
- From May 1972 onward, figures for Okinawa Prefecture have been added to totals;
- HiAce wagons and other wagons with commercial vehicle bases are included with truck figures;
- Figures for 1985 are early report figures
(3) Trends in Toyota Exports1936 - 85 (1/2)
(3) Trends in Toyota Exports1936 - 85 (2/2)
- Notes
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- Figures in parentheses are KD sets and are not included in totals;
- Export percentage is number of export units divided by total production;
- Vans are included in passenger cars;
- Figures for 1985 are early report figures
Downloads (Images)
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- A-l PASSENGER CAR
TOYOTA'S FIRST PASSENGER TEST MODEL
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- SAME MODEL AS 50 MILLIONTH CAR PRODUCED
(CROWN 4-DOOR HARDTOP ROYAL SALOON G 3000 DOHC)
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