Toyota Motor Corp. plans to end production in March 2010 at a California joint venture where it has built vehicles with General Motors, the company said.
Toyota's board voted early Thursday to end the company's production contract at the Fremont, Calif.-based New United Motor Manufacturing Inc., spokeswoman Cindy Knight confirmed.
Toyota had said previously that it was moving toward liquidating its stake in the California facility after the plant's fate was thrown into question in June when GM announced it was withdrawing from the 50-50 joint venture. General Motors Co. emerged from bankruptcy and the company's stake in NUMMI is now part of Motors Liquidation Co. — also known as Old GM — where it will be liquidated under court supervision.
The NUMMI plant, established in 1984, employs 4,600 workers. Toyota builds the Corolla compact car and the Tacoma pickup truck at the plant and until recently GM built the Pontiac Vibe station wagon there. California lawmakers have discussed with Toyota a package of financial incentives to keep the plant open. The six month period before Toyota ends production gives the state time to find another automaker or manufacturer which may want to use the facility.
Japanese media outlets reported Wednesday that Toyota would slash worldwide capacity by 700,000 to 1 million vehicles and the NUMMI production was expected to be part of the global plan.
Knight declined further comment but said the company planned to provide additional details on the decision.
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guess they cant have to many press releases for it going bye bye
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way to go arnie , you TERMINATED IT
[quote=97cavie24ls(�)]guess they cant have to many press releases for it going bye bye
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way to go arnie , you TERMINATED IT
Um, actually the UAW terminated it. Since GM backed out Toyota didn't want to be stuck with an unprofitable UAW ran plant so they closed it.
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Jookycola wrote:[quote=97cavie24ls(�)]guess they cant have to many press releases for it going bye bye
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way to go arnie , you TERMINATED IT
Um, actually the UAW terminated it. Since GM backed out Toyota didn't want to be stuck with an unprofitable UAW ran plant so they closed it.
its not in his post , my g/f sent me this earlier today
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After 25 years Toyota is shutting down NUMMI, its assembly joint venture with General Motors. GM pulled out late in June. Since then, California politicians have been scrambling to put together a package of tax breaks, cheap electricity and cheap money to appease Toyota.
But again, it’s too little, too late. The largest employer in Alameda County (a.k.a. Oakland), with more than 4,500 jobs and the last remaining auto assembly plant west of the Rockies, will be history by next March.
The biggest winner of the Cash for Clunkers program was Toyota…And how did Toyota return the favor for its sweet little uptick in US market share? The Japanese automaker delivered a slap in the face to the American workers who had been making those Corollas.
We’ll probably never know whether Toyota picked NUMMI for closure because it got tired of the cost and aggravation of dealing with the UAW. But it’s a sure thing that Toyota prefers nonunion labor. Its 40,000 other North American employees aren’t with the UAW.
now youll get the arnie response, since cali didnt want/need the closing of the plant and 4500 joining the unemployment force
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After 25 years Toyota is shutting down NUMMI, its assembly joint venture with General Motors. GM pulled out late in June. Since then, California politicians have been scrambling to put together a package of tax breaks, cheap electricity and cheap money to appease Toyota.
But again, it’s too little, too late. The largest employer in Alameda County (a.k.a. Oakland), with more than 4,500 jobs and the last remaining auto assembly plant west of the Rockies, will be history by next March.
The biggest winner of the Cash for Clunkers program was Toyota…And how did Toyota return the favor for its sweet little uptick in US market share? The Japanese automaker delivered a slap in the face to the American workers who had been making those Corollas.
We’ll probably never know whether Toyota picked NUMMI for closure because it got tired of the cost and aggravation of dealing with the UAW. But it’s a sure thing that Toyota prefers nonunion labor. Its 40,000 other North American employees aren’t with the UAW.
now youll get the arnie response, since cali didnt want/need the closing of the plant and 4500 joining the unemployment force
That article reeks of pro-UAW spin. I don't see anywhere in that blurb where Arnie or the California government failed. It sounds like they tried to give the plant a ton of breaks to stay open. But again i'll reiterate it, Toyota refuses to deal with the UAW. THAT's the reason the plant closed. Where did this article come from? a UAW news letter? a UAW representative being interviewed?
The part where it says Toyota slaps the American worker in the face is text book UAW hate mongering and spin. Toyota simply refuses to let the UAW infect their company the way it did to the big 3. Is it a coincidence that the big 3 are broke, are known for poor quality AND ran by the UAW? Yet Toyota sales continue to climb and their level of quality stays pretty much the same give or take a few problems here and there? I say not. the UAW had no say in the plant closure. it was Toyota's' decision not to slap the American worker but to keep profitable and maintain quality. 2 things the UAW can not provide as you can clearly see from the whole domestic debacle. It was a tough decision I'm sure, but i applaud them for not letting the UAW guilt/strong arm them into poisoning their product. By closing one greedy UAW plant they saved 1000's of other American jobs at other Toyota plants.
So i'll stick with the truth, Toyota closed plant because they refuse to deal with the UAW. That has nothing to do with Arnie.
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