Toyota's first Toyopet Crown, the company's flagship, launched with great fanfare in the home market on January 1, 1955. A large, deluxe sedan, the Crown was the pride of Toyota, "a new, ...

While touring the garage area during the NASCAR K&N Pro East road race at Watkins Glen International recently, a Toyota Camry race car with sponsor “Gunma Toyopet ” lettered on the side caught my ...

Ads for the 1959 Toyopet Crown called it "the kind of car that American families have been asking for" and touted it as "the world's greatest automotive value." It was neither. In the past 50 years, ...

View post: Amazon Is Selling a ‘Super Sturdy’ Bucket Tool Organizer for Only $16 Despite Toyota’s reputation in the United States as a builder of reliable if mostly uninspiring cars, the Japanese ...

As tensions between Japan and China grew during the 1930s, the Imperial government redirected the focus of its consumer-facing industries to support the Imperial Army and Navy. Throughout the Second ...

The unveiling of the 2014 Toyota Corolla makes today as good as any to look at the Japanese automotive giant's first faltering steps into the United States market -- the Toyopet Crown sedan. It ...

This Crown arrived to America on the first ship full of Toyotas. Here’s the first Japanese car officially imported to America. The 1958 Toyopet Crown is so old that it’s badged “Toyopet” instead of ...

How a Schnecksville family came to own “America’s Oldest Toyota Dealership” boils down to this: The Japanese made quiet doors. As word spread in the late 1950s that George Krause and his son were ...

Shigeaki Hattori and crew pose following their 2002 Indy 500 successful qualifying run of 228.192, good for 27th starting position. Hattori finished 20th in his rookie run, completing 197 of 200 laps ...