Toyota Ramps Up Exports. From Europe and America

Toyota started shipping French-made Yaris compact cars to customers in North America for the first time this month. Last year, Toyota expressed intentions to do so and said it would be around 25,000 units per year. The Yaris is made at Toyota's Onnaing-Valenciennes plant in France, from where it is shipped to the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Quebec accounting for 65% of Yaris' Canadian sales, and with this, "a warm welcome will be assured for this 'Made in France' vehicle," Seiji Ichii, CEO of Toyota Canada, said. The Yaris accounted for nearly 22 percent of Toyota's total European sales in 2012, with 182,841 vehicles, Toyota told Reuters. When you think Toyota, you think export from Japan, but this is changing. This year, Toyota will ship U.S.-made Venza to Russia and China, said The Nikkei [sub]. Toyota will ship 4,000 Venza to Russia, 1,000 to Ukraine, and "several thousand" to China. By 2014, Toyota expects to be exporting 150,000 vehicles a year from the U.S., 20 percent more than in 2012. In December, TTAC reported that transplants export cars in surprising numbers. BMW exported 70 percent of the 276,000 cars it built 2011 in Spartanburg, SC, helping South Carolina overtake Michigan as the No. 1 exporter of automobiles. Mercedes-Benz exports half of its cars made at its Birmingham, Ala. plant to countries outside NAFTA. Honda wants to become a net exporter of American made vehicles. from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com

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