Boost for Toyota Deeside as carmaker announces next generation Auris will be built in the UK

Toyota has announced this morning it is to build its third generation Auris in the UK’s.

The new model which is known as the Corolla outside of Europe will be built at the carmakers Burnaston factory in Derbyshire,

Most of the engines for the new Auris will be produced at its engine factory on Deeside Industrial Estate which will secure 3,000 jobs across the two sites.

The new model will be built on the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) platform and will receive its worldwide premiere at the Geneva Motor Show on March 6th

The decision follows Toyota’s announcement it is to invest £240 million in its Burnaston plant last March which will se new equipment, technologies and systems to enable manufacture of vehicles on the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) platform.

Mark Tami MP welcomed the announcement and said;

“This is fantastic show of faith in the capabilities of Toyota’s UK manufacturers. There is a lot of uncertainty in the UK economy at the moment but this sort of commitment is exactly what we need both locally and nationally.

Alyn and Deeside is an ever improving area and Toyota is a big part of our local economy.

I was recently at the Deeside plant’s 25th anniversary of building engines, and with announcements like this, here’s to another 25 years of successful manufacturing.”

Announcing the news on a visit to Burnaston, Dr. Johan van Zyl, TME President and CEO, said,

“Producing TNGA based vehicles locally is a key part of our plan to strengthen the global competitiveness of our plants.

Today’s announcement that we will manufacture the new Auris at Burnaston, with most engines to be supplied from Deeside, shows our confidence in the skills and capabilities of our TMUK members.”

As a company, we are doing what we can to secure the competitiveness of our UK operations as a leading manufacturing centre for our European business.

With around 85% of our UK vehicle production exported to European markets, continued free and frictionless trade between the UK and Europe will be vital for future success.”

Marvin Cooke, Toyota Manufacturing UK Managing Director, said,

“This is excellent news for TMUK, our local stakeholders and British automotive manufacturing. It signals Toyota’s trust in TMUK’s ability to build ever-better cars for our customers.

The introduction of a new model based on the TNGA platform is a big responsibility and we are committed to building vehicles and engines of the highest quality, at the best cost.

We will constantly improve our productivity and competitiveness to help secure a bright future for TMUK.”