Central engine
| Central Motor Co., Ltd.
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| legal form | Limited |
| founding | September 1950 |
| resolution | July 2012 |
| Seat | Ōhira |
| Number of employees | 1600 (as of 2011) |
| Branch | Automobile manufacturing |
Central Motor Co., Ltd. was a Toyota- owned manufacturing company based in Ōhira . In July 2012, it merged with Kanto Auto Works , Ltd. and Toyota Motor Tohoku Corporation to Toyota Motor East Japan .
history
The company was founded in September 1950 after the Kamata plant had been closed, which had been rented by Nihon Nainenki Seizō .
In May 1960, operations were relocated to the Sagamihara plant. The Wakayanagi plant was built in May 1995.
By August 1983 there were a total of 1 million vehicles. The next million marks were reached in September 1995 and April 2007. In December 1991 the annual production reached 100,000 copies.
In July 2008, Central Motor became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation. Vehicle production began in January 2011 at the Miyagi plant (now the Miyagi Ohira plant). Production at the Sagamihara plant ended in July 2011.
| model | Production period | number of pieces |
|---|---|---|
| Toyoace | June 1956 - May 1960 | 2535 |
| Dyna | April 1957 - June 1967 | 7560 |
| Master pickup | April 1957 - December 1970 | 43,241 |
| FS (ambulance) | October 1961 - March 1971 | 1028 |
| Publica Convertible | October 1963 - December 1968 | 7560 |
| Corona pickup | October 1964 - August 1968 | 25,144 |
| Corona Mark II | April 1968 - July 1974 | 43,920 |
| RH (ambulance) | April 1971 - December 2000 | 3203 |
| Crown Van and Wagon | May 1973 - July 1983 | 82,300 |
| Carina Van | December 1975 - April 1987 | 292,888 |
| MR2 | June 1984 - August 1999 | 300.108 |
| Sera | February 1990 - December 1995 | 15,941 |
| room | May 1997 - March 2011 | 332,675 |
| MR-S | October 1999 - July 2007 | 78.041 |
| WiLL Vi | January 2000 - December 2001 | 16,649 |
| WiLL VS | April 2001 - April 2004 | 14,985 |
| Corolla Runx and Allex | July 2001 - January 2007 | 176.033 |
| WiLL Cypha | September 2002 - July 2005 | 31,856 |
| bB | August 2004 - December 2005 | 39.173 |
| xB | August 2004 - December 2006 | 117,854 |
| Corolla Axio | from October 2006 |
source
- Toyota Motor East Japan, Inc.- History. In: toyota-ej.co.jp. September 14, 1946; Retrieved February 18, 2019 (Japanese).
Individual evidence
- ↑ 75 Years of TOYOTA - Part 1, Chapter 2, Section 6 - Item 6. Closure of Shibaura and Kamata Plants. In: toyota-global.com. August 1, 2016, accessed March 3, 2019 .