History of the Toyota Logo

[summerwind]

I found this the other day.. If you are not interested in trivia just skip the rest of the post

The Toyota logo is three elipses depicting the heart of the customer, the heart of the product, and the ever-expanding technological advancements and boundless opportunities that lie ahead.
In Japanese, 'Toyo' means an abundance of, and 'ta' is rice. I'm told that some Asian cultures believe that those blessed with an abundance of rice are blessed with great wealth.
When the company was founded in 1937, the name 'Toyota' was used rather than the family name, 'Toyoda'. There were three reasons for this:

• Signify the separation of the founders' work life from home life
• Simplify the pronunciation
• Give the company an auspicious beginning; eight is a lucky number and it takes eight strokes to write Toyota in Katakana, whereas it takes ten to write Toyoda

[midnightmach]

Cool info!

[El Tano]

Nice info..Thanks for sharing

[onsknht]

[SinDonor]

Originally Posted by onsknht

Holy F'n Crap! They made cars back then go 40mpg? Wow, what a long way we've come (/sarc off).

[silverpilot03]

27 hp, 4-cylinder, top speed of 54 mph

[Mayur]

^^Exactly. 27hp man. I could probably generate more on a bicycle lol.

[Streaker]

We invited them to our country. We shared our technology with them. And soon we'll all be working for them. Hiroshima, Nagasaki, paybacks a bitch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RningOnFumes]

^^ Lol

[Camread]

is that a 1st gen tundra and scion xb?