2014-02-26 | Toyoda vs. Toyota
??? Why TOYOTA changed the name "Toyoda to Toyota"???
The carmaker began in 1933 as part of Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, a sewing machine company founded by Sakichi Toyoda. When the auto unit was split off in 1937, son Kiichiro Toyoda decided to change its name. The 3 reasons of name changes were tho followings:
The newly formed word was trademarked and the company was registered in August 1937 as the "Toyota Motor Company".
Source: Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technolodgy, Nagoya