Toyota considering Indian plant for small car production

Toyota considering Indian plant for small car production

Filed under: Economy, Geneva Motor Show, Toyota, India

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Toyota has been working on an affordable small car that will be cost-competitive in emerging markets, and Autocar is reporting that India is being considered as a destination for production. India makes sense due to its low-cost labor, and with competitors like the Tata Nano going for as little as $2,500, the world's biggest automaker will need to cut cost everywhere it can. There is no word as to exactly what vehicle would be produced in India, but one option is Toyota's production iQ from Geneva, which is scheduled to begin production later in 2008. Toyota is looking for initial sales of the iQ to crest 100,000 units.

Gallery: 2009 Toyota iQ


[Source: Autocar via Winding Road]
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most of the cars they end up building there will likely be sold in the region so it's not really outsourcing. It's the same with the Corolla. They build that car all over the world.

ummmm....ugly? it looks like one of those little tikes toys for my son

I still want an Aigo