Posted on 04/10/2017 9:18:21 AM PDT by kevcol
The money will be used to upgrade assembly technology at the Kentucky plant — the largest Toyota factory in the world.
“This is more about job retention and setting up for the future,” Rick Hesterberg, a Toyota spokesman, told The Daily Caller News Foundation. “We’ve got 8,200 people working here and we build over half a million vehicles. We’re a thirty year old plant, and we needed the upgrades. The new technology will allow us to be much more flexible to adapt to market forces in the future.”
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A Right to Work State wins another!
This was highly unexpected...by those on the Left.
Both of my Camrys have been Kentucky built.
#MAGA
Where is that plant located in KY?
Richmond, a northern suburb of Lexington.
My in-laws Avalon was built there. FIL was a GM/Cadillac man for many, many years, but their last Caddy combined with the Avalon being built in his state 75 or so miles away from his house got him to try Toyota for the MIL’s latest.
Georgetown. which is just to the north of Lexington. You can see the plant from I-75.
I’m not tired of WINNING yet!
Ok look. No winning on Mondays....I just need one day off ok? Gimme Mondays off. Just announce double winning on Tuesday or something. I’m exhausted.
win win win win win win win win....sheessh he should of warned US.
I love my Toyotas Yes, that is plural
most reliable cars I have ever owned.
my 99 camry has 145k, and still going strong
my wife drives a 2009 venza....wonderful vehicle.
I know that I am anti-American in saying this, but I won’t buy an American car ever again.
How can you tell if it was built there or in Indiana?
Right — but if you buy a Japanese or Korean car, there’s a good chance it’s actually an American car. Go figure.
Tag inside driver’s side door.
After what happened with GM and their bondholder so called bailout, they are out for me. I just got rid of a Ford Fusion, which was reliable, but the driver side window kept breaking; it is also far noisier than my Toyota Highlander, despite its much smaller size.
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