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Ontario plant will still be used to build cars, but company hasn't specified which ones
CBC News Posted: Apr 15, 2015 9:33 AM ET Last Updated: Apr 15, 2015 9:33 AM ET
Toyota will spend $1 billion to invest in an assembly plant in Guanajuato, Mexico, and move production of its popular Corolla sedan there from another plant in Cambridge, Ont.
The Mexican factory will have the capacity to crank out 200,000 cars a year, bringing an end to the production of the Corolla in Canada. It is one of the best-selling cars in the country and had been built here since the plant opened in the 1980s.
Toyota says it's not the end for the Cambridge plant, however.
The Cambridge location will "switch from producing Corollas to mid-sized, higher-value vehicles," although a release Wednesday doesn't specify which ones.
The first Corollas from the 2020 model year will start rolling off the line in Mexico some time in 2019.
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