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Who Killed The Corvette’s Chances Of Being Kentucky’s Official Car?
The AP [via canadianbusiness.com] reports that two separate bills to make the Corvette Kentucky’s official state car appear to be dead in the state’s legislature. State Rep. C.B. Embry Jr.,...
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Amendment to Kentucky Jobs Retention Act to Encourage Investment, Job...
The Fourth of July is upon those of us who wave Old Glory while eating some grilled chicken marinated in Ale-8-One, drinking some fine Kentucky bourbon (straight or as a mint julep), doing a burnout...
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Lexus ES Production Moving To Kentucky
Production of the Lexus ES will move from Toyota’s plant in Kyushu, Japan to a plant in Georgetown, Kentucky, where its platform twin, the Toyota Avalon, is built. Previously, the Lexus RX was the...
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Disaster at National Corvette Museum: Can History Be Saved?
The National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky suffered major sinkhole damage yesterday. Now the fate of several important Corvettes, and perhaps the museum itself, hangs in the balance. No...
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Details on Toyota North American Reorganization: California & Kentucky Lose,...
Toyota has released a statement (below the fold) on the reorganization of its North American business operations and the consolidation of most of those functions at a new regional headquarters to be...
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National Corvette Museum Makes Sinkhole Permanent Exhibit
Earlier this year, a sinkhole opened up within the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Ky., taking down eight Corvettes 60 feet below the show floor. Since then, the natural disaster has proven...
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Toyota Putting The Brakes On Further Capacity In America
Toyota is not going to be expanding any plants in the United States, even as they are forced to absorb further production of the Toyota Camry as their assembly deal with Subaru winds down. According...
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UAW Faces Right-To-Work Laws in Kentucky Counties
States with right-to-work laws are in green. Wikipedia graphic. Organized labor has had setbacks as states formerly seen as union strongholds in the industrial midwest, Wisconsin and Michigan, have...
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Owner-Built Engine Program For Corvette Z06 Returns
Buying a new Corvette Z06 soon? Would you like to build its engine? Chevrolet has a plan to make that happen, if you got the cash and the time. Beginning in March, new Z06 owners will have the...
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Volvo Considering Three Southern States For New Plant
Volvo could soon join BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Kia in the Southeastern United States, as the Sino-Swedish automaker is seeking a home for a new factory. WDRB-TV reports Kentucky, North Carolina and...
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Beshear To Transplants: Kentucky Is Not Tennessee
Unlike his Republican counterparts down south, Kentucky governor Steve Beshear says his state is not like Tennessee as far as attracting transplants go. Associated Press reports those remarks were...
View ArticleChevrolet Finishes Work on 1,000,000th Corvette And It’s Pretty Rad
Chevrolet finished work restoring its 1,000,000th Corvette after it was damaged in a Kentucky sinkhole that swallowed it — and other Corvettes — at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green,...
View ArticleFord Spends $1.3B on Super Duty Plant in Kentucky So You Don’t Have To Wait...
Ford announced Tuesday that it would spend $1.3 billion to retool, update and build a new body shop for its Louisville, Kentucky plant, which produces its Super Duty truck and large SUVs. The announced...
View ArticleTTAC News Round-up: Volkswagen Finished Second in China, Big Trouble for...
Volkswagen’s chief in China says they’re probably not retaking the crown from General Motors there anytime soon. That, Apple’s lead car guy is gone, Takata’s in trouble and more … after the break!...
View ArticleTTAC News Round-up: Ford Soothes Investors, Dodge Gets its DiCaprio Moment,...
Ford is doing so well, you’d be a damn fool to ever think of not investing in Ford, says Ford. That, hiring a crop of cranky old people paid off for Dodge, Kentucky joins the let’s-sue-Volkswagen...
View ArticleHighway Star Rising, Act 2: Roadblock in the Bluegrass
Over a year has passed since my quest to regain my license began. A lot has happened since then. For starters, I left Seattle for Louisville, with a brief stop in Columbus, Ohio. From there, I moved...
View ArticleToyota Truly Believes 2018 Camry Will Do For Midsize Sedans What Tacoma Did...
Excited at the prospect of an all-new midsize sedan despite a drastic decrease in demand for midsize sedans, Toyota is ramping up employment at the Camry’s assembly plant in Georgetown, Kentucky. With...
View ArticleThe Next Toyota Avalon Is TNGA, Assuming the Next Avalon Is
Stiffer structures, a lower center of gravity for improved handling, more shared components, and a 20-percent cost cut are all benefits of the Toyota New Global Architecture. Eventually, Toyota wants...
View ArticleAll of the New 2018 Toyota Camrys Sold in America in July Were Japan Imports
We learned early in July that many of the early 2018 Toyota Camrys available in Toyota’s U.S. showrooms wouldn’t be built in Toyota’s Georgetown, Kentucky, assembly plant. Through June, not a single...
View ArticleFull-size Sedan Faithful, Take Heart – Fifth-gen Toyota Avalon Due Next Year;...
U.S. sales of full-size, volume-brand sedans fell 17 percent in the first seven months of 2017, a sharp drop following noteworthy declines in each of the last three years. Despite the growth the market...
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