As always, Toyota hasn't commented on the matter, but this is no surprise, given the fact that the Japanese brand has always refused to provide information on its production plans.
In the United States, Toyota posted a 7.3 percent sales decrease in November as compared to the same month of the previous year, selling a total of 129,317 units. The Toyota Division alone delivered 111,077 units, which represents a 3.6 percent drop from November 2009.
But this doesn't mean that Toyota doesn't have expansion plans for the future. India for example, the country that recently received the company's new Etios, will be the host of several investments to be made by the Japanese carmaker, most of them aimed at increasing capacity at the local plant. Furthermore, Toyota intends to open a new plant in the country, that would be able to enhance production models assembled locally.
“Construction costs as well as raw material prices have increased in the past few years due to the hike in petroleum prices, we remain committed to our investment in the Indian plant,” managing director Hiroshi Nakagawa said earlier this year when Toyota was still sketching plans for India. “We tried to control the cost by implementing ‘Kaizan’ and we have been successful to a great extent. The second plant will commence production on schedule in December 2010.”
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