Toyota Kenya Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of

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based in

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. Tompany was founded in January 2012 as a successor to Toyota East Africa Limited. It is the importer and distributor of Toyota,

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, Hino and Suzuki vehicles to Kenya.

History

The Toyota East Africa Limited had vehicles manufactured by the Associated Vehicle Assemblers since 1977.Toyota assembly and parts plants
auf Toyoland.com. The assembled vehicles included the

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and the

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.David Herbling
Toyota drops bid to buy AVA
in: ''Business Daily'' vom 10 February 2013. In January 2012, the company was replaced by Toyota Kenya Limited. In 2013, assembly of Hino trucks started at Associated Vehicle Assemblers. To this end, Toyota had invested KSh. 500 million (around

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5 million).Gitonga Maret
Toyota Kenya opens Sh500m bus assembly plant in Mombasa
in: ''Business Daily'' vom 19 February 2013.

References

External links

Toyota Kenya
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