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[[Image:Yamaha.png|right|Yamaha Logo]] | [[Image:Yamaha.png|right|Yamaha Logo]] | ||
'''Yamaha Motor Company Limited''' a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company, was initially part of the [[Yamaha Corporation]]. After expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest | '''Yamaha Motor Company Limited''' a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company, was initially part of the [[Yamaha Corporation]]. After expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO [[Genichi Kawakami]] took Yamaha into the field of motorized vehicles on July 1, 1955. Yamaha Motor is the world's second largest producer of [[motorcycle]]s. It also produces many other motorized vehicles such as [[all-terrain vehicle]]s, boats, snowmobiles, outboard motors, and personal watercraft. | ||
In 2000, [[Toyota]] and [[Yamaha Corporation]] made a capital alliance where Toyota paid Yamaha Corporation 10.5 billion yen for a 5 per cent share in Yamaha Motor Company while Yamaha and Yamaha Motor each bought 500,000 shares of Toyota stock in return. | In 2000, [[Toyota]] and [[Yamaha Corporation]] made a capital alliance where Toyota paid Yamaha Corporation 10.5 billion yen for a 5 per cent share in Yamaha Motor Company while Yamaha and Yamaha Motor each bought 500,000 shares of Toyota stock in return. | ||
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==Other Vehicles== | ==Other Vehicles== | ||
Yamaha has also built engines for other manufacturers' vehicles, most notably the | Yamaha has also built engines for other manufacturers' vehicles, most notably the V-6 and V-8 engine for the Ford Taurus SHO. The Volvo XC90 uses a larger version of the same Yamaha V-8 engine, as will a future Lincoln automobile. They also built [[Formula One]] racing engines from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s, with little on track success. | ||
Yamaha also tunes engines for other manufacturers, Toyota being one of them. Yamaha logos are, for instance, found on the Toyota S engines. | |||
Yamaha is also one of the big 4 companies in the [[Personal water craft]] market. | Yamaha is also one of the big 4 companies in the [[Personal water craft]] market. | ||
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===Surface mounter=== | ===Surface mounter=== | ||
===Pool=== | ===Pool=== | ||
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===Golf car=== | ===Golf car=== | ||
*G31E | *G31E | ||