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First Subaru Camry rolls off the line in Indiana

NFS4

NFS4

No Lifer
No, we're not confused - Subaru's parent company, Fuji Heavy Industries, and Toyota cooked up a deal in 2006 that creates more production capacity for the Camry by having Subaru of Indiana Automotive begin building the country's best selling car. The deal was one of the first fruits born from Toyota's decision to snatch up the 8.7% stake in Subaru that GM dropped back in 2005.

The agreement nets Toyota the ability to produce 100,000 more of the vanilla sedans per year (Toyota sold an already impressive 448,445 Camrys in 2006) at Subaru's plant in Lafayette, Indiana. Subaru, meahwhile, snared a $230 million payment from Toyota to build even more of the best-seller, and 1,000 jobs have been added, as well, to nearly double the 120,000 Tribecas, Outbacks and Legacys the plant produced in 2006. The local community also netted a $60,000 donation to their zoo's owl exhibit in return for support of the deal.

So, Toyota gets more Camrys to sell, Subaru earns money, the citizens of Lafayette, Indiana have 1,000 more jobs, and the owls at the Columbian Park Zoo win an upgrade to their exhibit. Maybe they'll tell their other bird friends to aim for cars other than Camrys.
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http://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/20/firs...ru-camry-rolls-off-the-line-in-indiana

Press Release
Camry Production Begins In Indiana

Subaru of Indiana Automotive (SIA) and Toyota held a ceremony today to commemorate production of the plant's first Toyota Camry.

In March 2006, SIA parent Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI) and Toyota announced a collaborative agreement that would include Camry production at SIA.

A $230 million investment gives SIA the capacity to produce 100,000 Camrys per year. Camry production will add 1,000 associates for a total of more than 3,200 at SIA.

Attending the ceremony were FHI president Ikuo Mori and Toyota Motor Corporation president Katsuaki Watanabe. They congratulated SIA associates and Toyota team members involved in the project's development for their hard work and commitment to building America's best-selling car at SIA.

"Production of the Camry at SIA represents an important start to our business collaboration with Toyota," said Mori. "Together, we were able to accomplish this goal in a short period of time through the efforts of all associates involved in this project."

"Fuji and Toyota faced many challenges for Camry production, including a short amount of preparation time, and we are grateful for the hard work of our associates and team members," said Watanabe. "We look forward to growing a long-term relationship with Fuji, SIA and the local community."

"The Camrys are rolling and so is Indiana," said Governor Mitch Daniels. "We are honored by the new investment in our state and the confidence in Hoosier workers."

To thank the local community for its support, SIA and Toyota yesterday announced a $60,000 donation to the Columbian Park Zoo for its owl exhibit.

In addition to the Camry, SIA builds the Subaru Tribeca, Outback and Legacy. SIA produced about 120,000 Subarus in 2006.

About Toyota
Toyota (NYSE:TM) established operations in North America in 1957 and will operate 15 manufacturing plants in North America by 2010. There are more than 1,700 Toyota, Lexus and Scion dealerships in North America which sold more than 2.8 million vehicles in 2006. Toyota directly employs over 41,000 in North America and its investment here is currently valued at more than $18.6 billion, including sales and manufacturing operations, research and development, financial services and design. Toyota's annual purchasing of parts, materials, goods and services from North American suppliers totals more than $28.5 billion.

Toyota currently produces 11 vehicles in North America, including the Avalon, Camry, Camry Hybrid, Corolla, Matrix, Sienna, Solara, Sequoia, Tacoma, Tundra and the Lexus RX 350. By 2010, Toyota will have the annual capacity to build approximately 2.2 million cars and trucks, 1.45 million engines and 600,000 automatic transmissions.
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Wait - so is Subaru building Camrys for Toyota, or is Subaru selling a Subaru version of the Camry?

Sounds like the former.
 
So now when i see a camry when I'm driving my subaru, I can consider them brothers? Or is it cousins.

EDIT: I find it funny my nephew says sububu.
 
Originally posted by: Kelvrick
So now when i see a camry when I'm driving my subaru, I can consider them brothers? Or is it cousins.
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Depending on where you live, could be both.
 
