Toyota Trucks in Australia Toyota Dyna and Toyota Coaster History in Australia The first Toyota vehicles imported into Australia were a small number of Toyota Landcruiser 4×4’s. These were imported by Thiess Brothers in 1958 to be used by their company on the construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Scheme. By 1960 Thiess Brothers had become the official importer of Toyota commercial vehicles vehicles and had appointed 22…
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Toyota Motor Corp History Toyoda Automatic Loom Works encouraged by the Japanese government established an automotive manufacturing division in 1933. The founder Sakichi Toyoda’s son, Kuchiro Toyoda had travelled to the US and Europe researching automobile manufacturer and the automotive division was started under his direction. In 1935 the first vehicles were produced the A1 passenger car and the G1 truck. The A1 entered production as the AA in…
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Daihatsu Trucks in Australia Daihatsu trucks were introduced into Australia in the very late 1960’s. by Gosson Industries. The first models sold were the DV in tipper and cab chassis versions. Daihatsu Australia, a partnership was formed in 1995 between Thiess Toyota, the NSW state distributor York Toyota, shipping company Nichimen and Daihatsu Motor Co Ltd. to handle the distributorship of Daihatsu vehicles in Australia. In 1998 Toyota acquired 51…
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Daihatsu History The Daihatsu Motor Company Ltd started out as the Hatsudoki Seizo Company Ltd. This company was started in 1907 by a group of professors from Osaka University to develop a small stationary engine. The company’s main focus became steam engines for rail locomotives and later on diesel engines for rail locomotives. The local Japanese automobile manufacturing business was very small with less than 10% of vehicles sold…
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