Toyota Motor Manufacturing Russia was one of Toyota's vehicle production bases in Europe. It was located in Shushary, Saint Petersburg, Russia, and it manufactured the Camry and the RAV4.[1]

History

On 14 June 2005, the construction of the new plant began and it opened on 21 December 2007 with the production of the sixth generation Toyota Camry.[2] On 1 March 2022, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Toyota announced that their plant will close and all activity will be suspended.[3] On 23 September 2022, Toyota officially closed the TMMR plant.[4]

Production

References

  1. ^ "Production Of The New Toyota Rav4 Begins In Russia". All Cars Channel. Archived from the original on 2019-08-04. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  2. ^ "Toyota unveils new car plant for booming Russian market". Forbes. 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2010-12-11.[dead link]
  3. ^ "Toyota orders all its employees in Russia to return to Japan". Asahi. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Toyota Motor to close its factory in Russia". Reuters. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.

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