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REPORT: Production of Toyota Corolla transferring from NUMMI to Ontario
By | August 31, 2009
Filed under: Sedan, Plants/Manufacturing, Toyota
As even mighty Toyota finds itself with excess production capacity in North America and elsewhere, the Japanese automaker has finally made the decision to shutter an assembly plant. The loss of the Pontiac Vibe means that it wasn’t viable to keep the NUMMI factory in Fremont, CA operating on its own, but the rest of the products it builds are still in demand to varying degrees.
We’ve already heard that production of the mid-size Tacoma pickup truck would be consolidated with its big brother the Tundra in San Antonio TX. The other remaining product from NUMMI was the Corolla sedan. The volume that had been produced in California will reportedly now come out Toyota’s Cambridge, Ontario factory where the compact car is already built. It’s not known at this time if the move will result in any additional jobs at the Cambridge plant. Thanks for the tip, Dave!
Gallery: 2009 Toyota Corolla
[Source: Montreal Gazette]
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