What other uses were there for beautiful wood textures?
Industrial art quality for cars
1967
Bringing the beauty of wood grain to vehicle interiors
In 1967, Yamaha began the creation of aesthetically pleasing vehicle interiors with the creation of wood panels for the Toyota 2000GT, Featuring a combination of the woodworking, coating, metals, and plastics technologies acquired in the course of our piano making endeavors, these interiors are used in luxury automobiles around the world.
![[Image] Wood panels for the Toyota 2000GT(Photo courtesy of Toyota Automobile Museum)](/en/about/history/innovation/episode-10/images/1967-1.jpg)