Donkey said:
Since a Subaru factory in Indiana is now going to be used for producing
Toyotas, one does have to wonder if that means fewer Subarus, and what
the future portends...
Hi,
My crystal ball's still a bit foggy this morning, but it will be
interesting to see what happens at that plant. A couple of days ago the
local paper had an article in the biz pages that said Toyota plans to
build 200k cars/yr at the Indiana plant. In contrast, Subaru reportedly
builds 120k. At first glance, it appears Toyota plans on using "excess"
plant capacity (i.e. the old Isuzu line) but I don't know how big the
plant is or if it can produce these numbers without much expansion or
stepping onto Subaru's side of the building. Like many I'm waiting to
see what happens to Subaru in this deal. I've gathered they haven't been
able to hold their quality with US made vehicles as well as Toyota and
Honda have--maybe having Toyota "in the house" will help? Suppose this
might turn out like NUMMI in California?
Rick