Toyota plans to close its Burnaston plant
- A few weeks before the introduction of Brexit, Toyota announced that it could close its British plant in Burnaston if the agreement between the European Union and Great Britain was not satisfactory for their business. The Burnaston plant is currently manufacturing the Toyota Corolla, in its sedan and station wagon versions, since the Avensis and Auris were stopped at the end of last year. According to Inovev, the Toyota Corolla could be transferred to another Toyota Corolla site in Europe, probably the Kolin site in the Czech Republic, since this plant that currently produces the Toyota Aygo, Peugeot 108 and Citroën C1 will stop the two French cars in two years, in 2021.
- It is also possible that Toyota will proceed in the same way as Honda with the Civic, i.e. it will decide to bring the production of the Corolla back to Japan where it is already produced. It would then be exported to Europe from Japan. In 2018, the Toyota Auris (of which Corolla is the heir) sold 92,500 units in Europe.
- The closure of the Toyota plant in Burnaston, if confirmed, would be bad news for the British automotive industry as it would add to the closure of the Honda plant in Swindon (scheduled for 2021), the reduction in capacity at the Nissan plant in Sunderland, Jaguar Land Rover's announcement to transfer part of its production to Slovakia and BMW's threat to export the Mini's production to the Netherlands.
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