Toyota Canada Inc. The Toyota Matrix built at TMMC's Cambridge plant from 2002 ceased production in June 2014 while the Toyota RAV4 EV (electric vehicle for the North American market) built at TMMC's Woodstock plant from 2012 ceased production in August 2014. Since opening in 1988, TMMC has built more than 6 million vehicles for Canadian and U.S. consumers with the vast majority (approximately 4.6 million) being exported to the United States. In September 2003, TMMC's Cambridge facility was expanded and became the first Toyota plant outside Japan to manufacture a luxury vehicle Lexus RX). Production was further expanded in 2014 to also
Luxury vehicle luxury car, a stylized, mass produced 2 door coupé, relying on standard components. These vehicles were popular from 1958 to 1980. Before World War II, France was a leading producer of powerful luxury automobiles. After World War II, the French government used "puissance fiscale" tax regulations to encourage manufacturers to build cars with small engines, and French motorists to buy them. The Maserati-powered Citroën SM and the Citroën C6 were arguably the last domestic French luxury cars. France is Europe's second-largest car manufacturer and its producers have benefited from the 2007 "bonus-malus écologique - ecological bonus-penalty" focusing on low CO2-emissions