Toyota Australia is an Australian subsidiary of the Japanese car manufacturer Toyota. It markets Toyota products and manages motorsport, advertising and business operations for Toyota in Australia. It is also responsible for Lexus vehicles in Australia. The production line of Toyota vehicles in was devoted to the Toyota Tiara. The Toyota Australia Altona Plant was established and began the production of engines in , following the progressive growth of AMI.
In , Toyota exercised an option to buy Thiess' share of Thiess Toyota. In , Toyota Australia launched an Australian version of the jingle "Oh, what a feeling", which had been used in the US before; it is still used today. In exchange Holden built Toyota Lexcen which was a rebadged Commodore.
The one-millionth locally built Toyota was produced in In , all vehicle manufacturing operations were moved from Port Melbourne to Altona. The last vehicle produced at the Port Melbourne plant was a Toyota Camry and the first vehicle produced at the Altona plant a Toyota Corolla. Port Melbourne continued performing minor operations. The two-millionth locally built Toyota was produced in In , the ten-millionth worldwide Camry was built at Altona.
The complete closure and end of all Toyota production operations at the Port Melbourne plant took place in May All manufacturing was shifted to Altona. The milestone of the ,th Toyota Australia vehicle export also occurred in May The vehicle was a Toyota Camry, headed for New Zealand. The one-millionth export was reached in August The Toyota Land Cruiser was never built in Australia.
As of , Altona produced the Camry. Production of the Avalon has ceased, due for replacement on the manufacturing line by the Toyota Aurion , which shares many components with the Camry. In February , it was announced Toyota would cease manufacturing vehicles and engines in Australia by the end of Head office CHQ remained in Port Melbourne and the Altona plant was retained for other functions including a Centre of Excellence and vehicle proving facility known as the Autodrome.
