Toyota adding 180 jobs at Indiana factory
Strong sales for the Highlander and Sequoia SUVs as well as Sienna minivans have boosted production at the 4,700-worker factory near Princeton.
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Toyota to expand Highlander production, add 300 workers
Toyota Indiana on Friday said it plans to expand operations at its Princeton plant, about 150 miles southwest of Indianapolis, creating up to 300 jobs by 2016.
Subaru starts building new SUV model in Lafayette
Factory workers gathered Monday to celebrate the first day of production on the 2015 model, which is among three Subaru vehicles built at the 3,600-worker plant.
UPDATE: Toyota to quit Camry production in Lafayette
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., the maker of Subaru cars, will stop making Camry cars in the U.S. for its largest shareholder, Toyota Motor Corp., in the second half of 2016. About 100,000 Camrys are made annually at the Indiana plant.
Pickups, small SUVs lead April auto sales rebound
U.S. car buyers came out of hibernation in April to spend on pickup trucks and SUVs, fueling an auto sales rebound that analysts expect to last the rest of the year.
Toyota, GM recalls push U.S. to near-record pace
So far this year, automakers have recalled about 9 million vehicles in the U.S. If that pace continues, the nation would break the record of 30.8 million recalled vehicles set in 2004.
U.S. agrees to $1.2B settlement with Toyota
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said it is the largest financial penalty of its kind ever imposed on an auto company.
Toyota world’s top-selling car maker for second year
Toyota remained the top-selling automaker for a second year in a row, beating U.S. rival General Motors by some 270,000 vehicles in 2013.
Toyota, Honda set North American production records
Toyota built 1.86 million cars and light trucks at U.S., Canadian and Mexican plants in 2013, while Tokyo-based Honda made 1.78 million autos in North America.
Toyota begins production of 2014 SUV in Indiana
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana Inc. says because of the Highlander it has invested another $430 million into the automotive plant in Princeto. Toyota also plans to add 600 more jobs at the factory by the end of 2014.
Loss of Camry production in state not certain, exec says
Toyota Motor Corp.’s top North American executive said the carmaker hasn’t decided to end a production deal that supplies it with 100,000 Camry sedans annually from Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.’s U.S. Subaru plant in Lafayette.
Toyota to quit making Camrys in Lafayette
The Japanese manufacturer plans to stop building cars at the Subaru factory after the contract between the companies ends in 2016.
Asian automakers dominate in good month for car sales
Honda and Subaru led U.S. sales gains in August as auto demand beat projections and Asia-based carmakers, buoyed by Toyota Motor Corp., combined for their best month ever.
Toyota to add 200 jobs at Indiana factory in 2014
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana Inc. announced Friday that it’s increasing Highlander production by 15,000 units at its Princeton plant as part of a $30 million investment.
Toyota’s Indiana plant adding more jobs than expected
Toyota says it is hiring slightly more new workers than first expected as it increases production at its southwestern Indiana factory.
Toyota model made in Indiana getting sleek overhaul
Toyota Motor Corp. is revamping the Highlander SUV, turning the car-based crossover into a more wagon-like model as the automaker seeks to keep its U.S. sales rising for a third consecutive year.
Auto makers, including those in Indiana, enjoy big year
Strong U.S. sales in December capped a remarkable year for the auto industry. U.S. sales of models manufactured in Indiana in 2012 by General Motors, Toyota, Honda and Subaru outpaced the national rate, rising 17 percent.
Japanese automakers help drive economy
A deal struck 25 years ago brought Subaru-Isuzu to Indiana. Toyota followed in 1996, and Honda came in 2008. The three Japanese automakers now collectively employ 10,000 and support thousands more jobs at suppliers across the state.
Subaru still considering Indiana plant expansion
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.’s Subaru unit is studying whether to expand its Indiana auto-assembly plant as the Toyota Motor Corp. affiliate seeks to boost U.S. output to curb currency losses and meet growing demand for its models.
Toyota supplier plans 116 jobs in Hancock County
Japan-based Tsuda Industries Co. Ltd. plans to spend $56.2 million to build a facility at Mount Comfort Air Park East, which should create 116 jobs by 2016, the company said Thursday.