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04-19-2013, 10:07 AM
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Following Thursday's report (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/04/18/toyota-offered-146-5-million-to-build-lexus-es-in-kentucky/), Toyota (http://www.autoblog.com/toyota/) has confirmed that production of the Lexus ES (http://www.autoblog.com/lexus/es/) will move to its Georgetown, KY (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/georgetown+kentucky/) assembly plant starting in 2015. To accommodate the extra 50,000 units of capacity that the ES represents, Toyota will be investing $360 million in the plant and hiring 750 new workers.
In the previous report, sources stated that the state of Kentucky had offered Toyota as much as $146.5 million to move ES production to the Georgetown facility.
The press release, posted below (http://motorgen.com/2013/04/19/lexus-es350-confirmed-for-kentucky-production-starting-in-2015/#continued), specifies that only the ES350 will be built in Kentucky, so it's likely that the ES300h hybrid will continue to be built in Japan - where all ES models have been built since the car was introduced in 1989. Toyota's Georgetown plant, which currently builds the Toyota Camry (http://www.autoblog.com/toyota/camry/), will also be getting an expansion to its engine plant to produce more four-cylinder engines at a cost of $30 million and will create an additional 80 jobs.Continue reading Lexus ES350 confirmed for Kentucky production starting in 2015 (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/04/19/lexus-es350-confirmed-for-kentucky-production-starting-in-2015/)
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Following Thursday's report (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/04/18/toyota-offered-146-5-million-to-build-lexus-es-in-kentucky/), Toyota (http://www.autoblog.com/toyota/) has confirmed that production of the Lexus ES (http://www.autoblog.com/lexus/es/) will move to its Georgetown, KY (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/georgetown+kentucky/) assembly plant starting in 2015. To accommodate the extra 50,000 units of capacity that the ES represents, Toyota will be investing $360 million in the plant and hiring 750 new workers.
In the previous report, sources stated that the state of Kentucky had offered Toyota as much as $146.5 million to move ES production to the Georgetown facility.
The press release, posted below (http://motorgen.com/2013/04/19/lexus-es350-confirmed-for-kentucky-production-starting-in-2015/#continued), specifies that only the ES350 will be built in Kentucky, so it's likely that the ES300h hybrid will continue to be built in Japan - where all ES models have been built since the car was introduced in 1989. Toyota's Georgetown plant, which currently builds the Toyota Camry (http://www.autoblog.com/toyota/camry/), will also be getting an expansion to its engine plant to produce more four-cylinder engines at a cost of $30 million and will create an additional 80 jobs.Continue reading Lexus ES350 confirmed for Kentucky production starting in 2015 (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/04/19/lexus-es350-confirmed-for-kentucky-production-starting-in-2015/)
Lexus ES350 confirmed for Kentucky production starting in 2015 (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/04/19/lexus-es350-confirmed-for-kentucky-production-starting-in-2015/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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