TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
Presented By: Damanjit Singh
CONTENTS
COMPANY PROFILE
MOTORSPORT AND FORMULA 1
WORLDWIDE PRESENCE
TOYOTA PRODUCTION SYSTEM (TPS)
COMPANY PROFILE
Established in 1937, Toyota is Japan's biggest car company and the second largest in the world after General
Motors. It produces an estimated eight million vehicles per year, about a million fewer than the number
produced by GM. The company dominates its home market with about 40% of all new cars registered in 2004
being Toyotas.
The Japanese magazine Nihon Keizai predicted that Toyota would overtake General Motors as the world's
biggest automaker in 2007, with an annual production of 9.2 million vehicles. Toyota aims to boost sales
worldwide to 9.8 million vehicles in 2008.
In fiscal 2006, on a consolidated basis Toyota provided close to eight million vehicles to customers around the
world under the Toyota, Lexus, Daihatsu, and Hino brands.
Toyota had more than 280,000 employees at the end of fiscal 2006.
MOTORSPORT AND FORMULA 1
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Base: Cologne, Germany
Drivers: R Schumacher & J Trulli
Team principal: TSUTOMU TOMITA
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Technical director: PASCAL VASSELON
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Test Drivers: F Montagny
Kohei Hirate
Kamui Kobayashi
Chassis: TF107
Engine: RVX-07
Tyres: Bridgestone
First Season: 2002
World Championships: 0
Highest race finish: 2 (x2)
Pole Positions: 2
Fastest Laps: 1
2006 Position: 6th (35 points)
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TOYOTA FORMULA RACING PARTNERS
TF107 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
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Monocoque construction: Moulded carbon fibre and honeycomb construction
Fuel Tank: ATL safety cell
Front suspension: Carbon fibre double wishbone arrangement, with carbon fibre trackrod and pushrod
Rear suspension: Carbon fibre double wishbone arrangement, with carbon fibre toe link and pushrod
Dampers: Penske
Wheels: BBS forged magnesium
Tyres: Bridgestone Potenza
Brake calipers: Brembo
Brake master cylinders: Brembo
Braking material: Hitco (carbon/carbon)
Steering: Toyota power-assisted steering
Steering wheel: Toyota carbon fibre wheel with Toyota / Magneti Marelli instrument
Driver seat: Carbon fibre construction, moulded to driver’s shape
Driver restraints: Takata
Driver HANS device: Toyota design
Electronic systems: Toyota / Magneti Marelli
Transmission: 7-speed unit plus reverse
Designation: RVX-07
Number of cylinders: 8
Capacity: 2398cc
Horsepower: Approximately 740bhp
Revolutions: Maximum 19,000rpm, as required by FIA rules
Valve actuation: Pneumatic
Throttle actuation: Hydraulic
Spark Plugs: DENSO
Fuel: Esso
Lubricants: Esso
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Panasonic Toyota Racing unveiled its new TF107 challenger in Cologne on Friday 12 January
2007 , prior to embarking on an intensive test programme in preparation for the first Grand Prix of
the season in Australia on 18 March 2007.
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Last year the team did not meet its high expectations it had after success in 2005 but there is
great confidence that the TF107 will see Toyota competing at the front again.
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Toyota is the only one of the 11 F1 teams to go into the new season with the same engine, the
same tyre partner, and the same two race drivers. That unique degree of continuity will enable the
team to hit the ground running and build on the experience gained over recent seasons.
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Jarno Trulli has signed a three-year contract extension and will drive for the team through to the
2009 season.
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Toyota will also supply engines to not only the works team, but to British Constructor Williams who
had, by their own standards, underperformed with the Cosworth engines during 2006 after their
split with BMW.The agreement is for three years.
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Toyota Motorsport GmbH signed an official agreement with kingfisher Airlines and Espirit as an
official supplier to the Panasonic Toyota Racing.
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Denso corporation has extended its corporate sponsorship with Panasonic Toyota Racing until the
end of 2008.
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Toyota also races the Toyota Tundra in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Toyota will run over
six teams in the Nextel Cup Series and Busch Series with the Camry in the start of the 2007
season.
WORLDWIDE PRESENCE AND SUCCESS
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In June 2006 outside Japan Toyota has a total of 52 overseas manufacturing companies in 27 countries
and regions.
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Toyota markets vehicles in more than 170 countries/ regions.
R & D ORGANISATION
OVERSEAS MANUFACTURING COMPANIES
Toyota Announces Sales/Production Plans for 2007
Unit: 1,000 vehicles; ( ) indicates year-on-year difference
TOYOTA
DAIHATSU
HINO
TOTAL
JAPENESE SALES
1,720 (1%)
630 (2%)
40 (-22%)
2,390 (1%)
OVERSEAS SALES
6,680 (8%)
210 (24%)
60 (18%)
6,950 (8%)
8,400 (6%)
840 (6%)
100 (-2%)
9,340 (6%)
JAPENESE PRODUCTION
4,270 (2%)
790 (-1%)
90 (-9%)
5,150 (1%)
OVERSEAS PRODUCTION
4,200 (7%)
70 (112%)
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4,270 (8%)
8,470 (4%)
860 (5%)
90 (-9%)
9,420 (4%)
2,610 (3%)
130 (-2%)
50 (5%)
2,790 (3%)
WORLDWIDE SALES
WORLDWIDE PRODUCTION
EXPORTS
TOYOTA PRODUCTION SYSTEM
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Toyota is also famous in industry for its manufacturing philosophy, called the Toyota Production System (TPS).
This system is copied worldwide by many manufacturing companies. This production control system has been
established based on many years of continuous improvements, with the objective of " making the vehicles
ordered by customers in the quickest and most efficient way, in order to deliver the vehicles as quickly as
possible."
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TPS was established based on two concepts: the first is called “ jidoka " which means that when a problem
occurs, the equipment stops immediately, preventing defective products from being produced; the second is the
concept of "Just-in-Time " in which each process produces only what is needed by the next process in a
continuous flow.
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The Toyota Production System continues to set the standard for efficient, quality-oriented and environmentally
friendly manufacturing processes.
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