TOM'S

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TOM'S Co., Ltd
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Founded	1974
Founder	Nobuhide Tachi and Kiyoshi Oiwa
Headquarters	Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Nobuhide Tachi and Kiyoshi Oiwa, President
Industry	Automobile tuning & parts manufacturer for street and motorsports
Products	Automobile tuning and racing products
Owner	Nobuhide Tachi and Kiyoshi Oiwa
Website	http://www.tomsracing.co.jp/e/

TOM'S Co., Ltd (株式会社トムス, Kabushiki-gaisha Tomusu^?) is a factory supported racing team and tuner of Toyota and Lexus vehicles. The name stands for Tachi Oiwa Motor Sport. Their head office is located in Tokyo, Japan. They are currently heavily involved with Super GT racing and Formula 3 racing. TOM'S creates aftermarket parts for current Toyota vehicles and will create their own special edition of certain current Lexus models.

[edit] History

TOMS stands for Tachi Oiwa Motor Sports. As sited in the Tom's English website, Tom's was established in 1974 by Nobuhide Tachi and Kiyoshi Oiwa. Despite of an oil crisis at the time, the two were able to show profitable margins and a healthy development of motorsports for Toyota. With the support of Toyota, TOM'S went into business in March 23, 1974.

In 1975 the Toyota Motor Corporation officially recognized TOM'S as an authorized tuning shop.