Toyota now selling RP-made cars

[ehnriko]

Very good news for our local auto workers indeed!!



For the first time in nearly two decades, Toyota Motor Philippines Corp. is selling locally-made passenger cars to further grow its market share to 40 percent this year.

Toyota Philippines rolled out on Thursday its first units of the all-new Vios from its manufacturing facility in Sta. Rosa, Laguna.

The company said it would be producing 1,000 units of the new model per month.

As of end 2006, Toyota Phils. holds a 38.4-percent market share of the automotive industry and over 45 percent of the small passenger car segment.

The company completed last year with a total of 38,300 units sold, 9,400 of which were Vios units.

Toyota Phils. vice chairman Alfred Ty said the company is pouring out P1 billion in investments with the local production of its Vios.

"This is to be considered an additional expenditure this year and it will be internally generated," Ty said.

Aside from growing its investments, company president Hiroshi Ito said the Toyoto Group is eyeing a 16-percent year-on-year increase in its exports.

Last year, Toyota accounted for 27 percent of the total Philippine automotive exports with a total of $542 milion.

Toyota Philippines has been taking orders for its all-new Vios from dealers and suppliers all over the country. It will start delivering units by mid-August.

The new model has new developments in both its interior and exterior features and boasts of a sporty design.

According to company officials, the new Vios has a fuel efficiency of 30 kilometers per liter.

About 200 of some 1,200 of its parts are purchased from local auto parts suppliers like Aichi Forging Co., Fujitsu Ten Corp., Jeco Autoparts Phils., EDS Manufacturing Inc. and Koyo Manufacturing Inc.

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ABOUT 200 of its about 1,200 of its parts are purchased locally? - I believe - Locally Assembled Cars is the correct nomer. Misnomer ata ang RP-Made Cars for this Vios. 200 local parts - thats about 20% more or less. Itong mga local parts na ito... anong pangalan ng mga company na nagsusupply dito? - tila Japanese din atah. Pinoy - kelan ka magigising!

[wildthing]

yung iba kasi pagdumating dito wala lang gulong nung dumating....tapos declared na locally assembled.

baka yun vios....barebone pagdumating - walang radio, gulong, spare tire, walang upuan, etc... pero hindi pa rin siguro dito binubuo ang chasis/body

[Monseratto]

baka in-house yung ibang part na iyan...

[wakin]

According to company officials, the new Vios has a fuel efficiency of 30 kilometers per liter.

abs-cbnnews.com

this i have to see

[arvic]

Good news!! sana sumunod na din yung di pang mga car manufacturer... Hyundai and kia dito na kyo..... Chev baka gusto nyo ilipat plant nyo dito.. hehehehe

[ozcity]

wow 30km / liter?

[mcbry]

this is good news.
w/ regards sa 30km/li baka super tipid mode yun. they tested it early in the morning with no traffic, speed below 80kph, etc.

[fourtheboys96]

wow 30km / liter?

kahit 50% lang niyan ang totoo ok pa din

[tagaisla]

okay kung 30 km/l at sana Altis dito na rin,ang Innova ba dito din?o ang sinasabi lang nila ay Vios.

[mazdamazda]

ABOUT 200 of its about 1,200 of its parts are purchased locally? - I believe - Locally Assembled Cars is the correct nomer. Misnomer ata ang RP-Made Cars for this Vios. 200 local parts - thats about 20% more or less. Itong mga local parts na ito... anong pangalan ng mga company na nagsusupply dito? - tila Japanese din atah. Pinoy - kelan ka magigising!

Huh? :huh:

Nowadays, it isn't such a big deal that car parts will be sourced from different countries. Heck, isn't the Philippines supplying all manual trannys from Toyotas for SE Asia?

Diba TMPI has been making locally-made cars for years already???

Heck, they were already building/assembling vehicles locally during the time of the Innova and heck even during the launch of the Corolla Altis 4-5 years ago.

This is nothing new IMHO.

SKD assembly lang ang meron before... eto from ground-up pag assemble.