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Where is Toyota Prado made? Which countries produce Toyota cars, factories in Russia

Probably, today everyone knows that Japan is the birthplace of the Toyota family. The popularity of this brand is so great that the owners of the company from 1966 to 2012 produced more than forty million cars in other countries. The geography of production of Toyota cars is constantly increasing. Today, the concern has 52 automobile plants abroad.

This popular brand produced and assembled in many European countries. Factories have been built in Great Britain, Canada, and many countries of the African continent. Everywhere, in any country where Toyota is assembled, the requirements for the quality of manufactured products are the same. This is one of the main reasons why this brand has not lost its prestige among owners for many years.

In Japan, production has been launched at the factories in Takaoka and Tsutsumi. Takaoka is one of the largest companies in the world. The turnover of this company is more than 6 million cars per year. There are more than 280,000 workers employed in this production. This plant is the main supplier of Toyota for Russia and its regions.

Tsutsumi is also a major center where Corolla models are assembled. This plant provides an opportunity for workers from Russia to undergo training and internships. This company produces and others Toyota models.


Cars Toyota Corolla collected in Japan are noticeably different in their quality. An experienced specialist without much stress will immediately distinguish the European assembly from the Japanese one. These differences are found in salons, engines, gearboxes. Unfortunately, cars in the regions of the Russian Federation are delivered without heated seats, and this causes certain inconveniences when operating in areas with a cold climate.

Today, due to the increased cost of Corolla, the release of this model in Japan is curtailed. Increase the cost of this machine does not allow a lot of competition. Therefore, the concern's managers are looking for other countries to continue the production of this popular model.

Car production in Turkey

For many years, owners and just fans of this model were interested in where the Toyota Corolla is assembled, which is operated in Russia and neighboring countries. Most of these cars come to us from Turkey. The city of Sakarya became automobile Toyota center in Turkey. It is expected that in 2015 the threshold of 150,000 cars produced will be exceeded. They assemble and deliver cars to more than 50 countries.

Turkey and Japan have long been partners in the production of these machines. Their cooperation began back in 1996 with the assembly of the seventh Toyota generations. The pace of production and assembly at this plant remains high, which makes it one of the best in Europe.

Car production in England

The history of the Bernaston car factory in England began back in 1989, and three years later the first Toyota Corolla left the factory gates. Today, this British company produces steel body parts, produces various panels and bumpers from plastic, and also assembles other Toyota models.


Production in St. Petersburg

Japan and Russia began their cooperation in establishing the production of Toyota Corolla between Japan and Russia with the construction of a plant in 2005. The Leningrad region was chosen as a place for the construction of a car assembly plant. This place was Shushary, where the first Toyota Corolla was assembled in 2007.


The company employs about 2 thousand people. Workers undergo training and internships at automobile production facilities in Japan. The workshops produce welding, painting of Corolla bodies, and they are also assembled to full working capacity. The quality of products is subject to requirements similar to factories in Japan. In 2013 alone, more than 35,000 cars left the gates of the company.

Where collect Toyota Prado, where the SUV is produced, which countries are assembling the model Toyota Prado in 2015, where cars are assembled for the Russian market.

Where collect Toyota Prado

Where collect Toyota Prado

When it comes to outdoor activities, many car fans remember the Toyota Prado. Since, it is this vehicle that is most suitable for overcoming off-road. The manufacturer “stuffed” this car with a huge number of different “goodies”, therefore, when driving a Toyota Prado, you don’t know what to expect from it. The "Japanese" was also loved by Russian consumers. After all, this SUV is ideal for use on Russian roads at any time of the year. But despite excellent technical capabilities cars, many people wonder where Toyota is assembled Prado for the Russian market? In 2013, an enterprise was opened in the Far East of Russia to assemble the famous Japanese SUV Toyota Land Cruiser Prado for the domestic market of the country.

From that time to this day, the assembly assembly of this car model has been established at the plant in Vladivostok. At the enterprise, only the installation of large units is carried out, which are supplied from Japan already assembled. Although Russian consumers dreamed that the price of a domestically assembled car would be lower, nevertheless, it remained the same as for a Japanese-made car. The production of Toyota Prado in Russia was aimed exclusively at the Russian car market, therefore, many expected that the cost of the car would be lower than the factory version. But, this did not happen, the price remained the same. In the Russian Federation they sell Prado, both domestic and Japanese assembly.

