By
Associated Press
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Published: Thu, July 10, 2008 - 6:03 am
Last Updated: Thu, July 31, 2008 - 12:26 am
DETROIT (AP) - Toyota Motor Corp. is planning significantchanges to its U.S. manufacturing plants because of the rapid
market shift away from trucks and sport utility vehicles.
A Toyota official speaking Thursday to The Associated Press says
the company plans to shut down a San Antonio plant that makes the
Toyota Tundra pickup for three months to reduce inventory and stop
making pickups in Princeton, Ind. The Indiana plant will start
producing the Highlander SUV.
The official asked not to be identified because a formal
announcement from the Japanese automaker wasn't expected until
later in the day.
Toyota also plans to start producing the Prius hybrid in the
U.S. for the first time at a plant it's building in Mississippi.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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