Toyota has spent years making a name for itself as one of the more reliable automobile makers in the world. Toyota’s popularity is huge, but here are 7 Things You Don’t Know About: Toyota.

1. The first passenger car produced by Toyota was produced in 1936.

2. The Toyota car company founding family’s last name is actually spelled Toyoda.

3. Toyota was originally a subdivision of the Toyoda Automatic Loom Works company, and they still make automatic looms although they are now computerized.

4. The trucks that Toyota manufactured for the Japanese military during World War II had one headlight mounted on the center of the hood.

5. The first Japanese car to be exported to the United States was the Toyota Crown in 1956.

6. Toyota provides 40 annual scholarships through the United Negro College Fund.

7. Port Melbourne, Australia was the the site of the first Toyota vehicle built outside of the country of Japan in 1963.

Toyota has proven itself to be an ingenious company that is always concentrating on value, fuel efficiency, reliability, and innovations. Toyota will forever be one of the most well thought of companies in the automobile industry.