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GAC Toyota

GAC Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. is an automobile manufacturing company headquartered in Guangzhou, China and a joint-venture between GAC Group and Toyota Motor Company for manufacturing Toyota's model platform in the Chinese market. It was founded on 1 September 2004.

History

The company was founded in 2004 as Guangzhou Toyota, and began production in May 2006 with the Aurion-based Camry model.[1] The company began producing the Yaris in May 2008, the Highlander SUV in May 2009, the Camry Hybrid in April 2010, the E’Z in June 2011 and the Levin in July 2014.[1] The company was then renamed to GAC Toyota in December 2008. GAC Toyota covers an area of 1.87 million square meters and has a construction area of 440,000 square meters. As of June 2010, there are more than 6,800 employees.

Subsidiary

  • GAC Toyota Engine Co., Ltd. (GTE)[2]

Products

Timeline

Current models

Current imported models

Former models

Former imported models

Leahead

Leahead is an electric car marque owned by GAC Toyota. It was announced in October 2014.[3] A concept of the first production car for the marque, the Leahead i1, was unveiled at the 2015 Shanghai Motor Show and the production-ready version was unveiled at the Guangzhou Auto Show later that year. The i1 is based on the Yaris and has an autonomy range of about 128 km.[4] It has a 22 kWh battery and the motor delivers up to 70 kW.[5] Leahead is a portmanteau of .[6]

Recalls

In 2018, Leahead i1s were recalled for replacing their defective Takata airbags.[7]

See also

External links

References

  1. GAC-Toyota rolls off one millionth car in China China Automotive Review, 8 September 2011, retrieved 12 April 2012^
  2. Asia Pacific Toyota Motor Corporation Official Global Website, retrieved 2021-12-03^
  3. Wen Zhang. 新品牌领志/雷凌混动 广汽丰田规划曝光! auto.sohu.com, Sohu, 18 October 2014, retrieved 14 January 2019^
  4. Yutong Wu. 广州车展：广汽丰田领志i1量产版首亮相 xcar.com.cn, 20 November 2015, retrieved 14 January 2019^
  5. Leahead i1 EV Wattev2buy.com, 6 September 2016, retrieved 14 January 2019^
  6. GAC-Toyota rolls off one millionth car in China Car News China, 19 October 2014, retrieved 14 January 2019^
  7. Zhichao E, Xiaoqin Wu. 上半年共召回汽车486万辆 日产、奥迪、福特召回数量较高 auto.people.com.cn, People's Daily - Auto Channel, 5 July 2018, retrieved 14 January 2019^