Toyota Motor Manufacturing Russia was one of

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's vehicle production bases in

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. It was located in Shushary,

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

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, and it manufactured the

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and the RAV4.

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

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. On 1 March 2022, due to the

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, Toyota announced that their plant will close and all activity will be suspended.5> On 23 September 2022, Toyota officially closed the TMMR plant.

Production

(2007–2022) * RAV4 (2016–2022)

References

External links

* Toyota factories Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Russia Manufacturing companies based in Saint Petersburg Motor vehicle assembly plants in Russia Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 2005 Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 2022 2005 establishments in Russia 2022 disestablishments in Russia Russian subsidiaries of foreign companies {{Russia-company-stub