Toyota eyes 8th plant in North America
Afp, Tokyo
Toyota Motor Corp is considering building an eighth North American plant as it looks to expand production on US soil to try to avert trade spats with Washington, a report said Friday. Japan's largest automaker, which is catching up with struggling US giant General Motors Corp as the world number one in terms of output, is looking at potential sites mainly in southern US states like Texas, Kyodo News reported. The plant may be ready to start production in 2009 with an annual production capacity of about 200,000 vehicles, the news agency said, citing unnamed sources at the company. That and other factories are expected to increase Toyota's combined annual production capacity in North America to 2.0 million units, up 800,000 from 2005 levels, Kyodo said.
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