I moved from Seattle to KY 8 years ago. One thing about auto manufacturing I’ve discovered:
There is a huge Toyota plant in Georgetown. They make Camry’s there and I don’t know what else.
All Corvettes are made in Bowling Green, KY.
There is a Massive Ford truck manufacturing plant in the SE Louisville area.
"The Louisville Assembly Plant is an automobile manufacturing plant owned by Ford Motor Company in Louisville, Kentucky.
The 3,154,173-square-foot (293,032.3 m2) plant on 180 acres opened in 1955 and currently employs a total of 4,554 people.[1] It is located adjacent to the Louisville International Airport on the south side of the city.
Ford also operates another plant in Louisville, Kentucky Truck Assembly. The plant houses approximately 20.1 miles (32.3 km) of conveyor belts. "
German luxury auto manufacturer BMW makes cars designed for the Japanese market in Spartanburg SC.