The company
Toyota Motor Corporation Australia (Toyota Australia) is one of Toyota Japan's global manufacturing centres with a long term commitment to the domestic and export markets.
Toyota Australia's head office function and manufacturing/engineering activities in Melbourne are complemented by comprehensive sales and marketing operations based in Sydney. Additionally, Toyota has sales and distribution branches in all mainland Australian states.
Toyota employs over 4700 people and thousands more are employed in its supplier and retail networks.
As well as its locally built Camry and Aurion, Toyota imports a wide range of passenger, 4WD and commercial vehicles including Kluger, Yaris, Corolla, Tarago, RAV4, LandCruiser, Prado, HiLux and HiAce, not to mention the revolutionary hybrid-model Prius.
Toyota is Australia's largest vehicle exporter and in 2007 exported 97,688 cars to 23 countries worldwide. This strong export drive contributed over $1.7 billion dollars in revenue for Toyota Australia in 2007.
In addition, Toyota Australia distributes and sells the luxury Lexus brand of vehicles.
Toyota Motor Corporation
Toyota Australia's parent company, Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), is Japan's largest vehicle manufacturer and one of the largest automotive companies in the world.
Established in 1937, the Toyota Group manufactures automobiles in 26 countries and regions throughout the world and its vehicles are sold in more than 170 countries and regions under the Toyota, Lexus, Daihatsu and Hino brands.
Toyota employs approximately 299,400 people worldwide.
Toyota leads the automobile industry in environmental technologies with the success of the hybrid technology in the Prius. Fuel cell vehicles are also in development.
More information about Toyota Motor Corporation can be found on its website.
