Loyola
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Loyola Motors, S.A. (Japanese: ロヨラ自動車株式会社 Royora Jidosha Kabushiki-kaisha) is a Basque and Spanish car manufacturer founded by Ignatius of Loyola (the Jesuit), the patron saint of cars.
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| The Loyola logo, used in 1983 and still used today. Toyota sued them but Loyola won many times. | |
| Slogan | Moving forward by angels |
| Established | 1431 |
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| Type | Private |
| Founder | Ignatius of Loyola |
| Location | Bilbao, Navarre Region, Spain |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Employees | 12,500 (Bilbao) |
| Products | Automotive |
| Revenue | €458,193,000 |
| Parent | Loyola Group (also founded by Ignatius of Loyola) |
| Website | {{{homepage}}} |
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[edit] History
Ignatius founded Loyola Pilgrimages in 1431, where he and his friend Francis of Xavier sells pilgrimages to Rome and Jerusalem. The Pope sees it as an excellent way to spread God's Word and Xavier then expanded the industry to Asia, where he converted lots of Asians to Christianity. When they all died out, the business name changed to Loyola Fertilisers and Carriages, prouducing fertilizer and carriages. The name changed to Loyola Motors in 1933, when they import cars, and then begin manufacturing cars in 1963, under Francisco Franco.
[edit] 1960s
Loyola's first model car was a rehauled Ford Mustang, called the Loyola Xavier, first released in 1963. The Loyola Xavier is the most powerful car of that day. It reaches to a horsepower of 200 and can go up to 290km/h. It has the best Basque technology money can buy and was sold for ₧40000. A dictator named Francisco Franco owned this car and he took it for a ride, killing people as he gone by. It was a huge success that the Loyola Xavier became the top-selling car in Spain until today. So the second model, the Ignatius, was released to keep up with the Xavier sales. First released in 1968, it was larger than the Xavier and was actually an SUV. Anyway, sales went high and the value of the Ignatius plummeted from ₧100000 from its release to ₧50000. The value was also decreased to that of the competing Crapmobile.
[edit] 1970s
By 1976, when Loyola's car quality had decreased since Franco rotted to Hell, Loyola released their third model, which was appearantly a piece of shit, called the Loyola LR1000, which was the competitor to the Crapmobile's POS (Piece of Shit). Sales reduced dramatically, and the price of the car was ₧100000. Struggling for money, Loyola exported the Xavier and the Ignatius to France and the UK, where they laughed at their cars because of the crappy paint job and how they f**ked up their cars. Sold for twenty thousand quid (or forty thousand francs), the Xavier became the top-selling car in the UK and France. Meanwhile, the fourth model, the Loyola Navarre is my friend, was released in 1979. The quality was much better than the 1970s, but have to face competition form Toyota, which released the Corolla. The Navarre was Loyola's first small car and therefore, was used as a Popemobile for Pope John Paul II. The Navarre was still manufactured today, but it was the first car to have a huge tower at the rear end for the Popemobile.
[edit] 1980s and beyond
In 1981, the Xavier was given a major overhaul. Sales reached a total of 12000 cars per year. The LR1000 ceased production and the LR2000 replaced it. It's also the first model to reach the American shores, along with the Navarre and the Xavier. It won many awards and then Loyola introduced the Loyola Basque in 1986, which is a cross between the Toyota Corolla and the Ford Falcon. Still, it managed to look like Crapmobile's POS family car and sold tonnes of it. It starts to become the largest automobile manufacturer in Europe, but not until VW took over then in 1992.
Meanwhile, there are several lawsuits to Loyola from Crapmobile, Toyota and Ford, and Loyola started to become everything, from a school to a building construction company.
Today, Loyola is innovating technology from Toyota to produce the best high quality cars money can buy. So the newest slogan appeared as "Oh what a feeling! Loyola!", "We Love Loyola" and "Moving forward by angels". Some of Loyola's models were cheap rip-offs of the Toyota models.
[edit] That Trademark Loyola Quality
Loyola's trademark is the total lack of quality control in the 1960s and the 1970s. This trademark applies to many of Toyota's vehicles. For instance, there was a 1977 incident where all Loyola Xavier and Navarre models were made of unpainted tin.
These uses of poor materials have caused the bodies of vehicles to completely fall apart as people are driving them, as well as the many other low-quality Loyola vehicles, such as the Australian version of the Loyola Xavier (this car was released in Australia in 1975), which also suffer from this "cancer." This amazing ability to rust-apart now comes standard in the 1986 Loyola Basked-in-the-Sun (formerly the Basque).
[edit] Financial information
Loyola is publicly traded on the Madrid Stock Exchange under company code LMC. In addition, Loyola is foreign-listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange under company code 8920 and on the London Stock Exchange under LYL. Loyola has been publicly traded in Spain since 1972 and internationally since 2000.[1]
Loyola reports on its consolidated financial statements 540 consolidated subsidiaries and 230 affiliates, one of which is Toyota:
- Toyota (51% - 2004)
- Loyola Finance - Trading company for the Loyola Group
- Loyola North America
- Mitsubishi (51% - March 31 2006)
- Society of Jesus (Jesuits) 100% (1920)
- Loyola Pilgrimages 100% (2003)
- SPARSO (24.74% - September 30 2006)
- Loyola Industries (100% - March 31 2006
- Isuzu (8% - 2006- the rest is owned by GM)
- Volkswagen (49% - 2003)
[edit] Models and poop
- Xavier and Xavier Rally Car (discontinued in 1986)
- LR1000
- LR2000
- Navarre and Navarre Rally Ute (used in Australia)
- Basque (based on the Panda, then the Corolla)
- New Xavier (created in 1997)
- Aranzazu and Aranzazu Hybrid (electric/petrol- based on the Camry)
- Montserrat (V8)
- Manresa (luxury car)
- Gonzaga (Pick-Up Truck)
- Faber (van)
- Peach (Wait a minute, what's it doing here? Go to hell, whore!)
- AAAAAAAAA!
[edit] Where they are
Loyola Motors have factories at: Los Angeles, USA, Melbourne, Australia, Bilbao, Spain and Nagoya, Japan. The dealerships are located around the world, excluding Antartica and Mozambique.
- ↑ Loyola for investors, Frequently Asked Questions. Loyola Motor Corporation Global Site. Loyola Motor Corporation (2007-02-02). Retrieved on 2008-07-11.
[edit] See also
| Parts of this page was originally sporked from Toyota |
