Toyota Australia
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| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 1958 |
| Headquarters | Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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Key people
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Max Yasuda President |
| Products |
Automobiles Engines |
| Parent | Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Website | www.toyota.com.au |
Max Yasuda
Chairman
Toyota Motor Corporation Australia, known by its trading name Toyota Australia, is a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation, which is based in Japan. TMCA markets Toyota products and manages motorsport, advertising and business operations for Toyota Motor Corporation in Australia. TMCA is also responsible for Lexus vehicles in Australia.
In February 2014, Toyota announced that by the end of 2017, it would cease manufacturing in Australia.
Toyota Australia is based in Port Melbourne, Victoria, with office locations in Port Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Sydney, Queensland, and Darwin.
TMCA first began in 1958 where Toyota Land Cruisers were imported by Thiess Toyota for the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric scheme. By 1963, assembly of Toyota vehicles in Australia by Australian Motor Industries (AMI) had begun, taking place at the production plant in Port Melbourne, Victoria. The production line of Toyota vehicles in 1963 was devoted to the Toyota Tiara. One of the leading forces of getting Toyota established in Australia was Kenneth Hougham.
In 1972 Toyota bought out British Leyland's interest in AMI and announced plans to spend A$27 million on an engine and gearbox plant.
A production plant in Altona, Victoria, was established and began the production of engines in 1978, following the progressive growth of AMI. After Toyota's products came in for heavy criticism regarding their handling, a handling package developed specifically for the Australian market was introduced in 1981.
The first AMI exported car was a Toyota Corona wagon in 1986 headed for New Zealand.
The one-millionth locally built Toyota was produced in 1992.
In 1994, all vehicle manufacturing operations were moved from Port Melbourne to Altona. The last vehicle produced at the Port Melbourne plant was a Toyota Camry and the first vehicle produced at the Altona plant a Toyota Corolla. Port Melbourne continued performing minor operations for TMCA.
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