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: Kelvrick
So now when i see a camry when I'm driving my subaru, I can consider them brothers? Or is it cousins.
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Depending on where you live, could be both.
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Yeah, considered they're built in Indiana... if you know what I mean 😉
 
Originally posted by: sisq0kidd
Originally posted by: SSSnail
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: Kelvrick
So now when i see a camry when I'm driving my subaru, I can consider them brothers? Or is it cousins.
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Depending on where you live, could be both.
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Yeah, considered they're built in Indiana... if you know what I mean 😉
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Then they're lovers!
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*ponders what a camegy would look like.
 
First "production" vehicle they mean. 😉

Subaru is building Camrys for Toyota. Toyota is just using their plant space and infrastructure. Don't worry about quality being lower because it isn't in a true Toyota plant...if anything they're looking for even more stuff.
 
Not a new practice to have one company build another's product. This was very common in WWII with companies like GM building aircraft for other companies like Vought.
 
Originally posted by: Kelvrick
So now when i see a camry when I'm driving my subaru, I can consider them brothers? Or is it cousins.
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Ya, but your Subaru is more like the quirky, shy brother who was never a hit with the ladies.

 
Originally posted by: Kelvrick
So now when i see a camry when I'm driving my subaru, I can consider them brothers? Or is it cousins.

EDIT: I find it funny my nephew says sububu.
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Half-brothers. made at the same plant, different fathers 😛
 
Originally posted by: Dunbar
Originally posted by: Kelvrick
So now when i see a camry when I'm driving my subaru, I can consider them brothers? Or is it cousins.
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Ya, but your Subaru is more like the quirky, shy brother who was never a hit with the ladies.
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How can you compare the 300HP Boxer to a 158HP Camry? Turbochargers FTW.
 
Originally posted by: InlineFive
Originally posted by: Dunbar
Originally posted by: Kelvrick
So now when i see a camry when I'm driving my subaru, I can consider them brothers? Or is it cousins.
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Ya, but your Subaru is more like the quirky, shy brother who was never a hit with the ladies.
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How can you compare the 300HP Boxer to a 158HP Camry? Turbochargers FTW.
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The Camry V6 puts out 268HP and is no slouch.
 
Originally posted by: InlineFive
Originally posted by: Dunbar
Originally posted by: Kelvrick
So now when i see a camry when I'm driving my subaru, I can consider them brothers? Or is it cousins.
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Ya, but your Subaru is more like the quirky, shy brother who was never a hit with the ladies.
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How can you compare the 300HP Boxer to a 158HP Camry? Turbochargers FTW.
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Not quite. 175hp boxer awd wagon vs camry. 😀 I'd consider it the more outgoing cousin that goes hunting, skiing, camping and so forth and aside from the wagon part, a hit with the ladies. Except when the back seats come down and they discover having a larger enclosed flat surface has a lot of benefits.
 
Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: InlineFive
Originally posted by: Dunbar
Originally posted by: Kelvrick
So now when i see a camry when I'm driving my subaru, I can consider them brothers? Or is it cousins.
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Ya, but your Subaru is more like the quirky, shy brother who was never a hit with the ladies.
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How can you compare the 300HP Boxer to a 158HP Camry? Turbochargers FTW.
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The Camry V6 puts out 268HP and is no slouch.
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0-60 in 5.4 seconds and 1/4 mile in 14.3 seconds. My dad has one, lol. 😛
 
Originally posted by: Sukhoi
First "production" vehicle they mean. 😉

Subaru is building Camrys for Toyota. Toyota is just using their plant space and infrastructure. Don't worry about quality being lower because it isn't in a true Toyota plant...if anything they're looking for even more stuff.
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Why would the quality be lower? Most reliability studies, especially CR, rate Subaru quality and reliability right up there with Honda and Toyota.
 
I used to live right near that Subaru plant, they would take an unbadged black WRX STi out on 65 and test it sometimes (or so I guess), it was awesome to catch that... it was covered in stickers and would always exit in the same spot to go back there.
 
Originally posted by: Vic
Originally posted by: Sukhoi
First "production" vehicle they mean. 😉

Subaru is building Camrys for Toyota. Toyota is just using their plant space and infrastructure. Don't worry about quality being lower because it isn't in a true Toyota plant...if anything they're looking for even more stuff.
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Why would the quality be lower? Most reliability studies, especially CR, rate Subaru quality and reliability right up there with Honda and Toyota.
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Well there is a big difference between quality and reliability. I was just speaking of material quality.
 
i wonder if the engineer would pull a really awesome prank by throwing STI parts into the Camry bin. 🙂

"Hey ma, your camry got 4WD and LSD!?!?!!"
 
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