Toyota Puts U.S. Workers on Alert: Made-in-Japan Camrys Are Cheaper
- Kentucky plant manager tells employees they need to cut costs
- Carmaker may face union drive after fending off Trump scrutiny
Look Out Detroit, Toyota Is on a Roll in the U.S.
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Toyota Motor Corp. issued an unsettling warning to Kentucky workers building its top-selling Camry sedan: Cut costs now or face an uncertain future.
The automaker can build a Camry in Japan, ship it all the way to Kentucky and make more money selling that car than from one built at Toyota’s factory in the state, the plant’s president told employees in a 2 1/2 minute-long internal video obtained by Bloomberg News.