The Toyota Yaris Cross remains the most produced car in France in 2023
- Toyota has an assembly plant in the north of France, built in 1999. This factory located in Onnaing, which takes the name Toyota Motor Manufacturing France, has started producing the Yaris (B segment sedan) first generation in 2001. Today, we are in the fourth generation of the Yaris, but most of it is produced now in the Czech factory of Kolin, where the Aygo X is also produced. The end of the Peugeot 108 and Citroën C1 (which were clones of the Toyota Aygo) freed up capacities in Kolin and made the transfer of the Yaris possible. The Onnaing factory not having sufficient production capacity to fully produce the Yaris and the Yaris Cross at the same time, the new one being a SUV-type car launched in 2021 and derived from the fourth generation of Yaris.
- A third car has arrived on the assembly lines of the Onnaing factory, it is the Mazda 2 which is a rebranded fourth generation Toyota Yaris.
- In total, the Toyota Onnaing factory produced 273,788 vehicles in 2023, a new production record, the previous dating back to 2007 with 262,243 vehicles. This volume is broken down in 200,025 Yaris Cross – which therefore remains by far the most produced car in France of all brands in 2023 – and 73,763 Toyota Yaris/Mazda 2.
- Note that 91.4% of cars produced in Onnaing in 2023 are equipped with full hybrid engines (FHEV), a proportion that has been constantly increasing for around ten years. For the Yaris Cross, 95% are FHEVs.