Toyota puts U.S. workers on alert: Made-in-Japan Camrys cheaper

Spanning a size equal to 169 football fields, Toyota's Georgetown, Ky., factory is the auto industry's second-largest assembly plant in North America by volume and Toyota's biggest in the world. The plant is now building the redesigned 2018 Camry, the first vehicle in North America to make the move to Toyota's New Global Architecture, as well as the Lexus ES and Toyota Avalon. (LAURENCE ILIFF)

JL

By:

John Lippert and Kevin Buckland

November 20, 2017 05:00 AM

Toyota Motor Corp. issued an unsettling warning to Kentucky workers building its top-selling Camry sedan: Cut costs now or face an uncertain future.

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