Toyota Peugeot Citroën Automobile Czech


Toyota Peugeot Citroën Automobile Czech s.r.o. is an automobile manufacturing company based in Kolín, Czech Republic. It is a joint venture between Toyota Motor Corporation and Groupe PSA. It manufactures Toyota, Peugeot and Citroën models for sale in Europe. TPCA produces small cars mainly for the European market.

History

TPCA was established in March 2002 and production started in February 2005.
In November 2018, PSA and Toyota have announced the end of their joint venture in Europe. From January 2021, Toyota will take over the ownership of TPCA plant in Kolin, Czech. The plant will become a subsidiary of Toyota Motors Europe, making it its 8th plant in Europe.

Current products

The company produces three cars that are, in essence, the same but badge engineered: the Citroën C1, Peugeot 107 and Toyota Aygo. These cars share the vast majority of parts with only small cosmetic alterations. The project was called B-Zero after its city car market segment.
In 2014, the next generation models were launched, with Citroën and Toyota retaining their existing model names, and Peugeot naming their new version the 108. The second generation joint venture still shares many key components, but there are more visual differences between the different marques.

Former product

In January 2010, Toyota announced a worldwide recall on several of their vehicles for a faulty sticking accelerator pedal - in which the Aygo is affected. Under certain circumstances, the pedal can stick in a partially depressed position, or return slowly to the off position. PSA Peugeot Citroën followed suit, announcing a recall of "under 100,000 units" of the Citroën C1 and the Peugeot 107 for the same issue. New information from Toyota has suggested, however, that only Aygos and Peugeot 107s with Aisin Ez-drive automated manual gearboxes are affected, and that those with manual gearboxes are not.