Toyota reorganises the production of its models in Europe
- In 2019, just under 800,000 passenger cars and light utility vehicles (PC+LUV) have been produced in Europe under the Toyota brand (including Turkey). Toyota's first production site in Europe is located in Adapazari, Turkey, which has produced around 250,000 units from its plant, mainly CHR (93% of production) and at a smaller scale, Corolla. France is the second Toyota production site in Europe with the production of the Toyota Yaris with nearly 224,000 units in Onnaing, to which has to be added the PROACE LUV produced by PSA in Valenciennes. Great Britain produces around 140,000 units (in 2019) of the Toyota Corolla (in Burnaston). Finally, the Kolin plant (Czech Rep.) produced around 100,000 units of the Aygo, a factory where the Peugeot 108 and Citroën C1 are also produced. More anecdotally, it should be noted that the Toyota Supra is produced in the Magna Steyr factory in Graz (Austria), while the Portuguese factory in Ovar produces the Dyna LUV and some units of the Land Cruiser for export.
- Toyota has announced the production of a segment B SUV at the Onnaing site (a suburb of Valenciennes - France). This SUV, based on the new TNGA platform, which also equips the 4th generation of the Toyota Yaris, could be unveiled at the next Paris Motor Show, for a SOP in late 2020-early 2021.
The arrival of this model in the he French plant will cause a partial reorganisation of Toyota's production in Europe.
The arrival of this model in the he French plant will cause a partial reorganisation of Toyota's production in Europe.
- Indeed, with the production of this new SUV, part of the production of the Yaris will be transferred to Kolin. The objective announced by Toyota for the Onnaing site is to reach 300,000 production units with these two models. For the Kolin site, the production of part of the Toyota Yaris alongside the Toyota Aygo will be followed by the gradual end of the Peugeot 108 and Citroën C1 until the end of 2021 (according to the Inovev scenario). Toyota Aygo which could be replaced after 2021 by a new BEV of A segment.
- In the long term, Inovev forecasts that the Toyota B segment SUV could reach 175,000 units per year (in a high scenario), while the Yaris could see its production return to a level of 200,000 units also (high scenario), including 100,000 in Onnaing and 100,000 units in the Czech Republic. Consequently, the Onnaing plant could reach a production level of 275,000 units in 2025, while the Kolin plant would reach a production of 150,000 units in the same period (including 100,000 for the Yaris and 50,000 for the future electric Aygo).
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