JAPAN: Toyota restores Belta of a night shift
Author: just-auto.com editorial team | 30 July 2009
Toyota assembly affiliate Kanto Auto Works will restore a night shift at its Iwate prefecture plant from around mid-August to boost production of the small Belta sedan (Yaris in US and Australia; Vios in Asia), Kanto officials said.
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