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Toyota Announces 2006 North American Production Results


January 2007
 Filed under: TOYOTA CORPORATE Car News | TOYOTA CORPORATE Headlines

- Engine Production Reaches Record Level
- Vehicle Capacity to Increase 470,000 Units by 2008

ERLANGER, Ky., Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (TEMA) announced today that the company's North American manufacturing facilities produced 1,553,790 vehicles and 1,428,662 engines in 2006.

In North America, Toyota produces the Toyota Avalon, Toyota Camry, Toyota Camry Hybrid, Toyota Corolla, Toyota Matrix, Toyota Sequoia, Toyota Sienna, Toyota Solara, Toyota Tacoma, Toyota Tundra and Lexus RX 350.
Year-over-year, vehicle production was unchanged and engine production was up ten percent to reach a record level. Toyota is currently preparing for numerous start-up and expansion activities in North America that will increase vehicle capacity to two million units by 2008. This represents an additional 470,000 units of vehicle capacity in North America.

"This was a critical year for Toyota as we began production of the next generation Camry, the Camry Hybrid and commenced Tundra production in Texas," said Seiichi Sudo, president and COO of TEMA. "By 2008, Toyota's vehicle capacity will grow 33 percent as we follow our philosophy to build vehicles where we sell them."

This following is a breakdown of Toyota's capacity increase through 2008: * Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas (TMMTX) started operations in November 2006 and, when at full capacity, will be able to produce 200,000 units of Tundra pickup trucks per year. * Subaru Indiana Automotive, Inc. (SIA) will begin production of the Camry this spring and, when at full capacity, will be able to produce 100,000 units annually. * Toyota Motor Manufacturing de Baja California (TMMBC) will expand Tacoma truck capacity this year by 20,000 units for total vehicle capacity of 50,000 units annually. * Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada's (TMMC) Woodstock facility will begin production of the RAV4 in 2008 with capacity of 150,000 units annually. Additionally, Toyota anticipates the following projects to come on line in 2007: * Toyota Motor Manufacturing, West Virginia, Inc. (TMMWV) will produce an additional 240,000 automatic transmissions for total annual capacity of 600,000 automatic transmissions per year. * Bodine Aluminum, Inc.'s Jackson, Tennessee plant will increase capacity to build one million engine blocks and 270,000 cast aluminum transmission cases and housings. In 2006, the following projects were completed: * TMMWV began producing gears for automatic transmissions. * Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. (TMMK) began production of the next generation Camry and the Camry Hybrid - Toyota's first hybrid produced in North America. * TMMTX began production of the next generation Tundra pickup truck. * Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Alabama, Inc. (TMMAL) increased V8 engine production and has the capacity to produce 120,000 V8 and 130,000 V6 engines annually. Toyota North American Vehicle Production - 2006 Manufacturing Site Model # Units Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. Avalon 100,014 (TMMK) Camry 358,544 Camry Hybrid 4,249 Solara 41,078 Total 503,885 New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. Corolla 199,534 (NUMMI)* Tacoma 170,765 Total 370,299 Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada, Inc. Corolla 161,555 (TMMC) Matrix 78,939 RX 350 76,939 Total 317,433 Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, Inc. Tundra 118,062 (TMMI) Sequoia 33,917 Sienna 172,211 Total 324,190 Toyota Motor Manufacturing de Baja California Tacoma 34,465 (TMMBC) Total 34,465 Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas, Inc. Tundra 3,518 (TMMTX) Total 3,518 Total 2006 North American Vehicle Production* 1,544,790 * Total does not include General Motors vehicles built at New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI), a joint-venture between Toyota and General Motors in Fremont, California. In 2006, NUMMI manufactured 58,344 Pontiac Vibe vehicles. Toyota North American Engine Production - 2006 Manufacturing Site Engine # Units Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. 4-cylinder 338,933 (TMMK) V6 161,537 Total 500,470 Toyota Motor Manufacturing, West Virginia, 4-cylinder 238,032 Inc. V6 196,816 (TMMWV) Total 434,848 Automatic Transmission Total 390,245 Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada, Inc. 4-cylinder (TMMC) (assembly) 231,302 Total 231,302 Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Alabama, Inc. V6 (TMMAL) (assembly) 145,290 V8 116,752 Total 262,042 Total 2006 North American Engine Production 1,428,662

In addition to the above mentioned plants, Bodine Aluminum, Inc., in Jackson, Tennessee and Troy and St. Louis, Missouri, cast aluminum parts such as cylinder heads, intake manifolds, engine brackets and engine blocks. TABC, Inc. in Long Beach, California, manufactures truck beds, catalytic converters, stamping parts, coated substrates and steering columns, along with Hino Trucks. Canadian Autoparts Toyota, Inc. (CAPTIN) in Delta, British Columbia, produces aluminum wheels.

Toyota's North American vehicle and engine production - five year history: Year Vehicle Production YOY Change 2006 1,553,790 Unchanged 2005 1,558,895 8% 2004 1,443,889 13% 2003 1,278,359 6% 2002 1,205,486 11% Year Engine Production YOY Change 2006 1,428,662 10% 2005 1,295,227 2% 2004 1,273,437 15% 2003 1,112,074 12% 2002 988,678 40%

Toyota (NYSE:TM) established operations in North America in 1957. By 2008, Toyota will have the annual capacity to build about two million cars and trucks in 15 plants across North America. There are more than 1,700 Toyota, Lexus and Scion dealerships in North America, which sell more than 2.8 million vehicles a year. Toyota directly employs nearly 40,000 people in North America. Toyota's investment in North America is currently valued at more than $17.6 billion.

Source: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

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