Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 00:19:34 GMT From: "Jack Gillies" <jandmgnopsamond.net.au> Subject: The proud history of Toyoda Motors
It seems all thr nuts fall close to the tree, in the GM family. Brothers "Before the World War II, Japan's motor industry was dominated by the US Big Three - General Motors, Ford and Chrysler. The Toyoda family had been making weaving machinery since 1926, but in 1933 they started to recruit personnel, mainly from GM, to form a small car division. Toyoda's first car, in 1935, was an unashamed copy of the Chrysler Airflow, with the 3.4-litre six-cylinder engine cribbed from Chevrolet. A year later the name of the cars was changed to Toyota: the pictogram needed just eight brush strokes against the 10 required to form Toyoda" -- Cheers, Jack '01 9-3 Convertable
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