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The real, thoroughbred Toyota Prado SUV is assembled in Japan at the Tahara plant. It produces cars exclusively for the domestic market of the country of the Rising Sun.

In addition to this SUV model, models are assembled here: RAV4 and TLC. Also, in China there is a place where Toyota Prado is produced, at Sichuan FAV Toyota Motors Co. Ltd. Two complete sets of an SUV are produced here:

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Characteristics and prices for Russian Toyota Prado

For Russian consumer an SUV is offered in five- and seven-seat versions. But, a seven-seater car is sold only in an expensive configuration - "Sport" and "Lux". Versions such as: "Prestige", "Elegance", "Standard" and "Comfort" are cheaper and have only two rows of seats.

The five-seater Prado has a trunk volume of 621 liters (and with the seats folded down - 934 liters). This "Japanese" is equipped with two gasoline and one turbodiesel units. The base is a four-cylinder 2.7-liter engine that produces 163 Horse power power. There is also an SUV with a six-cylinder 4.0-liter gasoline unit with a power of 282 hp But the diesel 3.0-liter engine produces 190 hp of power. The quality and price depend on where the Toyota Prado is produced. vehicle. The minimum cost of a car of this model in the "Standart" version starts from 1,723,000 rubles. This car is equipped with a manual gearbox and a 2.7 liter engine. An SUV with a four-cylinder engine and a leather interior will cost the Russian buyer 2,605,000 rubles.

Breaking the pattern: in Europe, obsessed with small economical cars, Toyota held the world premiere of a frame SUV. This is still the same Prado of the J150 series, which has been produced since 2009 and is well known to Russian buyers, but has already survived the second modernization. And technical changes in the car at least: frame, suspension, steering and even power units remained untouched.

The Japanese made the main emphasis on design. Farewell, tears on the headlights: with a new design of the front end and a raised hood, the Prado looks more solid than its predecessor and resembles the older one Land cruiser 200. There are new taillights with LED brake lights and redesigned wheels with a diameter of 17 or 18 inches. The length of the SUV has grown by 60 mm (up to 4840 mm), and ground clearance- unchanged 215 mm. A short three-door version has also been preserved in the range, but it is sold in a limited number of markets.

The interior has been seriously redesigned, although the overall architecture of the front fascia is familiar. A modified instrument cluster - with a 4.2-inch color display. There are new steering wheel and fully push-button climate control. The layout of the off-road functions control unit has been changed: the rocker switches have disappeared, and a large washer is now responsible for controlling the transmission. Fresh media system Toyota Touch 2 - with an eight-inch display and advanced functionality.

Among the options now are ventilation of the front seats, electric heating of the second row, windshield and washer nozzles, as well as new system all-round view from the “two hundred”, which has a “transparent hood” mode: the front camera captures the road three meters in front of the car, and when the car is in this place, transfers the image to the screen, drawing the position of the wheels and the contours of the SUV. When turned on reverse gear side mirrors now automatically change the angle of inclination.

The engines are the same: this is a 2.8 turbodiesel (177 hp), a 2.7 petrol “four” (163 hp), as well as an aspirated V6 4.0, which nominally develops the previous 282 hp, but specifically for Russia it was deformed to tax-beneficial 249 "horses". The main gearbox is a six-speed "automatic", but the basic versions also have a "mechanics": we have this five speed box for cars with a 2.7 engine, and in Europe - a six-speed for diesel versions. The three existing driving electronics modes (Eco, Normal and Sport) are complemented by new Sport S and Sport S + presets that change the settings for the steering, automatic and optional adaptive suspension.

transmission with constant all-wheel drive and downshifting has not changed, while electronic system Multi-terrain Select, which is supposed to be expensive versions, has appeared auto mode. In other words, Pradik remained an honest all-terrain vehicle, for which Russian buyers love him.

The production of updated SUVs has already begun in Japan, sales will start soon. Including on Russian market: the cars will arrive at dealers before the end of the year. The pre-reform Prado costs from 1 million 997 thousand rubles, although versions with “mechanics” cannot be found on sale, and prices for cars with “automatic” start from 2 million 672 thousand. updated version will inevitably rise in price - including in order to free up a price niche for a junior SUV.

Assembly line for Land Cruiser SUVs in Takhar, output of finished products.

Countries and factories where it was produced Toyota Land Cruiser, not counting the main plant in Japan in Tahara and Khonsha.

