Toyota Peugeot Citroën Automobile Czech

Toyota Peugeot Citroën Automobile Czech (TPCA) is an automobile manufacturing company in Kolín, Czech Republic. It is a joint venture between Toyota Motor Corporation of Japan and PSA Peugeot Citroën of France. TPCA produces small cars for the European market. Production started in February, 2005, though the official opening ceremony was not until June. TPCA is the company French president Nicolas Sarkozy had in mind in his televised attack on free trade.[1][2]

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Products

The manufacturing company produces three cars that are, in essence, the same.
These are the Citroën C1, Peugeot 107 and Toyota Aygo.
These cars share the vast majority of parts with only small cosmetic alterations (see badge engineering).

Criticism by french president Nicolas Sarkozy

Nicolas Sarkozy referred to the plant in a televised speech against certain types of free trade:
(Translated from french)
"I want us to stop the relocation ... To create a factory in India to sell Renault in India is justified, but to create a factory in the Czech Republic to sell cars in France is not justified".

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.[3] 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.[4]

References

  1. ^ Comité des Constructeurs Français d’Automobiles, M. SARKOZY ANNONCE LA SUPPRESSION DE LA TAXE PROFESSIONNELLE, 6. February 2009, CCFA quoted Sarkozy as follows: "Je veux qu’on arrete les délocalisations et que, si possible, on relocalise. Qu’on crée une usine en Inde pour vendre des Renault aux Indiens est justifié, mais qu’on crée une usine en Tchéquie pour vendre des voitures en France, ce n’est pas justifié"
  2. ^ Wolfgang Münchau, Narrow-minded leadership hurts Europe, Financial Times, 15 February 2009, the translation published in FT is as follows: "It is justifiable if a factory of Renault is built in India so that Renault cars may be sold to the Indians. But it is not justifiable if a factory ... is built in the Czech Republic and its cars are sold in France"
  3. ^ BBC News - Peugeot follows Toyota in Car Recall
  4. ^ Toyota UK Accelerator Pedal Recall

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