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Toyota to build Yaris in France for North America

Discussion in 'Other Cars' started by cwerdna, Jun 26, 2012.

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Inteesting, I first heard about Toyota to build Yaris in France for North America from The GM Plant That Refuses To Die, Searching For Mr. Scarce Car, And A Dealer Leaks Accord Deets.

From Autoblog:

Toyota has already made it abundantly clear the company intends to scale back production in Japan in an attempt to combat the ever-strengthening Yen, and now it looks as if we know one of the ways the automaker plans to do so. Toyota has announced it will manufacture U.S. and Canadian-spec Yaris models in its Onnaing-Valenciennes facility in France. The plant has been producing the Yaris hatchback for European buyers since 2001, though this marks the first time in Toyota history that the automaker has built a vehicle in Europe and imported the model to the States...
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#1 cwerdna, Jun 26, 2012

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