Central Motor Co., Ltd.[a] was a Japanese manufacturer of cars within the Toyota Group.
In 1950, employees of the Kamata Plant were made redundant after it was closed down by Toyota.
They founded Central Motors that year and began producing light commercial vehicles for Toyota in 1956.
In 1959, Toyota acquired the company and moved the production from Kamata to Sagamihara which would later also become the headquarters base.
The new facility started production in January 2011 and the Sagamihara plant was closed later that year.