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Toyota - COVID19 effects on European production


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The Toyota France plant that builds the Yaris and will build the new small SUV, will close for an indefinite period on Wednesday 18th March 2020.

The Toyota Caetano plant in Portugal (that builds the Land Cruiser 70 for markets outside Europe) will close for two weeks.

The Toyota plants in the Czech Republic (Aygo, PSA C1 and 108) and UK, Burnaston (Corolla hatchback and Touring Sports) will remain open.

The majority of staff at the Brussels HQ have been asked to work from home.

https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/toyota-stops-production-french-factory

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Latest Toyota news today 18 March via https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/toyota-suspends-european-production:

Toyota will shut all its plants in Europe over the course of this week due to the spread of coronavirus, the automaker said in a statement.

The plants affected are:

  • France: the Yaris plant in Valenciennes, which suspended operations on Tuesday.
  • UK: the Corolla plant in Burnaston and an engine plant in Deeside, which close on Wednesday.
  • Czech Republic: Toyota's small-car plant jointly run with PSA in Kolin from Thursday.
  • Turkey: C-HR assembly plant in Sakarya, which shuts down Saturday.
  • Poland: the e-CVT hybrid gearbox plant in Walbrzych and the hybrid engine plant in Jelcz-Laskowice from Wednesday.

(First posted in the Corolla forum.)

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  • 2 weeks later...

Toyota European plants, with the exception of Russia, will remain closed until 20th April at the earliest - see:

https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/toyotas-european-plants-remain-closed-until-april-20

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