Toyota-mazda Selects Alabama For $1.6 Billion Auto Plant With 4,000 Jobs

Alabama News Center | January 11, 2018 @ 5:00 am

By Jerry UnderwoodMade in Alabama

Gov. Kay Ivey joined Toyota and Mazda leaders today to announce that the automakers have selected Huntsville as the site of their new joint-venture manufacturing plant.

The new plant will have the capacity to build 300,000 vehicles annually, with production split evenly between two lines for each company to produce a new Mazda crossover model that will be introduced to North American markets and the Toyota Corolla.

The joint venture represents a $1.6 billion investment that Mazda and Toyota plan to make with equal funding contributions. The site for the new plant in Huntsville sits just 14 miles from Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Alabama, which produces four-cylinder, V-6 and V-8 engines for several Toyota models.The new Alabama facility is expected to create up to 4,000 jobs. Production is expected to begin by 2021.

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