biography
pronunciation:
[toyohda]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1894–1952)
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| biography:
| Japanese car designer and manufacturer. He studied engineering, visited Europe and the USA, and set up a car manufacturing business in 1934. He changed the company name to Toyota in 1936 - a name which in Japanese conveys suggestions of speed and prosperity. He resigned as president of the company in 1950. |
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