The four-cylinder engines will go into the new 2012 Camry, Highlander, RAV4, Sienna and Venza.
Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Alabama (TMMAL) today started production of four-cylinder engines at its ten year old plant.
The addition of four-cylinder engine production boosts TMMAL’s employment to almost 1,000 and total investment to $637 million. Total annual engine capacity of four-cylinder, V6 and V8 engines is now more than 500,000. TMMAL is the only Toyota plant in the world making four-cylinder, V6 and V8 engines.
The Toyota four-cylinder engines will go into the all-new 2012 Camry, Highlander, RAV4, Sienna and Venza. The V6 and V8 engines are being produced for the Tundra and Tacoma pick-up trucks and the Sequoia SUV.
Both of Toyota’s Bodine Aluminum castings plants, located in Troy, Mo., and Jackson, Tenn., have also added capacity to provide cylinder heads and blocks to TMMAL. Combined investment of these two facilities is $25 million and 60 new jobs were created.
