Toyota and Mazda caused a sensation when they announced that they had moved to Huntsville, Alabama, for the site of their new joint meeting plant. Starting in 2021, Toyota will build its Corolla, while Mazda will produce a new crossover, which has not yet been named.
The production capacity of the new plant will be 300,000 sets and the construction fee of the facility worth US$1.6 billion will be shared similarly across the two companies.
Toyota already operates an engine meeting plant in Alabama, just 22 km from the long-term joint plant site.Toyota has had 11 plants in the United States lately.
For its part, Mazda will take credit for the opening of the new factory on the occasion of the centenary of its founding in 1920, as well as its first half-century of activity in the American market.Whether it’s the Mazda CX-4, recently sold in China, or a new product that hasn’t been introduced yet.In any case, we will be attentive to the news!