Subaru will cease the production of the Toyota Camry by the end of 2016
- Following the agreements between both manufacturers and because of insufficient capacity to produce the Camry (the best-selling passenger car in the United States), since 2007 Toyota has a production capacity of 100 000 vehicles per year in the U.S. Subaru plant located in Lafayette, Indiana (which has a total production capacity of 270 000 units per year).
- The contract running for five years was renewed in 2012, but will not be renewed in 2017, according to the decision taken by Subaru. Subaru which has raised high expectations for the U.S. market (sales have doubled in four years), now wants to use 100% of the production capacity of its plant in Lafayette.
- Subaru wants to produce other models of its own brand on site, such as the Forester, Impreza and XV and its adventurer version, currently imported from Japan.
- Subaru plans to sell 500 000 vehicles in the United States in 2016, against 425 000 in 2013 and 340 000 in 2012. Currently, most models come from Japan (255 000 in 2013 out of 425 000 total sales). The manufacturer wants to reduce the volume of imports from Japan, like other Japanese carmakers.
- Toyota will in turn repatriate the Camry from the Subaru plant to one of its U.S. plants or build a new plant in order to produce this model.
