Under the influence of his father Satoshi, Akio Toyoda liked machinery, especially cars, since he was a child. In college, he chose mechanical manufacturing as his major. After graduating from college, Ichiro had the opportunity to visit European and American countries for ten months and was deeply moved by witnessing the development of the automobile industry and the popularization of automobiles. Kiichiro firmly believes that "Japan absolutely needs the automobile industry in the future". At that time, GM and Ford completely monopolized the Japanese auto market, which caused Kiichiro to think deeply. "If the domestic automobile industry cannot be developed and the mass production of domestic cars cannot be realized, the people's quality of life will never be really improved."

1927, Akio Toyoda is 33 years old. Akio Toyoda was praised for his contribution to the country in developing textile machinery and received by the Emperor. When he got home at night, he said to his son Ichiro, "I made money myself and contributed to the country." Now it's your turn! Build a car to serve the motherland! "My father's request is completely consistent with Ichiro's dream, which further strengthened his determination to build a Toyota car. Since then, Ichiro has embarked on a difficult and brilliant road of "developing and manufacturing Japanese cars".

Although the road to entrepreneurship is full of difficulties and obstacles, as the old China saying goes, "Where there is a will, there is a way." Akio Toyoda built a car, which laid the foundation of Toyota Motor Corporation and pointed out the development direction of the company. Because of this, he is honored as "the father of domestic cars" in Japan.