By: Kaye Leery
An automotive sales index online has identified the Toyota
Tundra as one of the best-selling vehicles built in America and
its partly attributed to the new Toyota Motor Manufacturing
Texas Inc. plant in San Antonio.
And for the first time, the Tundra which was built at the
facilities in Princeton, Ind., and San Antonio with parts made
like the Toyota control arm
bushing kits primarily in American factories has finally
made it into Cars.com's American Made Index.
Every year the American Made Index identifies the top 10 models
of vehicles that are in essence American and that pertains to
where parts are produced and also with regards to the vehicles
popularity among cars.com buyers.
So far the top produced "American" vehicle according to the
index is the Ford F-150 which is primarily assembled in
Claycomo, Mo., and Dearborn, Mich. The Toyota Camry on the other
hand which is assembled in Georgetown, Ky., and Lafayette, Ind.,
ranked second only.
The Fort Wayne Ind., and Pontiac, Mich.-built Chevrolet
Silverado 1500 ranked third while the Lordstown, Ohio-built
Chevrolet Cobalt ranked fourth and the Wayne, Mich.-built Ford
Focus ranked fifth.
Toyota's Tundra came in at 10th place on the list. The
Chicago-based cars.com works with more than 200 newspapers,
television stations and their Web sites to buy and sell new and
used vehicles.
Cars.com is a division of Classified Ventures LLC which is a
company owned by media conglomerates Belo Corp., Gannett Co.
Inc., The McClatchy Co., Tribune Co., and The Washington Post Co.
About Toyota
Toyota is a Japanese multinational corporation and the world's
largest automaker by sales revenue as of 2007 toppling General
Motors in the position. Together with its half-owned subsidiary
Daihatsu, the company was the second largest auto company by
revenue of $179 billion and total vehicle production, making it
as one of the most profitable automaker with net income of
around $11 billion. Toyota was also the world's eight largest
company by revenue last 2006.
Toyota owns and operates Toyota, Lexus, Scion, and parts of
Daihatsu brands, divisions, and companies. The company includes
522 subsidiaries.
About the author:
Kaye Leery is has a degree in Information Technology. She enjoys
her profession as an IT consultant. She is also passionate about
writing and plans to pursue a Creative Writing workshop in Iowa.
Saturday, June 30, 2007
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