| Show I --- - - Tri ' — -- - Ifil AMERICAN-BUIL- — A - - ccle Camry coupe: - ':' Isuzu Rodeo: Built in Lafayette Ind at the I -- pi '' Subaru- Isuzu plant A Honda version of Rodeo will go in ousagie i c' r tI CI! ' -- - vehicle from the leading Japanese man- id 13 d17 --T I 'I' Mercury Villager with Nautica trim: Assembled i Ford in Avonby Lake Ohio it's labeled Quest by Nissan which makes the ill1 j c L iNfl L I :- - 5rti- -4 - -: - op Ford Rangers— - — - : t:oa 410 s 4- t I the compact pickups - orwrlip -- 1:: fr!-- 1 A' It 0091Ec'1"- A t 41 ''' 16's L- -i -:z F0 4 t: I : "1 o porno lD - ' la 4 Ilk' Mitsubishi Galant: al ILlocomrno--pgromon- - - - NEW CONVENIENCES ) -:--- top-selli- ng 71-- t'Apt I A g Redesigned from the ground up this p- Mercury Villager Nautica: Interior has a yacht-clu- b motif with sea colors and ' anchor crests stitched on body-contour- ed leather seats stand-alon- joint-ventu- re joint-ventu- re Greenville l - r and engines for both vans In Smyrna Tenn touches its trucks are really - - - sheet metal Mazda B4000 truck: Though IMazda rebadges them and adds distinctive 11111ator ( tso ufacturers Soon that will be true of two German makers as well Japanese carmakers now have substantial and growing investments in assembly planutacituhni! trend accelerated in 1981 when a "voluntary restraint agreement" between our governments limited the number of cars Japan can ship here Since then Toyota Honda Mitsubishi Nissan Mazda Subaru and Isuzu have established factories here to assemble cars or light trucks Building vehicles where you sell them may end—or at least muffle— trade arguments by spreading the wealth around "US transplants" as foreign makers here are called appear e variously as the plant the a foreibetween operation gn-based and a Detroit company maker or a operation between two foreign-base- d companies BMW is now building a plant near on-sho- re t4:t:r-------- I i - - I IT THE NEW CARS AND TRUCKS sold here come from many places including Canada Mexico and Japan It's also easy to buy an American-bui- lt ta111110:::499m - - i- Ocro) i 7Ine CLOcrizalL'Zici hs r-—--' new says three-fourtof all Camrys are built in Georgetown Ky 4 ''" A 5-i-das- entry to the line that ranks No 2 on the nation's list of bestselling cars Toyota t 9 z VEHICLES-FR- OM SEVEN JAPANESE AUTOMAKERS -g- z - T midsize sedan will be built in Normal Ill Dual airbags are standard antilock brakes optional SC and Mercedes-Ben- z is scouting for a US location Honda established Honda of America Manufacturing Inc's first auto assembly plant in 1982 in Marysville Ohio In 1985 Honda began making engines in its factory in Anna Ohio In 1989 it added an auto assembly plant in nearby East Liberty Ohio Honda estimates that its total US investment exceeds $3 billion with more than 10000 employees at its auto pants which make the Civic or Accord— plus complete engines automatic transmissions and other major components It also estimates that 80 of all Hondas sold in the US are built in Ohio Here's a twist: The No-- 1 selling US import in Japan is the Ohio-bui- lt Accord Nissan started Nissan Motor Manufacturing Corr in 1983 at Smyrna Tenn initially producing 20000 pickup trucks a year Annual capacity: 450000 vehicles '92 production: about 300000 no estimate of '93 output of Anima Sentra pickups or component parts With about 5800 employees Nissan's estimated total investment exceeds $135 billion Ford sells the Mer l' 4 I cury Villager to Nissan for rebadging as Nissan Quest both get sheet met- k I al and engines from the Smyrna plant Toyota started Toyota Motor Mfg USA in the fall of 1988 at its $2 billion complex in Georgetown Ky where Camry models engines and components are built Employees total 4700 GM will supply 180000 engine blocks annually from Defiance Ohio for Camry sedans Toyota fixes the of Camrys and Camry now made in the US at about 75 In addition Toyota and GM established the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc (NUMMI) plant in 1983 in Fremont Calif Production startedI in 1984 Made in Fremont are Geo Prizm and Toyota Corolla (also made in Canada) and pickup trucks Toyota reports that its and GM's combined total investment is about $15 billion and that NUMMI employees number 4250 Mazda began production in Flat Rock Mich in 1987 with the Ford Probe MX-- 6 and 626 In 1992 Ford bought half the factory now called 1irts AutoAlliance International 1 I I i l' i Com- bined total investment: $760 million with 3500 employees Mazda buys lt Ford Explorers and Ranger pickups and rebadges them Navajo and trucks Mitsubishi started Diamond-Sta- r Motors in Normal ill in 1985 with Chrysler as a $650 million joint venture Production of Plymouth Laser and Mitsubishi Eclipse models began in 1988 Chrysler sold back its shares to Mitsubishi in 1991 but still sells Plymouth Lasers and Eagle Talons which are made there Mitsubishi added its '94 Galant to the assembly line It estimates that employees total 3100 Subaru-Isuz- u Automotive (SIA) 1989 in in Lafayette Ind Total opened investment: $700 million with 2000 employees Products include the Subaru Legacy sedan Isuzu Rodeo sport ut'"ty vchicle arid Lim pickup (Subaru hnprezas are imported from Japan) Nissan buys some pickup parts from SIA for its Smyrna plant And Honda will sell a Rodeo version next spring By the way Honda of America exported 22921 cars to Japan last year In contrast GM led the Big Three with —Ken Zino 9089 exports to Japan I US-bui- PAGE 10 OCTOBER 3 1993 1 I I 4 111:1'1 A PARADE MAGAZINE 11 4t1P5F91411ILIA9101MMEM |
