Speaking with La Voix du Nord, French president Nicolas Sarkozy let slip that Toyota is at least considering sharing a production facility with PSA Peugeot Citroen in the country's northern region.
PSA currently jointly operates the Sevelnord plant with Italian automaker Fiat. However, Fiat has announced plans to exit the plant in 2017, leaving PSA without a production partner. Toyota might be looking to take Fiat's place, but the Japanese automaker has so far refused to respond to Sarkozy's comments.
The Sevelnord plant, which employs about 2,800 workers, produces the Peugeot Expert, Citroen Jumpy and Fiat Scudo delivery vans.
