Toyota Peugeot Citroën Automobile Czech

Toyota Peugeot Citroën Automobile Czech s.r.o. (TPCA) was an automobile manufacturing company based in Kolín, Czech Republic. It was a joint venture between Toyota Motor Corporation and Groupe PSA (previously PSA Peugeot Citroën). It manufactured Toyota, Peugeot, and Citroën models for sale in Europe. TPCA produced small cars mainly for the European market.

Toyota Peugeot Citroën Automobile Czech
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryAutomotive
Fatejoint venture ended December 2020
SuccessorToyota Motor Manufacturing Czech
Founded2002 (2002)
Headquarters
Kolín
,
Czech Republic
ProductsAutomobiles
Total assets14,435,770,000 Czech koruna (2018) 
OwnerToyota Motor Corporation
Number of employees
3,200
Websitewww.toyotacz.com

History

TPCA was established in March 2002 and production started in February 2005.[1][2]

In November 2018, PSA and Toyota announced the end of their joint venture in Europe. From 1 January 2021, Toyota took over the ownership of TPCA plant in Kolin, Czech and the plant became Toyota Motor Manufacturing Czech, a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Europe, making it its 8th plant in Europe.[3][4]

Current products

The company produces three cars that are, in essence, the same but badge engineered: the Citroën C1, Peugeot 107 and Toyota Aygo. These cars share the vast majority of parts with only small cosmetic alterations. The project was called B-Zero after its city car market segment.[5]

In 2014, the next generation models were launched, with Citroën and Toyota retaining their existing model names, and Peugeot naming their new version the 108. The second generation joint venture still shares many key components, but there are more visual differences between the different marques.[6]

Former product

2010 recall

In January 2010, Toyota announced a worldwide recall on several of their vehicles for a faulty sticking accelerator pedal - in which the Aygo is affected. Under certain circumstances, the pedal can stick in a partially depressed position, or return slowly to the off position. PSA Peugeot Citroën followed suit, announcing a recall of "under 100,000 units" of the Citroën C1 and the Peugeot 107 for the same issue.[7] New information from Toyota has suggested, however, that only Aygos and Peugeot 107s with Aisin Ez-drive automated manual gearboxes (Multi-mode/2-Tronic) are affected, and that those with manual gearboxes are not.[8]

Sales
Calendar Year Toyota Aygo[9] Citroën C1[10] Peugeot 107[11] Peugeot 108[12] Total
2005 21,360 17,949 19,610 58,919
2006 96,251 87,563 91,025 274,839
2007 102,671 93,903 97,225 293,799
2008 101,303 104,475 98,236 304,014
2009 103,252 118,702 117,920 339,874
2010 83,063 102,023 106,408 291,494
2011 88,477 82,969 85,858 257,304
2012 72,295 65,573 69,238 207,106
2013 63,993 56,722 55,244 175,959
2014 68,874 53,518 24,356 31,087 177,835
2015 86,085 63,695 88 68,522 218,390
2016 84,321 62,537 5 63,561 210,424
2017 84,588 53,292 1 55,831 193,712
2018 92,187 52,020 2 57,257 201,466
2019 99,510 49,900 54,230 203,640

References
  1. "TPCA Plant in Czech Republic". Groupe PSA Media Center. 28 March 2012.
  2. "TPCA Car Production Plant Officially Opens in Kolín, Czech Republic". Toyota Global Newsroom. 31 May 2005.
  3. "Groupe PSA and Toyota open the next chapter of their long-term partnership in Europe". Toyota Global Newsroom. 30 November 2018.
  4. Sigal, Peter (November 30, 2018). "Toyota will buy out PSA stake in Czech minicar plant". Automotive News Europe. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  5. "Three of a city car kind". Autocar. 22 March 2004. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  6. "New Citroen C1 review". Auto Express. June 19, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
  7. "Peugeot follows Toyota in Car Recall". BBC News. 2010-01-30. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
  8. Toyota UK Accelerator Pedal Recall
  9. "Toyota Aygo European sales figures". carsalesbase.com. 2014-01-31. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  10. "Citroën C1 European sales figures". carsalesbase.com. 2014-01-30. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  11. "Peugeot 107 European sales figures". carsalesbase.com. 2014-01-30. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  12. "Peugeot 108 European sales figures". carsalesbase.com. 2014-08-03. Retrieved 2020-12-14.

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