Toyota in a race?

[last fairlane]

Dont forget Henry Ford went from making bicycles
to making cars an even bigger jump

[malazn mafia]

Originally Posted by last fairlane

Dont forget Henry Ford went from making bicycles
to making cars an even bigger jump

Nah, I think Toyota takes the cake on this one. A Japanese guy called Mr Toy Yoda, went from assembling fabric looms and sewing machines to making motor Vehicles. He named the company Toyota because it had one less stroke in Japanese characters and was a more lucky number or something ..

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by malazn mafia

Nah, I think Toyota takes the cake on this one. A Japanese guy called Mr Toy Yoda, went from assembling fabric looms and sewing machines to making motor Vehicles. He named the company Toyota because it had one less stroke in Japanese characters and was a more lucky number or something ..

Close, his name was Kiichiro Toyoda.

You may be thinking of this.

https://www.sideshowtoy.com/mas_asse...ress02-001.jpg

[Wretched]

October 3 is not concrete....likely to be end of October now. Decision still to be made.
However final parts have been allocated. Effectively no more parts will be made.