Toyota to Boost North American Capacity for Four-Cylinder Engines
21 August 2009
Toyota will add capacity at its engine plant in Huntsville, Ala. to increase North American production of four-cylinder engines. The expansion will allow Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Alabama (TMMAL) to produce 216,000 four-cylinder engines annually, targeted for the Camry and RAV4. Production will begin by summer 2011.
| North American Engine Production Capacity as of June 2009 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Engine Type | Annual Capacity | ||||
| TMMK | L4 | 550k | ||||
| V6 | 185k | |||||
| TMMWV | L4 | 420k | ||||
| V6 | 217k | |||||
| TMMAL | V6 | 145k | ||||
| V8 | 216k | |||||
| Total | 1,733k | |||||
The plant currently builds both V8 and V6 engines. The expansion will bring its annual engine capacity to 577,000.
Currently all engines for RAV4s made at our Woodstock, Ontario plant come from Japan, as well as engines for Camrys built at SIA in Lafayette, Ind.
—Jim Wiseman, vice president of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
Four-cylinder engines will continue to be built in Kentucky for Camry production at that plant.
Both of Toyota’s Bodine Aluminum castings plants, located in Troy, Mo. and Jackson, Tn., will also add capacity to provide cylinder heads and blocks to TMMAL.
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