Toyota will produce the future Auris in the UK but abandons the Avensis
- Toyota has announced that it will produce the future Auris (C-segment sedan), scheduled for 2018, in the UK, as is the current generation, despite the Brexit. Toyota believes that the British authorities will put in place a transition plan for Brexit, which is expected to last several years and which should fully or largely cover the life cycle of the future Auris, remembering that the life cycle of the current Auris is six years.
- On the other hand, it seems that the Avensis (D -segment sedan ) will not be replaced, or at least that its replacement will not be produced in the UK. It is true that sales of this model in Europe have declined significantly in recent years, from 120,000 units in 2005 to 33,500 in 2016. And the forecast for 2017 is less than 30,000 units.
- D-segment sedans have declined significantly among all manufacturers, victims of SUV competition, whose sales have increased significantly in the last ten years.
- Among the Japanese, Honda ceased the European production of the Accord in 2002, Mitsubishi that of Carisma in 2003 and Nissan that of the Primera in 2007. Toyota was the last Japanese to produce and market this type of sedan in Europe.
- Toyota will concentrate its European production on the Auris (UK ), the Yaris (France), the Aygo (Czech Republic) and the CHR (Turkey) since it seems that the minivan Verso will not be replaced.
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