Mazda will start production at its new Mexico factory in January 2014
- Inovev estimates that Mazda will produce 1,2 million vehicles (PC+LUV) worldwide in 2013. 76% of this production being located in Japan. In order to decrease its exports from Japan to North America and increase its production efficiency, Mazda has decided, in 2011 to construct a new plant in Mexico. Indeed, nearly half of the Mazda production on the Japanese soil goes to North America.
- This new plant, located at Salamanca city, will start its production in January 2014 with an annual capacity of 140 000 units, and will produce Mazda2 and Mazda3 (90 000 units for the 2 vehicles) but also a vehicle for Toyota.
This Toyota vehicle, a sub-compact car based on the Mazda2, will start to be produced around the summer of 2015 (50 000 units per year).
This Toyota vehicle, a sub-compact car based on the Mazda2, will start to be produced around the summer of 2015 (50 000 units per year).
- The production capacity of the plant will then rise to 230,000 units in 2016.
- Mazda models produced in the Mexican plant will sign the return of the Japanese carmaker to North America, after Mazda6 production was moved back to Japan last year.
