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a SOLARA, the first
Toyota to be built

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Mm made its world debut

mat the recent North
American International

ma Auto Show in Detroit.

By basing Solara on the
industry benchmark Camry
sedan platform, Toyota engi-

Amneers and designers were able

Mio create an clegant, sporty
two-door which marks the
entry of Toyota into a new
market niche for midsize
coupes.
“Tovota has taken the
of Camry to build the
; new Solara coupe
which will be targeted at the
Smaturing baby boomers who
iorm such an important part
Mof today’s auto market,” said
presi-
Adent Wayne Symonds.
m “The best of Camry

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includes more than just the
platform” Svmonds added.

“Te also includes Camry’s
space-efficient, sure-foored,
front-wheel drive system and
a choice of two proven ener:
gy-efficient: powerplants; a
133 horsepower inline four-
evlinder or a 200 horsepower
Vo.

“In addition, Solara will
benefit from Camry's highly-
refined MacPherson strut
Stspension system as well as
Numerous other proven com-
ponent systems,

“However, Solara will
share no common body com-
ponents with Camry and the
interior = design is also
unique.”

Solara joins the list) of
vehicles to take advantage of

Toyora’s growing North
American styling, engineer-

ing and manufacturing facili-

ties.
The body design is the

product of Tovota’s CALTY
design centre in’ Newport
Beach, California. Solera
engineering responsibiliries
were shared between Tovots
Motor Corporation in’ Japan
and tke Tovota Technical
Centre which has headquar
ters i Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Production will rake place
a Toyota Motor
Manufacturing Canada Ine
(PMMC) in’ Cambridge,
Ontario widh the suppert of
Tovota’s vast parts supplier
network in| North America
and Tapan.

Toyotas Canadian plant
has been preparing for the
production of Solara since
the announcement one year
ago of a $4000 million
upgrading of its original facil-
itv,

The award winning
TMMC fieility opened in
November to build Corolla
sedans tor the Canadian and

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Tas August, Corolla pro-
duction was trausterred to a
wew expansion plang in
Cambridge so that rhe origi-
nab facility could be
revamped vo produce the
larger Solara starting this
summer.

A nerable addition to the
two-plant Canadien facility is
an in-house plastics depart:
ment which will produce
major items such as bumpers,
fascia and side cladding plus
other interior plastic items
for both Solara and Corolla.

Plant expansion — at
TMMC brings Tovota's
Canadian manufacturing
investment to over $2.2 bil-
lien, boosting annual pro-
duction capacity ta over
200,000 vehicles per year.

The number of direct jobs
at TMMC will grow to 2,400
when both plants are at
capacity,

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