Business Chief US+CAN Magazine December 2017 | Page 33

TOP 10 LARGEST US CAR PLANTS

03 TOYOTA GROUP TMMK COMPLEX , GEORGETOWN , KENTUCKY

Long the best-selling car in the US , this factory is home to the Toyota Camry , but the plant is far from a onevehicle operation . Georgetown also builds the larger Avalon sedan , plus the Lexus ES 350 , and produced the recently discontinued Venza crossover / wagon . In 2015 , Toyota reported the plant had produced 457,668 vehicles . 2016 , the plant ’ s 30th anniversary , saw output climb still further to 500,766 . Just over 8,000 people are employed at this factory of 8.1mn sq ft , the largest in the Toyota empire .
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