You know, now I’m looking for them, I can’t not see them!
That’s what I’ve thought, too. Definitely a “T”, though.
Boy, I’d hate to see you people’s handwriting! 
Another vote for T.
Voting for a letter “T” too.
Just because they’re from Japan doesn’t mean they invented a design to match that “triple heart of the consumer, company and world” thing they put on their website. Eastern does not automatically equal spiritual. They could have very easily invented that interpritation after the artist created it, or the artist could have invented the interpritation after doodling around with his Spirograph.
Occam’s Razor
Chicken kisses
forgot to say so in my previous post
<<Credit being forwarded now>>
We have a winner!!!
Go on, prove Pullet wrong, any of you…
Here’s what a dumbass I am–
You know how Chevy has slightly different logos for their different vehicles (waves for a Malibu, impala for an Impala)? Well, I thought Ford did the same thing. So for the longest time, when I saw a sedan with that logo, I thought it was a Ford Taurus.
I think I only figured this out 2 years ago. And I’m 24, people.
I always saw the Toyota logo as a Taurus symbol. And when they first started appearing, I assumed that it was some sly marketing trick to tie into the popularity of the Ford Taurus. 
I’ve always thought it was a “T.”
I swear I’ve seen a different logo on older Toyota pickup trucks - just a large, plain capital “T.” I can’t find any pictures of it though.
I think its just a pretentious looking “T” encased in an oval.
I know for sure the symbol dates back to at least 1991, as the MR2 turbo had them when it debuted in north America that year. I owned a 92 a couple years ago and was always pleasantly amused that my “old” car wore the still-current badging.
That part’s easy: It’s right underneath the three ovals.
You “T” guys are nuts. Why on earth would they make a “T” that doesn’t look like a “T”? If someone wanted to make a stylized “T”, they could do a lot better than that. I think you all just want to be contrary. It’s fashionable, I know, but try for once to be original. Forget Dennis Miller, OK? 
And, GorillaMan, you know better than that. It’s up to someone to prove it’s a “T”, not the other way around.
The only one with anything even close to a cite is Mr. Blue Sky in the second reply.
A cite, you say?
Toyota opens China’s first car trademark dispute (emphasis added)
The same phrase can be found in many other articles about the same event.
Sorry, mangeorge, I too have always seen it as a stylized “t.” The explanation given by Mr. Blue Sky’s cite sounds like an after-the-fact justification of the logo. In other words, bullshit. Logos are rarely, if ever, that abstract.
A Venn diagram consisting of three empty sets?
eh. it’s a “T”. Now I can’t seem to NOT see the cowboy/longhorn/three-ovals-of-the-world/blah/blah/blah. Life used to be so simple.
Hmm…well ain’t that interesting. I still suspect the graphic designer was toying with the idea of a stylized “t” and then the Toyota honchos decided to make it a bit “deeper” with this explanation, but if that’s what Toyota says, I guess I have no proof to contradict the explanation.
FWIW, I think it looks like a overly-stylized “T”, too.
Gotta love those wacky Japanese!