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Why Is The President Of Toyota Named Toyoda?

Why Is The President Of Toyota Named Toyoda?

Why do the Toyota car company and the Toyoda family that founded it have different names? It’s not because of transliteration magic exactly: it’s because the company changed the characters that form its name in order to have a luckier number of brush strokes, and aid in their quest for world vehicular domination. Or something. [More]