Toyota Motor Manufacturing France S.A.S., or better known under its

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TMMF, is the French automobile manufacturing division of

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ese automaker

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located in

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near the city of

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. The company was founded in 1998 as a

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of Toyota Motor Europe N/V S/A. The construction of the new plant began in 1999 and was completed one year later. The production started on 31 January 2001 with the small car

Toyota Yaris The is a supermini/ subcompact car sold by Toyota since 1999, replacing the Starlet and Tercel. Up to 2019, Toyota had used the Yaris nameplate on export versions of various Japanese-market models, with some markets receiving the same vehicl ...

. Both models were facelifted in 2003. With the launch of the second generation in 2005, the production of the Yaris Verso discontinued. Since April 2002, the French plant is manufacturing D-4D

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s with direct injection and

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technology. A few months later the first D-CAT diesel engine were produced. In November, Toyota increased the production capacity of its French plant from 100,000 to 184,000 units per year. This necessitated the change to the three-shift operation. In July, the 500,000th Yaris left the factory. At the same time Toyota raised its annual production to 270,000 units a year. The millionth Yaris, already in second generation, rolled off the assembly line in December 2006 and in 2016 the three-millionth Yaris was produced. Furthermore, the TMMF operates since September 2005 its own training center known as the ''Centre de Formation''. So the TMMF is one of the important regional training organizations in the

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area. A total of 3,732 employees working on the 233

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site for the TMMF. In May 2011, Toyota stopped production of the French Yaris model of the second generation which was replaced by the identical

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. However, the official successor is the Toyota Yaris of the third generation which is also manufactured in France. In June 2012, Toyota announced that it would move production of the Toyota Yaris for the

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n market from Japan to France. The company expects annual exports to total 25,000 units.

Current production

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July 2020 – present File:Toyota Yaris Cross Hybrid Auto Zuerich 2021 IMG 0430.jpg, Toyota Yaris Cross (XP210)
July 2021 – present * Mazda2 Hybrid (December 2021 – present)

Former production

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January 2001 – November 2005 File:Toyota Yaris front 20081204.jpg,

Toyota Yaris (XP90) The is a supermini/subcompact car sold by Toyota since 1999, replacing the Starlet and Tercel. Up to 2019, Toyota had used the Yaris nameplate on export versions of various Japanese-market models, with some markets receiving the same vehicle ...

November 2005 – May 2011 File:Toyota Yaris (XP130) – Frontansicht, 21. Juli 2012, Heiligenhaus.jpg,

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May 2011 – June 2020

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* {{Automotive industry in France Car manufacturers of France Companies based in Hauts-de-France Buildings and structures in Nord (French department) Motor vehicle assembly plants in France Daihatsu Toyota subsidiaries Toyota factories French subsidiaries of foreign companies