See Also: Toyota Motor Corp.(encyclopedia)
Weimar Republic(encyclopedia)
Weimar Republic, the(dictionary)
Toyota Motor(finance)
Mazda Motor Corp.(encyclopedia)
Weimar(dictionary)
Weimar(dictionary)
Classical Weimar(tourism)
Weimar monuments(tourism)
Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau(tourism)

Weimar Republic, the (oh) and Toyota Motor Corp. (sh)


Weimar Republic, the (oh)



the first German republic, which was established in 1919 at a meeting in the city of Weimar . It faced difficult economic problems, including very high inflation, and ended when Hitler took control of the country in 1933.

Toyota Motor Corp. (sh)




Largest Japanese automobile manufacturer and one of the largest Automotive companies in the world.

It was established in 1933 as a division of the Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Ltd., and in 1937 it was incorporated as the Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. Toyota later established many related companies, including Toyoda Machine Works, Ltd. (1941), and Toyota Auto Body, Ltd. (1945). In the 1960s and '70s the company expanded rapidly, exporting large numbers of cars to foreign markets. Following consolidations among many of its business units, the company took the name Toyota Motor Corp. in 1982. It has assembly plants and distributors in many foreign countries, and it owns subsidiaries that produce cars and car parts, trucks, steel, synthetic resins, and industrial equipment. Its brands include Toyota and Lexus.