Toyota issued a press release on the official website of the 2020 March 24, said that as the new crown outbreak of pneumonia resulting in decreased foreign car market demand, will be from April 3 to temporarily shut down seven new car’s five new car manufacturing plant production line, currently scheduled closing time vary according to each of the factory production line, closing time was 9 days ranging, but will also reduce Toyota Prius cars include two working days to Toyota 4Runner cars and Lexus brand cars Department of exports.
According to overseas media reported that Toyota this back to Japan temporarily closed after part of a new car production line, cut the number of vehicles is about 36,000, and the temporary closure of the production line factory is located in Aichi include Toyota, Japan’s Takaoka plant, Tsutsumi factory, and the factory is located in Tahara Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, in addition located in Fukuoka miyawaka Toyota plant in Kyushu, as well as the production of Hino and Toyota brand cars paragraph Amemura factory.
in which the Takaoka plant responsible for the production model for the RAV4, Corolla sedans, station wagons and other vehicles, the new car is expected to shut down one of the two production lines, a total of three days. The embankment factory mainly produces include the Prius, the Prius PHV, Corolla hatchback models, Camry and Lexus ES Hybrid cars, new cars will be discontinued two production lines count three working days.
Tahara plant in addition to the production of the Toyota brand 4Runner and Prado cars, the other are all Lexus brand models, including the GS, LC, LS, NX, IS and RC car system, Tahara plant will stop No. 1 and No. 3 car production line downtime respectively 7 and 8 days (excluding holidays). Toyota Lexus Kyushu plant the production CT 200h, NX and UX cars, downtime is 3 to 15 April.