Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has visited the factory of Toyota, Japan’s world-renowned automobile manufacturer. During the visit, he viewed Toyota’s first commercial passenger car and got inside it with his wife, Dr. Zubaida Rahman.

The prime minister visited the Toyota factory at 10:30 am local time on Thursday (October 29).

The information was shared by the prime minister’s Deputy Press Secretary, Sujauddaula Sujan Mahmud.

He said Toyota officials invited the prime minister to get inside the car after he arrived at the factory. Tarique Rahman then got into the vehicle accompanied by his wife, Dr. Zubaida Rahman.

In 1935, the prototype of the Toyota family’s first car, the Toyota Model A1, was developed. Subsequently, in 1936, Toyota produced its first commercial passenger car, the Toyota Model AA. A replica of the vehicle is currently preserved at the Toyota Automobile Museum in Japan.