  1. Brazil (Porto Feliz, São Paulo) - Toyota do Brasil Ltda. (TDB) 1959.
  2. Malaysia (Selangor) -Assembly Services Sdn. bhd. (ASSB), since February 1968.
  3. Kenya (Mombasa) - Associated Vehicle Assemblers Ltd. (AVA)since September 1977.
  4. Venezuela (Caracas) - Toyota de Venezuela Compania Anonima(TDV), from 1963 to 2009.*
  5. Bangladesh (Dhaka) -Aftab Automobiles Ltd., since June 1982.
  6. Colombia (Costado) -Sociedad de Fabricacion de Automotores S.A., since March 1992.
  7. Vietnam (Putang) -Toyota Motor Vietnam Co., Ltd. (TMV), since August 1998.
  8. China ( Tanjin) - Tianjin FAW Toyota Motor Co.,Ltd (TFTM), since November 2002.
  9. China ( Chengdu, Sichuan Province)- Sichuan Toyota Motor Co.,Ltd (SFTM) with FAW-Toyota since May 2006.
  10. Portugal (Ovar, Aiveru District)- Toyota Salvador Caetano since July 2015.

* In early 2010, Toyote had to close the Caracas plant and curtail production, where four models were produced: Land Cruiser 80, 70, Toyota Hilux and Toyota Corolla .

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I will now tell you about the plant in Takhar.


The plant is located incity ​​of Yoshiwara. Engaged in this "Toyota Auto Body Co., LTD."(previously called "Araco") Founded 31 August 1945. The plot area is 2103300 m². In 2007company "Gifu Auto Body Co, Ltd." becomes subsidiary"Toyota Auto Body Co, Ltd."

Headquarters.


Direct assembly complex for Land Cruiser and Coaster - models were assembled nearby (Honsha Plant).

Some suggest that all Land Cruisers were assembled at Auto Arakawa Ltd (now Toyota Auto Body Co, Ltd), but in fact in the 60s long wheelbase versions such as the FJ35V and FJ45V were made onfactory "Gifu Auto Body Co, Ltd." That is, they were assembled at the factory trucks,because at that time it was big demand for wagons.

Chassis parking. Assemble the chassis with the engine separately for 580 units. In the background is a chassis from a Lexus LX. Next, the loader carries the frame to the assembly line.

A sheet of metal of the required length is unwound from the drum.

Then the body is welded and painted.

What Toyota models are assembled in Russia, many know. This is Toyota Camry and Land Cruiser Prado. One of them is a sedan, quite comfortable, and at the same time has affordable price. The second is a frame SUV, which represents power and comfort.

It is equipped with the latest technology.

Production of Toyota Camry at the St. Petersburg plant

In 2005, Toyota entered into an agreement with the Russian government to build car factory in St. Petersburg, more precisely in its industrial area. Production started in 2007. The product was the Toyota Camry. The volume of production began with 20 thousand cars, and in the future it was planned to increase this figure to 300 thousand cars a year. Produced cars were intended for the Russian market.

But this never happened and production began to decline over time.

So, for the first half of 2014, only a little more than 13 thousand cars were produced. For the same period in 2013, it was issued by 1.5% more cars. Where are they, these 300,000 cars that the manufacturers were counting on? Toyota Camry cars, in order to maintain sales volume, began to be delivered to Kazakhstan and Belarus. At the very beginning, more than 150 million dollars were invested in this project.

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More recently, Toyota has completed the creation of new stamping shops. It is also calculated that in a few years the assembly of the Rav 4 crossover will begin at the St. Petersburg plant. True, there is reason to doubt the effectiveness of this company whether everything will turn out the same as with the Toyota Camry. Many did not like the build quality carried out in Russia.

Release of Toyota Land Cruiser Prado in Vladivostok

In 2013, the assembly of the world-famous SUV Toyota Land Cruiser Prado began in the Far East. The price of the car remained the same as on Japanese assembly this car. The volume of production planned for the next year should be 25,000 cars a year.

Whether it succeeds, time will tell.

Toyota production in Russia was aimed at the Russian automotive market. And many were counting on a reduction in the price of models assembled in our country. Which, unfortunately, did not happen, in particular with the Toyota Land Cruiser Prado. But, despite this, many Russian motorists, who are allowed financial opportunities for this, give their preference to this frame SUV. He is able to best emphasize the style and wealth of the car owner.

Toyota's motto Drive the dream, in relation to the Land Cruiser Prado, unfortunately, is not available to many.