Toyota's line of engine/body mashups continues, this time with their upcoming Mazda2-based subcompact powered by Mazda's SkyActiv engine family.
Automotive News reports the subcompact, set to replace the current Yaris by 2016 at the latest, will be assembled alongside the new Mazda2 at Mazda's newly opened Salamanca, Mexico factory. Approximately 50,000 of the factory's total annual output of 230,000 units will be allocated to Toyota for the subcompact, with the SkyActiv transplant assembled on-site.
Though few details regarding either subcompact have been released, Mazda's partnership with Toyota will allow the former to achieve greater economies of scale for the factory by supplying engines and possibly other SkyActiv-related components to Toyota.
Production for Toyota's subcompact is set to begin next year, while Mazda2 production may begin as soon as the second half of 2014.
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