Locally-built Toyotas are trickling back into dealerships after vehicle production started ramping up at Toyota’s factory in Prospecton near Durban.
It is not known how long it will take to clear the large backlog, but the water-damaged plant is coming back on stream after being shut down since April 12 after the flooding that afflicted the province. The cost of the damage and lost production is still being calculated, but Toyota lost production of around 80,000 vehicles and had to scrap about 4,000 already built units that were too badly damaged.
Speaking at the opening of Toyota SA’s newly expanded parts warehouse in Boksburg last week , Kirby said all the Prospecton production lines were up and running albeit at reduced capacity. Though every component was repaired and tested after damage from the clay-like mud that flooded the factory, the slow ramp up made provision for possible equipment failures over time.
About 50% of the Prospecton plant’s production is exported to 74 countries, including all of Western Europe, the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa and Central America. Some dealers took advantage by increasing prices of used Hiluxes to nearly R1m, considerably higher than the R917,900 list price of a new top-of-the-range Hilux. Other used Toyotas, including the Corolla Cross, Fortuner and Corolla Quest, are also being advertised for considerably more than their new retail prices.
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