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Toyota set to slash worldwide production

By Michiyo Nakamoto in Tokyo 2009-08-27

Toyota is poised to slash production by as much as 580,000 vehicles – nearly 6 per cent of global capacity – in an effort to stem losses amid the sharp downturn in vehicle sales.

The world's largest carmaker, which is forecasting its second consecutive net loss this year, said it would shut a production line in western Japan from next spring through to the second half of 2011, reducing output by 220,000 vehicles.

The Japanese company is also looking to pull out of Nummi, its manufacturing joint venture with General Motors in California, where it produced 359,000 vehicles last year.

“While nothing has been decided, we are in discussions [with GM's administrator] with a view to pulling out of Nummi,” said a Toyota representative.

Japanese media have been reporting that the carmaker is also looking at cutting production in the UK, where it makes the Auris, along with other lines in Japan.

If this was the case, Toyota would bring the total of production cuts to nearly 1m vehicles, or 10 per cent of its global production capacity.

This is the first time Toyota has planned to cut production on such a large scale and comes as the group's global sales have been battered by the recession.

Toyota is expected to produce about 7.2m vehicles globally this year, compared with 9.7m in 2007, said Masatoshi Nishimoto, analyst at CSM Worldwide, the market research group.

In its home market, Toyota is expected to see production fall to 3.3m vehicles this year compared with 4.9m in 2007, Mr Nishimoto said.


丰田汽车计划减产58万辆汽车

英国《金融时报》中本美智代(Michiyo Nakamoto)东京报道 2009-08-27

全球最大的汽车制造商丰田(Toyota)准备减产多达58万辆汽车，接近其全球产能的6%，以期在销量大幅下滑之际避免亏损。
丰田表示，从明年春季起至2011年下半年期间，将关闭日本西部的一条生产线，令产量减少22万辆汽车。该公司目前预计，今年将连续第二年出现净亏损。

这家日本公司也在考虑退出其与通用汽车(General Motors)在美国加州的合资工厂Nummi。去年该工厂为丰田生产了35.9万辆汽车。

“虽然一切尚未决定，但我们正（与通用管理层）商讨退出Nummi。”丰田的一名代表表示。

此外，日本媒体最近一直在报道，丰田也考虑削减在英国的产量。丰田在英国生产Auris，在日本的一些生产线也生产这款车型。

如果这样的话，丰田总共将减产近100万辆汽车，为其全球产能的10%。

这是丰田首次计划如此大规模的减产，是在该集团全球销量受到经济衰退冲击的背景下作出的决定。

市场研究集团CSM Worldwide的分析师Masatoshi Nishimoto表示，预计丰田今年全球产量约为720万辆，远低于2007年的970万辆。

Nishimoto还表示，预计今年丰田在本土市场的产量将减至330万辆，而2007年为490万辆。


译者/岱嵩