These Highlander SUVs will made at Toyota’s manufacturing plant in Princeton, Indiana that currently employs about 4,500 workers. An additional 200 people will be hired by year-end to help meet demand. The Princeton plant also produces the Sequoia full-size SUV and Sienna minivan. In addition to the new jobs created at the Indiana plant, this project increases opportunities and jobs for Toyota’s North American supply base.

Toyota began exporting U.S.-assembled vehicles in 1988, and now exports U.S.-assembled vehicles to 32 countries around the world. These exports increased in calendar year 2013 to more than 130,000 units – a 5% increase from 2012 and an all-time high for Toyota. Highlander exports began in late December. Exports to Australia and New Zealand are being shipped from Baltimore, Maryland, while exports to Eastern Europe are being shipped from Brunswick.