FACE OF GLOBAL NOTE

     Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of 
The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to Issuer or 
its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any 
certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other 
name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment 
is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an 
authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF 
FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the 
registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

REGISTERED                                                  REGISTERED
                                                            PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
CUSIP No.  892332 AH0                                       $200,000,000

                                                            CERTIFICATE NO. 1

                          TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORPORATION
                                5.50% NOTES DUE 2008

     TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORPORATION, a California corporation (hereinafter, 
the "Company," which term includes any successor corporation under the 
Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to 
pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of TWO HUNDRED 
MILLION DOLLARS on December 15, 2008, and to pay interest thereon from 
December 14, 1998 or from the most recent date on which interest has been 
paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on June 15 and December 15 (each, an 
"Interest Payment Date") in each year commencing June 15, 1999, and at 
maturity at the rate of  5.50% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid 
or duly made available for payment.

     Interest on this Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months.

     The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any
Interest Payment Date will as provided in the Indenture be paid to the Person in
whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at
the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such Interest Payment Date,
which shall be the June 1 or the December 1 (whether or not a Business Day)
immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.  Any such interest which is
payable, but not punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment
Date, shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder on such
Regular Record Date, and may be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or
one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by
the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to the Holder of this Note not less
than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in
any other lawful manner, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.

     Payment of the principal of and interest on this Note will be made at the
Office or Agency of the Company maintained by the Company for such purpose, in
such coin or currency 

                                       



of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for 
payment of public and private debts; PROVIDED, however, that at the option of 
the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address 
of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security 
Register; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that AT THE OPTION OF THE COMPANY, the 
Holder of this Note shall be entitled to receive payments of principal of and 
interest on this Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds if 
appropriate wire transfer instructions have been received by the Trustee not 
less than 15 days prior to the applicable payment date.

     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set 
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes 
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

     This Note is one of a series of Securities designated under the 
Indenture as 5.50% Notes due 2008 (the "Notes").

     Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by or 
on behalf of The Chase Manhattan Bank, the Trustee under the Indenture, or 
its successor thereunder, by the manual signature of one of its authorized 
officers, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture 
or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
     
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly 
executed, manually or in facsimile, and an imprint or facsimile of its 
corporate seal to be imprinted hereon.

Dated:  December 14, 1998        TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORPORATION

[SEAL]                           By:                                
                                    ------------------------------------------
                                     George E. Borst
                                     Senior Vice President and General Manager


Attest:

By:                                     
   ---------------------------
   Robert Pitts
   Secretary


CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the series
designated therein referred to in the 
within-mentioned Indenture.

THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
  as Trustee

By:                                     
   ---------------------------
   Authorized Officer
   

                                       


                                       
                                          
                        TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORPORATION
                                          
                             5.50% NOTES DUE 2008

     This Note is one of a duly authorized series of the Securities 
(hereinafter called the "Securities") of the Company, issued and to be issued 
under an Indenture dated as of August 1, 1991, between the Company and The 
Chase Manhattan Bank as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as 
of October 1, 1991 among the Company, The Chase Manhattan Bank and Bankers 
Trust Company, pursuant to which The Chase Manhattan Bank acts as Trustee of 
the Securities (herein called the "Trustee," which term includes any 
successor Trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures 
supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the 
respective rights thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of 
the Securities and the terms upon which the Securities are to be 
authenticated and delivered.

     Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, the Securities will be 
issued in global form only registered in the name of The Depository Trust 
Company (the "Depositary") or its nominee.  The Securities will not be issued 
in definitive form, except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, and 
ownership of the Securities shall be maintained in book entry form by the 
Depositary for the accounts of participating organizations of the Depositary.

     This Note will not be subject to redemption before maturity by a sinking 
fund or otherwise.

     If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be 
continuing, the principal of all the Notes may be declared due and payable in 
the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

     The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the 
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the 
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be 
affected thereby at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent 
of the Holders of 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding 
Securities of each series affected thereby.  The Indenture also contains 
provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate 
principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on 
behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series, to waive 
compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and 
certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such 
consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding 
upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note 
issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in 
lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon 
this Note.

     No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of 
the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is 
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note 
at the time, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

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     As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein 
set forth, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Security 
Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Note for registration of 
transfer at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, 
The City of New York, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written 
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security 
Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or by his attorney duly 
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of authorized 
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to 
the designated transferee or transferees.

     The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in 
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.  As provided in 
the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Notes 
are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes as requested 
by the Holder surrendering the same.

     No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or 
exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover 
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

     Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the 
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat 
the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all 
purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the 
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

     All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall 
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

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                                ABBREVIATIONS

     The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of 
this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full 
according to applicable laws or regulations.

     TEN COM--as tenants in common

     UNIF      GIFT MIN ACT--..................  Custodian..................
                                (Cust)                        (Minor)
     
          Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act

          .................................
                    (State)
     
     TEN ENT--as tenants by the entireties
     JT TEN--as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in
             common

     Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
                                          



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                            ASSIGNMENT/TRANSFER FORM

      FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned Registered Holder hereby sell(s), 
assign(s) and transfer(s) unto (insert Taxpayer Identification No.) 
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of 
assignee) _____________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting 
and appointing _______________________________ attorney to transfer said Note 
on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated:____________________________         ____________________________________

          NOTICE:  The signature of the Registered Holder to this
          assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face
          of the within instrument in every particular, without alteration
          or enlargement or any change whatsoever.


