You may know that Toyota Land Cruisers have a profound historical background, but did you know that the first Toyota was used by the US government in the Korean War? Did you know that it once dominated the textile industry? What about the legendary 2GT that once set a record for the highest speed endurance in tropical storms? I don't think you know. These are just a few things you (probably) don't know about Toyota. Read on for the rest.

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There is no doubt that Toyota is also one of the most revered automobile brands in the world.

1. It was originally called Toyota

In the decision of the new trademark, a more visually attractive trademark made Toyoda Kiichiro, the founder of Toyota, decide to adopt the variant of "Toyota".

2. Toyoda Satoshi (the father of Kiichiro) is Edison in the textile industry.

At the end of 19th century, Satoshi owned more than a dozen patents, which changed the textile industry. He invented the power loom, and after the market became popular, Suzuki even opened a company with the same name to specialize in productivity looms. Textile industry has always been the basic industry of Toyota before making cars.

3. Toyota Automatic Textile Factory began to produce cars in 193

At that time, people could easily get replacement parts. At the earliest, Toyota's cars and trucks were pieced together with parts from Ford and MG, but the Japanese automobile market was monopolized by these two companies.

4. The engine of the first Toyota was basically made by Chevrolet.

Most of the Toyota prototypes used their own cast parts, while others were Chevrolet parts, which could generate 65 horsepower, nearly 1% more than the American version.

5. The next car, Model A1, It's basically a Chrysler.

Kiichiro chose Chrysler DeSoto as the car body design because he knew that it would be several years before the factory was ready to produce new cars, and DeSoto's design was several years ahead of that era, so when Toyota's new car left the factory, it didn't look too outdated.

6. At that time, many engineers in the company were fired because they failed the test or made mistakes.

When developing high technology-like casting iron and making new steel by electroforming-Toyota will first make a prototype, see what is missing and what needs to be changed, and then start all over again. It's a bit like you did algebra in middle school.

7. Toyota follows the model of American supermarkets and develops a factory organization model of "no more, no less, just right"

Basically, just like a grocery store can't store too many tomatoes, Toyota only produces as many cars and hoods every day, and never overproduces them. It sounds like a childish thing, but it was really revolutionary at that time.

8. The Land Cruiser was a jeep at first

When this car was designed in 1951, Toyota BJ was also known as Toyota Jeep, until Jeep asked them to stop production in 1954, when the Land Cruiser was officially approved.

9. It broke the cross-country record when it was still a prototype.

At that time, a test drive driver drove a jeep to Mount Fuji, and it was even illegal to go there in winter because it was too high.

1. The first Toyota Jeep was made for the U.S. government.

At that time, when the Korean War broke out, Americans told Toyota that they wanted 1 Jeep-type cars.

11. At that time, Toyota only sold land cruisers in the United States.

Other models (such as Toyota Crown and Corolla) performed well in other countries' markets, but they failed to drive on American roads. Toyota even delayed the sales of all models except land cruisers until they could build a car that could be seen by the American market.

12. The J7 Land Cruiser in the mid-198s was so loved and admired by the public that Toyota is still producing these two cars

Unfortunately, the 3th anniversary edition is only available in Japan, but it is still a brand-new 3th anniversary model.

13. Toyota drove 1, meters in succession to celebrate the completion of the first expressway in Japan

After releasing the new design of Corolla, Toyota drove three cars back and forth between Osaka and Nagoya several times as part of the publicity campaign.

14. As an economical model in the mid-196s, the first Corolla actually had a sporty style.

It adopted a front suspension system, a bit like a European sports car, and was equipped with a floor-mounted four-gear shift lever, which was more powerful than similar competitors. In just three years, the annual output is close to 25, vehicles.

15. Toyota learned how to make the Corolla more suitable for winter

In order to prepare for the Canadian auto show, Toyota sent two Corollas to go on road trip all over the country in the winter of 1967.

16. Toyota's most legendary sports car exists because of F1

The 1963 Japan International Long-distance Race was a race without a champion, but it aroused the wave of Japanese motor racing. In order to prove its position in science and technology, Toyota designed the 2GT, which became the mount of 7 in "Thunder Valley". Now, this car can be sold for one million dollars each.

17. It also broke all kinds of speed and endurance records

Toyota drove for 78 hours at a speed close to 13mph, mostly in tropical storms, and the whole process set a world record for three consecutive times. However, the record of the highest average speed in a tropical storm is not an official record.

18. Toyota's first hybrid car was made in 1968, using a turbine engine.

You can think of it as a jet-powered generator to deliver fuel to electric vehicles. The battery kicked without flopping a few times in the 196s, so this hybrid car didn't succeed either.

19. The Prius is the first hybrid car produced on a large scale

Ten years after its release (1997), Toyota * * * sold 1,, Prius.

2. Toyota invented an integrated traffic application 4 years ago.

In the early 197s, as you saw in the movies, there was an integrated automobile traffic control system with a control room. It can continuously monitor the traffic situation, so that every driver with a receiver can know the real-time road conditions and adjust the route at any time.

21.Celica was born with a laser engine

Its engine family is called lightweight advanced super response engines, which is referred to as LASRE for short. This marks the first time that Japanese companies have launched an engine brand, just like the Dodge Hemi engine.

22. The first Lexus was finally released after 45 prototypes were corrected.

For a company famous for its slow work and fine work, 45 prototypes are not a small number. There are also 5 1:1 clay models.

23. Toyota can also build houses. The real house

was in the late 196s. Several departments of Toyota began to design prototypes of windows, kitchens, etc. Today, Toyota is the largest builder in three counties in central Japan.

24. Toyota has also built a yacht named after the islands of New Zealand.

Ponam series yachts have been built for 25 years. It is named after Te Waipounamu, a small island in Maori.

25. There is indeed a city named after Toyota.

Toyota in Japan was once called Tianjiang for a long time, but it was renamed Toyota in 1959 to show its most successful business company. The following year, it officially became the sister city of Detroit.

26. Toyota's history of cross-country races is unmatched

Toyota has won the first place in cross-country races from Dakar to Baja.

27. Minister TRD of Toyota won Baja5 and 1 Rally as a driver

Most of the time, TedMoncure led his team to do everything! From building a supercharger suitable for racing to ensuring that the racing car can reach the standard, it doesn't mean that he can't sit in the driver's seat and race. | Note: TRD is the official sports department of Toyota.

28. Toyota Wins Monorail Cars

Generally speaking, the design concept of large-scale rail vehicles is a series of unmanned buses, but the first appearance of intelligent multi-modal transmission system is in the theme park, enjoying the same treatment as trains.

29. Toyota has done research on "partner robots" for more than ten years.

No, it's not the kind in the movie "She", but a robot that can help you walk with physical therapy and play musical instruments.