His Father's Loom Paid for Toyota. Kiichiro Toyoda Never Saw It Win

In June 1950, Kiichiro Toyoda resigned as president of the car company he had built. Toyota was nearly bankrupt, his workers were on strike, and he had broken a promise he cared about more than anything. This is the true story of who founded Toyota: a poor carpenter's son who invented a loom, and the son who turned the money from that loom into Japan's greatest car company. It begins with Sakichi Toyoda, who watched his mother weave by hand and spent his life building a better loom. His automatic loom was so good that a British company bought the rights, and that money paid for his son's dream. Kiichiro took a Chevrolet engine apart piece by piece, built Japan's first Toyota cars, changed one letter in the family name, and survived a war that bombed his factory. Then came 1950. The banks demanded job cuts, the workers walked out, and Kiichiro took the blame himself. Two years later, just as Toyota was ready to bring him back, he was gone. A Toyota history documentary about a father, a son, a promise, and the company that became the biggest car maker in the world. Chapters 00:00 The resignation 00:46 The carpenter's son 01:55 A son left behind 02:53 The perfect loom 03:57 The patent money 04:47 A Chevrolet taken apart 05:54 One letter changed 06:54 War 08:00 The promise 09:04 The call that came too late 09:58 The loom and the car Watch next Toyota Evolution https://youtu.be/gYjBeNKzJ7w Toyota Corolla Evolution https://youtu.be/FhfYDSA-TVI #Toyota #KiichiroToyoda #CarHistory