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                             FACE OF GLOBAL NOTE

     Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of 
The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to Issuer or 
its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any 
certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other 
name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment 
is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an 
authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF 
FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the 
registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

REGISTERED                                                   REGISTERED
                                                             PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
CUSIP No. 892332 AH0                                         $100,000,000

                                                             CERTIFICATE NO. 2

                          TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORPORATION
                                5.50% NOTES DUE 2008

     TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORPORATION, a California corporation (hereinafter, 
the "Company," which term includes any successor corporation under the 
Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to 
pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of ONE HUNDRED 
MILLION DOLLARS on December 15, 2008, and to pay interest thereon from 
December 14, 1998 or from the most recent date on which interest has been 
paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on June 15 and December 15 (each, an 
"Interest Payment Date") in each year commencing June 15, 1999, and at 
maturity at the rate of  5.50% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid 
or duly made available for payment.

     Interest on this Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year 
of twelve 30-day months.

     The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any 
Interest Payment Date will as provided in the Indenture be paid to the Person 
in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered 
at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such Interest Payment 
Date, which shall be the June 1 or the December 1 (whether or not a Business 
Day) immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.  Any such interest 
which is payable, but not punctually paid or duly provided for on any 
Interest Payment Date, shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered 
Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may be paid to the Person in whose 
name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the 
close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted 
Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to the 
Holder of this Note not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, 
or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner, all as more fully 
provided in the Indenture.

     Payment of the principal of and interest on this Note will be made at 
the Office or Agency of the Company maintained by the Company for such 
purpose, in such coin or currency 

                                       



of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for 
payment of public and private debts; PROVIDED, however, that at the option of 
the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address 
of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security 
Register; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that AT THE OPTION OF THE COMPANY, the 
Holder of this Note shall be entitled to receive payments of principal of and 
interest on this Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds if 
appropriate wire transfer instructions have been received by the Trustee not 
less than 15 days prior to the applicable payment date.

     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set 
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes 
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

     This Note is one of a series of Securities designated under the 
Indenture as 5.50% Notes due 2008 (the "Notes").

     Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by or 
on behalf of The Chase Manhattan Bank, the Trustee under the Indenture, or 
its successor thereunder, by the manual signature of one of its authorized 
officers, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture 
or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
     
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly 
executed, manually or in facsimile, and an imprint or facsimile of its 
corporate seal to be imprinted hereon.

Dated:  December 14, 1998               TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORPORATION

[SEAL]                                  By:                                
                                           --------------------------------
                                           George E. Borst
                                           Senior Vice President and General
                                            Manager


Attest:

By:                                     
   --------------------------------
   Robert Pitts
   Secretary


CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the series
designated therein referred to in the 
within-mentioned Indenture.

THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
   as Trustee

By:                                     
   ---------------------------------
   Authorized Officer
                                          

                                       


                                       
                        TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORPORATION
                                          
                             5.50% NOTES DUE 2008

     This Note is one of a duly authorized series of the Securities 
(hereinafter called the "Securities") of the Company, issued and to be issued 
under an Indenture dated as of August 1, 1991, between the Company and The 
Chase Manhattan Bank as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as 
of October 1, 1991 among the Company, The Chase Manhattan Bank and Bankers 
Trust Company, pursuant to which The Chase Manhattan Bank acts as Trustee of 
the Securities (herein called the "Trustee," which term includes any 
successor Trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures 
supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the 
respective rights thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of 
the Securities and the terms upon which the Securities are to be 
authenticated and delivered.

     Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, the Securities will be 
issued in global form only registered in the name of The Depository Trust 
Company (the "Depositary") or its nominee.  The Securities will not be issued 
in definitive form, except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, and 
ownership of the Securities shall be maintained in book entry form by the 
Depositary for the accounts of participating organizations of the Depositary.

     This Note will not be subject to redemption before maturity by a sinking 
fund or otherwise.

     If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be 
continuing, the principal of all the Notes may be declared due and payable in 
the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

     The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the 
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the 
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be 
affected thereby at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent 
of the Holders of 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding 
Securities of each series affected thereby.  The Indenture also contains 
provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate 
principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on 
behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series, to waive 
compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and 
certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such 
consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding 
upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note 
issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in 
lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon 
this Note.

     No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of 
the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is 
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note 
at the time, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

                                      4



     As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein 
set forth, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Security 
Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Note for registration of 
transfer at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, 
The City of New York, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written 
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security 
Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or by his attorney duly 
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of authorized 
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to 
the designated transferee or transferees.

     The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in 
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.  As provided in 
the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Notes 
are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes as requested 
by the Holder surrendering the same.

     No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or 
exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover 
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

     Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the 
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat 
the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all 
purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the 
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

     All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall 
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

                                      5



                                 ABBREVIATIONS

     The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of 
this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full 
according to applicable laws or regulations.

     TEN COM--as tenants in common

     UNIF      GIFT MIN ACT--..............  Custodian...................
                               (Cust)                      (Minor)
     
          Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act

          .................................
                    (State)
     
     TEN ENT--as tenants by the entireties
     JT TEN--as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in
             common

     Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

                                      6



                            ASSIGNMENT/TRANSFER FORM

     FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned Registered Holder hereby sell(s), 
assign(s) and transfer(s) unto (insert Taxpayer Identification No.) 
_____________________________________________________________________________ 
_____________________________________________________________________________ 
_____________________________________________________________________________ 
(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of 
assignee)____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________ 
the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting 
and appointing _______________________________ attorney to transfer said Note 
on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated: ______________________________     __________________________________
 
          NOTICE:  The signature of the Registered Holder to this
          assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face
          of the within instrument in every particular, without alteration
          or enlargement or any change whatsoever.



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