2007 Toyota Matrix

Toyota Motor Corporation is the largest Japanese automaker headquartered in Toyota. Engaged in the manufacture of cars, commercial and trucks, buses and auto components. Holds the title of the largest automotive company in the world in terms of sales. The history of the Toyota auto company began in 1933 as a separate division of the large Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, which was engaged in the production of looms. Sakichi Toyoda, the founder of the company, was a talented engineer and inventor. He was the first in Japan to create his own automatic loom and continuously improved his creation. His company became successful in the Japanese market and famous all over the world. In the early 1930s, the design of Toyoda's machine tools attracted the attention of the then largest textile manufactory in the world, the British firm Platt Brother. It is worth noting that the car - one of the main engineering inventions of that time - fascinated and occupied the mi 2007 Toyota Matrix nd of Sakichi Toyoda. Interest in cars was adopted by his son. However, having been in England, he literally "fell ill" with the idea of ​​​​creating his own automobile production. After earning £100,000 from the sale of patent rights, Kiichiro Toyoda founds a new division within his father's company that focuses on car development. In 1937, it spun off into Toyota Motor Corporation. The work of the new company was supported by the Japanese government, which needed army trucks for the war in Manchuria. Due to the depression, there was little money in the country. Domestic production lowered costs, provided jobs, and made the country more independent. By 1936, just after the first successful Toyota cars were built, Japanese authorities demanded that most of the shares of all automakers be owned by residents of the country, and also stopped almost all imports. The car building operations were overseen by Kiichiro Toyoda. He began experimenting with two-cylinder engines, but ended up copying Chevrolet's six-cylinder 65 hp engine. In addition, the brand copied the Chrysler Airflow chassis and gearbox. The first engine was produced in 1934 (Type A), the first car and truck in 1935 (Model A1 and G1 respectively), and the second model that went into production in 1936 (Model AA). The assembly of cars was established in the town of Koromo at new production facilities. The first Toyota passenger car was equipped with a 3389 cc engine. cm and drum brakes for each wheel. The four-door sedan, with conventional front and suicidal rear doors, received a flat one-piece windshield with a wiper at the top and a spare tire that was mounted on a nearly vertical rear window. The all-metal hull was cutting edge for the time, with mostly wood bodywork being used. From 1936 to 1943, 1,404 AA sedans were produced. During World War II, Toyota completely abandoned the production of civilian cars. The automaker's enterprises produced military trucks, amphibians, light reconnaissance all-terrain vehicles, and components for combat aircraft. At the same time, the assembly was carried out at an accelerated pace, often in a simplified version. For example, trucks were produced with one headlight. After the surrender of Japan, Toyota Motor, like all companies supplying the army, found itself in an unenviable position. Despite the fact that the automaker's factories suffered little from the bombing, a ban was imposed on the production of vehicles. In December 1945, Toyota received permission from the United States military to start manufacturing consumer goods. Until 1947, the factories produced tools and pots. However, Kiichiro Toyoda was not going to give up his passion: immediately after the end of the war, the brand's designers began to develop a new model. Given the post-war decline, it was a small and economical model - a two-door sedan SA. It was equipped with a four-cylinder 1.0-liter engine with 27 hp. with a classic layout. Outwardly, Toyopet, as it was called, was similar to the Volkswagen Beetle. It accelerated to a maximum speed of 88 km / h, was cheap and undemanding. In addition to SA, the Toyopet "family" included the more successful SD, the SF model, which made the brand truly popular, and the RH with a 48-horsepower engine. By 1955, Toyota was producing 8,400 cars a year, and by 1965, 600,000. In addition to all these vehicles, Toyota began producing civilian trucks under the Land Cruiser name. They were developed following the example of jeeps. The first generation was based on a tr https://cars45.com/listing/toyota/matrix/2007