In 1924 Sakichi Toyoda set up a company called the Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, a maker of textile machinery. The first prototypes were shown in 1935; a year later came the first production model.

But it wouldn’t be until 27 August 1937 that the Toyota Motor Company was formed. The Japanese company has been rather busy since then; it’s built around 250 million cars, and has become the world’s second-largest car maker.

Easily the world’s biggest producer of hybrid vehicles, Toyota may have a reputation for building ultra-reliablecars but as you can see here, it’s also produced its fair share of landmark cars over the last eight decades too – let’s take a look at all the finest Toyotas there’s ever been: