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Pricing Supplement dated January 13, 1999 Rule 424(b)(3)
(To Prospectus dated September 3, 1998 and File No. 333-60913
Prospectus Supplement dated September 3, 1998)
TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORPORATION
Medium-Term Note - Fixed Rate
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Principal Amount: $5,000,000 Trade Date: January 13, 1999
Issue Price: See "Plan of Distribution" Original Issue Date: January 19, 1999
Interest Rate: 5.25% Net Proceeds to Issuer: $4,999,000
Interest Payment Dates: each January 19 Principal's Discount
and July 19, commencing July 19, 1999, or Commission: 0.02%
Stated Maturity Date: January 19, 2001
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Day Count Convention:
[x] 30/360 for the period from January 19, 1999 to January 19, 2001
[ ] Actual/365 for the period from to
[ ] Other (see attached)
Redemption:
[X] The Notes cannot be redeemed prior to the Stated Maturity Date.
[ ] The Notes may be redeemed prior to Stated Maturity Date.
Initial Redemption Date: Not applicable
Initial Redemption Percentage: Not applicable
Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction: Not applicable
Repayment:
[x] The Notes cannot be repaid prior to the Stated Maturity Date.
[ ] The Notes can be repaid prior to the Stated Maturity Date at the
option of the holder of the Notes.
Optional Repayment Date(s):
Repayment Price: %
Currency:
Specified Currency: U.S. dollars
(If other than U.S. dollars, see attached)
Minimum Denominations:
(Applicable only if Specified Currency is other than U.S. dollars)
Original Issue Discount: [ ] Yes [x] No
Total Amount of OID:
Yield to Maturity:
Initial Accrual Period:
Form: [x] Book-entry [ ] Certificated
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Merrill Lynch & Co.
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ADDITIONAL TERMS OF THE NOTES
Plan of Distribution
Under the terms of and subject to the conditions of a terms
agreement under the First Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement dated
September 3, 1998 between TMCC and Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Smith Incorporated ("Merrill"), Goldman, Sachs & Co., Lehman Brothers
Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and
Salomon Smith Barney Inc.(the "Agreement"), Merrill, acting as principal, has
agreed to purchase and TMCC has agreed to sell the Notes at 99.98% of the
principal amount thereof. Merrill may resell the Notes to one or more
investors or to one or more broker-dealers (acting as principal for the
purposes of resale) at varying prices related to prevailing market prices at
the time of resale, as determined by Merrill.
Under the terms and conditions of the Agreement, Merrill is
committed to take and pay for all of the Notes offered hereby if any are
taken.
TMCC may apply for listing of the Notes on the New York Stock
Exchange. However, there is no assurance that an application for listing will
be made or that any trading market for the Notes will develop.
