The Lexus LFA is a motoring icon. But it didn't start out that way. Initially, potential customers gave it a miss, preferring ...

who started Toyoda Automatic Loom Works in 1926 – a manufacturer of automatic loom machines. His son, Kiichiro Toyoda, got the idea to expand the company’s operations into automobile ...

Akio Toyoda, the new President of Toyota and grandson of company founder Kiichiro Toyoda, is predicting another two years of tough times for the auto industry. In order to stay afloat, the ...

Toyota is a Japanese automaker founded in 1937 that has developed a reputation for reliability across a multitude of segments ...

The Toyodas have a great deal of stock in the company Kiichiro Toyoda founded, yet the family only owns 0.8% off all shares. And while the Toyodas have lost quite a bit of stock value, the company ...

Akio Toyoda, the grandson of Toyota’s founder Kiichiro Toyoda, ascended to his role as president of Toyota in June of 2009. Thanks to the Great Recession, he was saddled with the recovery from ...

But the cars are not well-known abroad. Toyoda called the Crown “the pride of Japan.” Company founder Kiichiro Toyoda, his grandfather, came up with the name. “Nothing will make me happier ...

He was the father of Akio Toyoda, who recently announced he was stepping down as president and chief executive to become its chairman. Shoichiro was the eldest son of Kiichiro Toyoda, who founded ...

manufacture, and sale of housing, telecommunications and other businesses. The company was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda on August 28, 1937 and is headquartered in Toyota, Japan.