History

Toyopet Seibi Co., Ltd. established.

Responding to increasing demand for new cars but a shortage of available vehicles, Toyopet Seibi Co., Ltd. was launched as a used car refurbishment business.

Started production of minibuses and maintenance of used vehicles.

Opened the Tsunashima Plant.

Changed the company name to Toyopet Service Center Co., Ltd.

Launched the Toyota Racing Development (TRD) brand.

Changed the company name to Toyota Technocraft Co., Ltd.

Launched the Toyota HI-MEDIC, Japan’s first high-standard ambulance.

Opened the Shonan Plant.

Began operation of the Toyota Heartful Plaza display space in Tokyo for Toyota Motor Corporation.

Began operation of the Toyota Heartful Plaza display space in Kobe for Toyota Motor Corporation.

Began operation of the Toyota Heartful Plaza display space in Fukuoka for Toyota Motor Corporation.

Transferred the operations of the new car maintenance division to Toyota Administa Corporation.

J-TACS Corporation established.

Spun-off from Toyota Motor Corporation, J-TACS was launched as an accessories, customization, and vehicle conversion business for markets outside Japan with the aim of maintaining Toyota-level quality.

Modellista Kobe and Modellista Fukuoka merged into Toyota Modellista International Co., Ltd.

Began operation of the Toyota Heartful Plaza display space in Nagoya for Toyota Motor Corporation.

Began operation of the Toyota Heartful Plaza display space in Sapporo for Toyota Motor Corporation.

Began operation of the Toyota Heartful Plaza display space in Sendai for Toyota Motor Corporation.

Opened the Aichi Plant (currently the Nagoya Plant).

Established TRD Asia Co., Ltd. as a subsidiary company.

Started a capital tie-up with CarMax Co., Ltd.

Established PT. TRD Indonesia as a subsidiary company.

Established JMENARO as our regional representative office in Dubai.

Established a servicing division in Dubai.

Completed the new building at the Aichi Plant (currently the Nagoya Plant).

Transferred the servicing business to Toyota Met-Logic Co., Ltd.

Toyota Customizing & Development Co., Ltd. established.

Completed the new building at the Shonan Technical Center.

Ended operation of the Toyota Heartful Plaza display space in Tokyo.

Changed the name of our TRD Asia Co., Ltd. subsidiary to TCD Asia Co., Ltd.

Established RCD Asia Sales Co., Ltd.

Changed the name of our PT. TRD Indonesia subsidiary to PT. TCD Asia Pacific Indonesia.

Opened the Yokohama office.

Reorganized our bases in Japan (reduced from 12 to 8).

Ended operation of the Toyota Heartful Plaza display spaces in Sapporo and Sendai.

Established Toyota GAZOO Racing Development Co., Ltd. (TGR-D) via a corporate split.
We transferred our motor sports business to the new company.

Ended operation of the Toyota Heartful Plaza display spaces in Nagoya, Kobe, and Fukuoka.

Opened the Nagoya office.

Opened the Shin-Yokohama office.