Fun fact: Eiji Toyoda got a lot of his quality ideas FROM Ford in 1950! Toyota (the company) then relentlessly pursued continuous improvement, to the point wher

Fun fact: Eiji Toyoda got a lot of his quality ideas FROM Ford in 1950! Toyota (the company) then relentlessly pursued continuous improvement, to the point where Ford (and every other OEM) had to re-learn what quality meant. http://www.autonews.com/article/20130923/OEM02/309239967/eiji-toyodas-rouge-trip-changed-auto-history http://www.autonews.com/article/20130923/OEM02/309239967/eij... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiji_Toyoda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiji_Toyoda One should take early Toyota stories with a grain of salt, as there may be more than a little bit of hagiography.