BLUE SPRINGS, Miss.,
March 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/
-- It has style. It has grace. And today, Toyota's stunning
all-new 2020 Corolla calls Mississippi home.
Plant President Sean Suggs
praised his team's success when the first Mississippi-built 12th-generation Corolla
rolled off the line, showcasing its sleek new design to team
members and community leaders.
"We have an extraordinary team in Mississippi building a remarkable vehicle,"
said Suggs. "I can honestly say we get better every day, and it's
because of our amazing team members. I can't wait to see what
happens next for our plant, our community, and as we like to say,
the Toyota Mississippi Family."
Suggs also presented the town of Blue
Springs with the first 11th-generation Corolla
that rolled off the line at Toyota Mississippi on September 7, 2013. Town
of Blue Springs Mayor Rita
Gentry said the vehicle will be used in the day-to-day
functions of the Blue Springs
Police Department.
More than 2,000 people come together each day in Blue Springs to build the world's most popular
compact sedan for customers across the Americas and the
Caribbean.
Chris Reynolds, Toyota Motor
North America chief administrative officer, Manufacturing and
Corporate Resources, greeted team members and Mississippi leaders with words of
encouragement and admiration during a ceremony celebrating the
plant's sixth major milestone since opening in 2011.
"The role of our team members is critically important, not only
to Toyota Mississippi, but to Toyota as a global mobility company,"
Reynolds said. "I am so proud of the Toyota Family in Mississippi, and I am grateful to be part of
this special day."
For over 50 years, Corolla has been synonymous with
dependability, fuel efficiency, safety and value. Now, thanks to
the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) platform and Corolla's
wheels-to-roof transformation, stylish, connected, refined and
exciting will be used to describe the all-new Corolla.
Toyota announced in April 2018
that it would invest $170 million in
its Mississippi plant to build the
12th-generation Corolla using TNGA — the new way Toyota designs,
engineers and produces its vehicles.
With an elevated dynamic design, robust build and
confidence-inspiring safety and quality, the Corolla sedan's bold
new look is shaking up the compact sedan segment. From every angle,
the new Corolla sedan looks lower and leaner, tauter and tighter.
Powerful fender flares and generously curved fender top surfaces
accent its sculpted, athletic core.
From an engine that produces more power, to greater agility to
Toyota Safety Sense 2.0 standard on all Corolla sedans, TNGA
showcases a spectacular product in the 2020 Corolla.
The Toyota Corolla remains the world's best-selling nameplate
with more than 46 million vehicles sold globally since its
introduction in 1966.
About Toyota
Toyota (NYSE:TM) has been a part of the
cultural fabric in the U.S. and North
America for more than 60 years, and is committed to
advancing sustainable, next-generation mobility through our Toyota
and Lexus brands. During that time, Toyota has created a tremendous
value chain as our teams have contributed to world-class design,
engineering, and assembly of more than 38 million cars and trucks
in North America, where we operate
14 manufacturing plants (10 in the U.S.) and directly employ more
than 47,000 people (more than 37,000 in the U.S.). Our 1,800 North
American dealerships (nearly 1,500 in the U.S.) sold 2.8 million
cars and trucks (2.4 million in the U.S.) in 2018 – and about 87
percent of all Toyota vehicles sold over the past 16 years are
still on the road today.
Through the Start Your Impossible campaign, Toyota highlights
the way it partners with community, civic, academic and
governmental organizations to address our society's most pressing
mobility challenges. We believe that when people are free to move,
anything is possible. For more information about Toyota, visit
www.toyotanewsroom.com.
Contact: Emily
Wilemon-Holland, 662-507-5148
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