KAMIGO PLANT CUMULATIVE ENGINE PRODUCTION
PASSES 30 MILLION MARK

Toyota City―Toyota Motor Corporation announced today that the cumulative production of engines produced at its Kamigo Plant in Toyota City has surpassed the 30 million mark. This landmark figure was reached 19 years and 9 months after the first engine―an M-type, 2000cc model for a Toyota Crown―came off the Kamigo production line in September 1965.

The Kamigo Plant was the first plant Toyota built exclusively for producing engines, and since operations began in 1965 the majority of the engines used in Toyota cars have been produced there. Production increased rapidly at Kamigo: in June 1972, cumulative production was 5 million and in January 1975 it reached the 10 million mark.

Production of engines came to be shared by the Kamigo Plant and the Shimoyama Plant after Toyota built the latter as its second engine plant and it started operations in March 1975. Production of engines continued at the Kamigo Plant, especially engines that met the changing needs of the times concerning energy conservation, fuel economy, high performance, and emission standards. Since 1981, after the introduction of Toyota New Generation engine series, the Kamigo Plant has been producing S-type engines (1800cc, 2000cc) and E-type engines (1000cc, 1300cc).

The Kamigo Plant now produces eight different types of engines, ranging from 1000cc to 4000cc. Engines produced there account for over 60 percent of all engines used in Toyota automobiles.