Camry Named Most American-Made for Fifth Time

Jul 10, 2015

Once again, Toyota has shown why it’s such a special brand, having two of its cars named to Cars.com’s American-Made list. The top two spots on this year’s list were awarded to the Toyota Camry and Toyota Sienna. The Camry is the first Toyota to take the number one spot in three years, and this marks its fifth number one American-Made ranking.

According to Cars.com, the “American-Made Index rates vehicles built and bought in the United States. Factors include the percentage of parts considered “domestic” under federal regulations, whether the car is assembled in the U.S. and U.S. sales. Models with domestic parts content ratings below 75 percent are disqualified, as well as models built exclusively outside the U.S. or models soon to be discontinued without a U.S.-built successor.”

For the past 13 years, the Camry has held the title of America’s best-selling car and is currently produced in Georgetown, KY at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. On top of that, the Camry Hybrid, Avalon Hybrid, and Avalon are all produced at the same site. The Kentucky facility is North America’s largest Toyota manufacturing facility and currently provides work to more than 7,500 people. They reach a milestone in production with their 10 millionth cars in 2014 and this fall they plan to begin production of the Lexus ES. With the Lexus ES Toyota also plans to bring 750 new jobs. The Sienna is manufactured at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, Inc. which employs 5,000 jobs and is still growing.