Toyota considering exporting big trucks

[Sulu]

The... San Antonio plant will be closed from August 8 until mid-November to allow dealers to clear out Tundra inventory. When the Texas plant does come back online, a portion of its production could wind up overseas.

At the Management Briefing Seminars, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky Inc. President Steve St. Angelo said some Tundras and Sequoias could be produced in the US and shipped overseas... a welcomed addition in the Middle East, where cheap gas prices makes big vehicles more acceptable. While the overseas truck market isn't likely to produce huge demand for the Tundra and Sequoia, the currently untapped markets could help the San Antonio plant come closer to running at its peak efficiency.

Source: http://www.autoblog.com/2008/08/11/t...ng-big-trucks/

[ECHOKnight2000]

Well, might as well sell more to the source of our gas prices woes. Okay I know its more than that but let me blame other people, its fun.

Eventually Middle East is going to get it hard in the butt with oil drying up but even before that with alternative ways of getting around. I know they are going to fight tooth and nail to survive. Its not going to be pretty but I know thats a ways off...