With production capacity of 3.7 million units in Japan and a strong Yen, it is difficult to export Toyota admits. Here’s the existing Toyota Alabama plant.
Toyota is shifting production plans at the Mazda Toyota Manufacturing U.S.A. (MTMUS) joint-venture assembly plant to build a new, yet-to-be announced SUV. It’s likely a Mazda SUV will also be built there.
Japanese Goliath Toyota – the new plant will be Toyota’s 11th manufacturing facility in the U.S. – and tiny Mazda, which no longer builds here after the messy Ford Motor divorce, claimed this is of mutual benefit by using the resources of both companies and complementing each other’s products and technologies toward the goal of making more “appealing cars” in corporate pablum. (Mazda CX-5 Crossover Takes on Subaru Forester, Next Mazda B-Series Pickup to be Built by Isuzu, Mazda Drops Ford Motor in New Changan Mazda JV in China)
Here’s the new Toyota Mazda JV plant in Alabama. Some assembly required.
Toyota said in a terse statement that this shift is in response to meet changing market demands and a growing consumer appetite for light trucks and SUVs which are achieving record sales, including Toyota’s best-selling RAV4.
In August 2017, Toyota and Mazda announced a collaboration to establish MTMUS, a $1.6 billion joint venture – split 50/50 – that will assemble up to 300,000 vehicles annually and create 4,000 jobs. Construction of MTMUS in Huntsville, AL remains on schedule, with the start of production expected to begin in 2021. Hiring is underway. (Mazda and Toyota Establish JV to build Vehicles in Alabama, Toyota and Mazda JV to Build Cars in U.S. Trumped?)
About Ken Zino
Ken Zino, editor and publisher of AutoInformed, is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn.
He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe.
Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped during a downshift and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap.
AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks.
Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.
Toyota Shifts Plans at Its Mazda JV Plant in Alabama to SUVS
With production capacity of 3.7 million units in Japan and a strong Yen, it is difficult to export Toyota admits. Here’s the existing Toyota Alabama plant.
Toyota is shifting production plans at the Mazda Toyota Manufacturing U.S.A. (MTMUS) joint-venture assembly plant to build a new, yet-to-be announced SUV. It’s likely a Mazda SUV will also be built there.
Japanese Goliath Toyota – the new plant will be Toyota’s 11th manufacturing facility in the U.S. – and tiny Mazda, which no longer builds here after the messy Ford Motor divorce, claimed this is of mutual benefit by using the resources of both companies and complementing each other’s products and technologies toward the goal of making more “appealing cars” in corporate pablum. (Mazda CX-5 Crossover Takes on Subaru Forester, Next Mazda B-Series Pickup to be Built by Isuzu, Mazda Drops Ford Motor in New Changan Mazda JV in China)
Here’s the new Toyota Mazda JV plant in Alabama. Some assembly required.
Toyota said in a terse statement that this shift is in response to meet changing market demands and a growing consumer appetite for light trucks and SUVs which are achieving record sales, including Toyota’s best-selling RAV4.
In August 2017, Toyota and Mazda announced a collaboration to establish MTMUS, a $1.6 billion joint venture – split 50/50 – that will assemble up to 300,000 vehicles annually and create 4,000 jobs. Construction of MTMUS in Huntsville, AL remains on schedule, with the start of production expected to begin in 2021. Hiring is underway. (Mazda and Toyota Establish JV to build Vehicles in Alabama, Toyota and Mazda JV to Build Cars in U.S. Trumped?)
About Ken Zino
Ken Zino, editor and publisher of AutoInformed, is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn. He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe. Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped during a downshift and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap. AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks. Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.