Toyota May Add Assembly Line to New San Antonio Plant

Washington DC June 9, 2006; The AIADA newsletter reported that if demand continues to stay at a high level, Toyota may plan on adding an additional assembly line at its new pickup truck plant in San Antonio, Texas.

The automaker's managing officer and North American manufacturing chief Gary Convis said "no defined plans" have been made to add an extra assembly line.

However, "just like we did in Kentucky and just like we did in Indiana, we planned ahead so that if demand is there..., we can fairly quickly add that additional site," added Convis.

According to The Wall Street Journal, "it's not clear what product Toyota might decide to build in San Antonio in addition to the redesigned Tundra truck, but company executives have said in the past they were considering a beefier version of the Tundra to compete with trucks like Ford Motor Co.'s F-250 pickups." The plant is slated to begin production of the Tundra later this year.