Toyota Confirms It Will Produce Lexus NX In Canada
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (TMMC) confirmed earlier reports and announced that it will begin producing the Lexus NX and Lexus NX Hybrid compact luxury SUVs at its Cambridge, Ontario facility starting in early 2022.
“Building on our recent Toyota RAV4 announcement and our recent facility modernization investments, we are excited to announce that TMMC has been selected to produce the popular Lexus NX and Lexus NX Hybrid models for the entire North American market,” TMMC president Fred Volf told employees and dignitaries, including the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister, Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier of Ontario and Ontario Minister of Health and Long-Term Care.
In 2003, TMMC became Toyota’s first facility to produce Lexus vehicles outside of Japan and has since made more than 1.3 million Lexus RX and Lexus RX Hybrid vehicles.
“Together with the company’s recent investments in our facilities, today’s announcement demonstrates the tremendous amount of trust that Toyota has in the Team Members here at TMMC,” Volf added. “It has been an honour to be producing a Lexus model, and now we’re being trusted to produce two of them.”
In 2018, TMMC announced a $1.4B investment (including supporting funds from the federal and provincial governments), converting its North and West plants to the company’s Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) platform to allow for increased flexibility, further production efficiency, and superior products. This investment allowed TMMC to shift its production to meet the demands of North America’s rapidly growing compact SUV market, most notably through the production of the market-leading Toyota RAV4 and Toyota RAV4 Hybrid.
“Our operations and Team Members in Canada have won multiple international awards for plant quality, and continue to play an important role within Toyota’s global production strategy,” said Jim Lentz, chief executive officer for Toyota Motor North America. “As the compact luxury SUV market continues to grow, building the NX in North America allows us to better serve our customers and dealers.”
