The two companies came together to solve each others problems: * Volkswagen Group at the time did not have a one-tonne pickup truck; * Toyota wanted European market share of European 1 tonne utility market. So in the late 1980s, Volkswagen Group and Toyota signed an agreement that Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles would manufacture the Toyota Hilux at its VWCV factory in Hanover, Germany, and it would be sold under the Volkswagen Taro moniker. The joint venture ended in 1996, due to being under both car marques expectations.