Toyota in Europe

ED 2 ED 2 2006 Production (Calendar Year)2005 Production (Calendar Year)TMMTCorolla Sedan + WagonCorolla Verso61,09896,805TMMTCorolla Sedan + WagonCorolla Verso83,03193,657Total 157,903Total 176,688TMUKAvensisCorolla Hatchback156,157108,212TMUKAvensisCorolla Hatchback147,606134,270Total 264,369TMMF Yaris 180,596Total 180,596TPCA* AYGO 35,514Total 35,514Total 281,876TMMF Yaris 249,462Total 249,462TPCA* AYGO 100,437Total 100,437Total 638,382Total 808,463Number of cars manufactured in Europe* a joint venture between Toyota Motor Corporation and PSA Peugeot Citroën.Of course, Toyota maintains relations with nearly 300 independent European suppliers as well. In total, the companyspends over €5,1 billion annually with its European suppliers.Designing for EuropeToyota has always understood that Europeans want carsdesigned for Europe. With this in mind, in 2000, Toyotacreated its European Design and Development centre(ED 2 ) in southern France, and initial results have provenhighly successful. The Toyota Corolla, designed and builtin Europe, was named Car of the Year 2002 by “What Car”magazine, an automotive consumer magazine in the UK.The Toyota Avensis was also crafted by the ED 2 team,and is the first European Toyota to be exported to Japan.Still other projects are on ED 2 ’s drawing board.Toyota in Europe | 17