This is one of the largest European production centers of Toyota and one of the rare French factories that assemble models of foreign brands: the Onnaing factory, in the north (59). After his arrival in the United Kingdom in the 1980s – the starting point for his future European conquests – In the 1990s and 2000s, Toyota expanded its network of assembly sites on the continent., with such impressive power as we know it. Excluding engine and spare parts factories, the brand now has 5 assembly sites in Europe: in Great Britain, Czech Republic, Turkey, Spain and France. withthen, in 2001, France became the sole European center for production of the Yaris city car. The first three generations were assembled there, and the current one broke a new record in March 2023, surpassing a symbolic milestone – 10 million Yaris produced in Onnaing!
Yaris, Mazda 2 hybrid and Yaris Cross
From 2022, the site also collects on behalf of Mazda (partner of Toyota) hybrid city car Mazda 2, modeled point by point on the Yaris. First of all, the first urban Toyota crossover (apart from the Urban Cruiser, which had a confidential career with us), cross Yaris, has been in production there since 2020, and it’s a hit! With 31,073 units sold in France in 2023, it ranked 11thd place in the overall rating, even doubling the Yaris, which found 28,835 buyers (16d place). But these are only French sales figures, because If we look at the number of units produced in 2023, 200,025 Yaris Crosses left the northern plantwhich is 24% more than in 2022. The success of a small crossover is what it represents now 73% of the plant’s output, far ahead of the historic Yaris…
A new production record in Onnaing
The excellent health of the model allowed Toyota increase factory production in 2023 : Yaris Cross, Yaris and Mazda 2 hybrid together, this 274,000 cars were produced there! A new record, surpassing 2007’s record of 262,000 units. Since last year The Toyota plant in Onnaing is the first French car plant, in front of the historic Peugeot site in Sochaux! In 2024, Toyota will expand the Yaris and Yaris Cross lineup with new versions to continue the development of this great success. Rodolphe Delaunay, Toyota’s senior vice president of manufacturing, said in the brand’s press release that he wanted to “repeat this great result.” 2024 is certainly a very good start for the Japanese manufacturer, which confirmed its status as world number 1 in 2023…
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Source: Auto Plus
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