US Yaris to be imported from France ?

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Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

The Reuters article that I found (and mentioned ) deep into the 'Yaris production moving to France' thread stated that the two primary reasons are the rising yen and the 'skyrocketing cost of energy'. I wonder if the problems you are referring to have been included in the 'skyrocketing cost of energy' equation that is in the minds of the top Toyota executives.

All of the Japanese car makers are building plants all over the world. When the value of a currency makes building a car somewhere more profitable, they build them there. With worldwide production capability, they can spit our thousands of cars at higher profits. Even if that profit is a hundred dollars, you do the math!