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Toyota 1-2 at Dakar 2025 as Al Rajhi Wins and Lategan Takes Second
21 Jan 2025
The 2025 Dakar Rally brought not only victory for Toyota, but also a second place overall for TOYOTA GAZOO Racing's Henk Lategan and Brett Cummings #211. The works GR Hilux EVO crew led the race overa
Rallye Monte-Carlo: Preview TOYOTA GAZOO Racing begins WRC title bid with a legendary challenge
17 Jan 2025
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team will embark on a 2025 FIA World Rally Championship campaign full of new challenges when the classic season opener, Rallye Monte-Carlo, takes place on January 23-26.
Toyota Automobile Museum Special Commemorative Week Marking 8 Million Visitor Milestone
16 Jan 2025
On January 13 (Mon., holiday), the Toyota Automobile Museum celebrated reaching 8 million visitors.To mark the milestone, we are holding a special Commemorative Week from Saturday, January 18 through Sunday, January 26 (closed on Mondays).
[Toyota Times] A New Accolade for Basketball Robot CUE? The Passionate Development Team That Shot for a Guinness World Record
15 Jan 2025
In the first Toyota Times News of the new year, we feature the development team that tried to get a Guinness World Record(TM). The ball released from its right arm traces a beautiful arc as it heads straight for the hoop, and...?
[Toyota Times] Just 10 Days In, Here Are Morizo's Top 10 News Stories for 2025
10 Jan 2025
The car lovers' festival is underway! After Morizo last year proclaimed himself "an ordinary guy who loves cars," there was much excitement for his 2025 message. But who appeared in his stead?
[Toyota Times] A Special Class with Akio Toyoda: Management, Life, Problem-Solving Questions from High Schoolers
10 Jan 2025
Chairman Akio Toyoda gives a special class to high school students. "What do you wish you had done in high school?" "How do you deal with a crisis when faced with one?" Find out how Professor "Aki-chan" handles these questions from earnest youths.
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Exhibiting at Tokyo Auto Salon 2025
10 Jan 2025
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing (TGR) announced today that it is exhibiting at the three-day Tokyo Auto Salon 2025 being held at Makuhari Messe (in Chiba, Japan) from January 10 (today) to 12, 2025, mainly displa
Save the Date: Livestream of Press Conference at Tokyo Auto Salon 2025 on January 10
10 Jan 2025
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing (TGR) will livestream the press conference at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2025 from 9:30 a.m. on January 10.
[Toyota Times] Woven City to Officially Launch This Fall - Akio Outlines Toyota's "Test Course for Mobility"
09 Jan 2025
The vision unveiled in 2020 is becoming a reality. Appearing at CES for the first time in five years, Chairman Toyoda announced the opening of Phase 1 at Woven City, a "test course for mobility" that will one day be home to 2,000 people.
[Toyota Times] "I'm gonna rally!" Comedian Ryo Tamura and Yuta Tomikawa's Fast and Hilarious? 182 Days
08 Jan 2025
Ryo Tamura from London Boots 1-go 2-go makes another appearance on Toyota Times! We explore his journey to the Rally Challenge, full of rally fun and laughs!
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Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
How Quaker Oats grabbed customers’ attention
By Kiron Kasbekar | 07 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats, the American food products giant that was created in 1901 through the merger of many older oat millers, and was acquired by a bigger foods giant, Pepsi, in 2001, has been an innovative company. One example of its innovativeness shows in its packaging – the cereal box it launched in 1915.
Company story – Cunard Line
By Kiron Kasbekar | 12 Jan 2024
The Cunard Line started its life in Glasgow in 1839 as the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company when Samuel Cunard was awarded the first British transatlantic steamship mail contract.
Samuel Slater – textile tycoon or traitor?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Dec 2023
Samuel Slater is a name that holds significant importance in the annals of American industrial history. Often referred to as the ‘Father of the American Factory System’, Slater's contributions played a pivotal role in shaping the nation’s industrial landscape.
Underwood Typewriter Company – an icon of the past
By Kiron Kasbekar | 21 Dec 2023
You’ve probably never heard of Underwood typewriters. For the company folded up in 1963 – 60 years ago. You may not even have seen and handled a typewriter, unless someone in your family owned one.
The rise and fall of Chrysler
By Kiron Kasbekar | 16 Dec 2023
A century ago, the American automobile industry was more crowded than a vegetable market on a Sunday morning, with such a wide variety of stuff on sale that buyers were spoilt for choice. Buyers could pick and choose, bargain, pay up and drive out with the newly purchased vehicle.
TRW – the tide turned
By Kiron Kasbekar | 13 Dec 2023
There used to be an American company called Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc. This company, which was a global supplier of automotive systems, modules, and components to car and truck manufacturers, started small, as most companies do. Then, as the automotive industry grew bigger, so did TRW.
The rise and fall of Nokia
By Aniket Gupta | 07 Dec 2023
My interest is stories about dominant companies that failed all of a sudden. These companies were once etched into people’s minds but have since become a symbol of nostalgia. One such company, which was the biggest in its industry before it failed catastrophically, is Nokia.
Yahoo!: The first king of the internet
By Aniket Gupta | 01 Dec 2023
The year is 1994. You go to the internet to search for a particular website, but there is no Google that could be used to search your desired website. What do you do? The answer is that you use Yahoo.
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