Toyota is considering building new vehicle assembly plants in Texas, France, China and India, raising its global output capacity to more than 10m units a year by 2010, the Yomiuri Daily reported on Monday, according to Reuters.

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The paper reportedly said the car giant, having difficulty in dealing with strong demand for its fuel-efficient cars, is discussing plans to build four more assembly plants globally by 2010, in addition to six plants which have already been announced.


Reuters noted that Toyota produced 7.36m vehicles in 2005, compared to front-runner General Motors’ 9.05m.


A Toyota spokeswoman told the news agency nothing had been decided on further production increase plans. Toyota expects its output to rise to 8.1m units in 2006, but has not set a production target for 2010, she said.


Reuters said construction of new plants is currently underway in Texas, Guangzhou and Tianjin in China, Thailand, Russia and Canada.

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Other reports on Monday said Camry sedan production in China was due to begin on Tuesday, with Toyota hoping to double sales there to 60,000 as a result. The model previously was imported.


Quoting a Toyota executive, the Yomiuri paper reportedly said Toyota intends to start operations of a second assembly plant in Texas in 2009, in addition to a new [pickup truck] plant that will begin operation later this year.


Toyota is also discussing second assembly plants in Guangzhou in China and Valenciennes in northern France, the paper said, according to the news agency.


In India, it is considering producing low-cost cars at a new plant as early as in 2010, the paper said, Reuters added.