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PSA Peugeot Citroën and Toyota Motor Europe (TME)
reveal today
the new Citroën SPACETOURER, Peugeot TRAVELLER, and
Toyota PROACE. They
will be available in MPV versions for private uses and
in shuttle
versions for business uses. Both companies therefore
confirm the
continuation of their cooperation agreement signed in
2012.
The three vehicles are to be launched in the first
half of
2016 and will be present on the respective stands of
the three brands
at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show in March 2016.
“We are delighted to present today these three new
vehicles,
the result of the cooperation with Toyota Motor
Europe.
This agreement has enabled us to develop a new and
efficient vehicle
platform, offering our customers around the
world modern products which are particularly
competitive in their
segment” said Patrice Lucas, PSA Peugeot Citroën Head
of Programme and
Strategy.
“We’re very pleased that the collaboration we started
in 2012
with PSA Peugeot Citroën is now delivering a brand new
generation Toyota PROACE,” said TME President and CEO
Johan van Zyl.
“Both teams worked very hard together and at
individual brand level,
and I am confident that our distinctive new van with
all its variants
will strengthen the Toyota light commercial vehicle
offer in Europe.
The new PROACE will complement the range of solid and
durable vehicles
customers are expecting from Toyota.”
The first Toyota Proace vehicles were based since
2013 on the
current generation Peugeot Expert and Citroën Jumpy
vehicles. It was
agreed at the start of the collaboration in 2012 that
the companies
would work together on next generation vehicles, and
that the
collaboration would last beyond 2020.
The aim of the collaboration is for both companies to
be able
to offer a competitive product in the mid-size light
commercial
vehicle, shuttle and Combi segments and benefit from
development and
production cost optimisation.
The vehicles are produced at PSA Peugeot Citroen’s
plant of
Sevelnord, in Valenciennes, France.
Toyota Motor Europe participated in the development
and
industrial investment costs for the new vehicles.
The vehicles share all technical features,
powertrains, and
equipment and propose a distinctive styling rooted in
each
of the brand’s design language.
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