据广汽集团官方透露，广汽丰田第三生产线工厂已启动试生产，并且计划于明年1月正式投产。根据此前的报道，广汽丰田第三生产线工厂预计将率先投产基于TNGA架构打造的全新SUV，这款新车正是C-HR。目前，广汽丰田拥有两条生产线，总产能达到38万辆/年。其中，第一工厂主要生产凯美瑞、雷凌、致炫等轿车车型，产能约20万辆/年；第二工厂主要生产汉兰达等SUV车型，产能约18万辆/年。第三工厂产能规划为22万辆，新工厂正式投产后，所有三家工厂将使广汽丰田工厂总产能将达到60万辆/年。值得一提的是，广汽丰田第三工厂生产线已经投入试生产。新工厂以满足导入TNGA全新架构为基础进行设计，投资30亿元，以生产小型车为主并定位为具备丰田全球最高生产效率和品质水平的生产线。根据广汽丰田的规划，第三工厂生产线将率先投产全新小型SUV，这款新车正是C-HR。新车基于TNGA架构打造，将于2018年正式上市。
GAC Toyota to put third vehicle plant into production in Jan 2018
According to Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd. (GAC), the third vehicle plant of GAC Toyota Motor Co., Ltd (GAC Toyota) has already initiated the trial production. The group plans to put the new plant into production in January 2018. It is predicted that the third vehicle plant will produce C-HR, a TNGA-based all-new SUV.
At present, GAC Toyota has two production lines with total annual production capacity of 380,000 units. Specifically, the first production line is able to produce around 200,000 units per year, mainly making Camry, Levin, Yaris L, etc. The annual production capacity of the second plant is around 180,000 units.
The production capacity of the third plant is expected to reach 220,000 units per year. Once the new plant officially goes into operation, all of the three plants together will gain a production capacity of 600,000 units per year.
It is worth mentioning that the production line of the third vehicle plant has already gone into trial operation. The new plant is designed based on TNGA, involving as much as RMB 3 billion of investment. It will focus on small-size vehicle's production and position itself as a vehicle production line with the highest efficiency and the best quality in the world.
As GAC Toyota's plans, the production line of the third plant will firstly produce C-HR, an all-new model of small SUV, which will be officially released in 2018.