READY TO ROCK: 12th-generation Corolla Rolls Off the Line at Toyota Mississippi
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It has style. It has grace. And today, Toyota's stunning all-new 2020 Corolla calls <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing:border-box;">Mississippi</span> home.
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Plant President <span class="xn-person" style="box-sizing:border-box;">Sean Suggs</span> praised his team's success when the first <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing:border-box;">Mississippi</span>-built 12th-generation Corolla rolled off the line, showcasing its sleek new design to team members and community leaders.
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"We have an extraordinary team in <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing:border-box;">Mississippi</span> building a remarkable vehicle," said Suggs. "I can honestly say we get better every day, and it's because of our amazing team members. I can't wait to see what happens next for our plant, our community, and as we like to say, the Toyota Mississippi Family."
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Suggs also presented the town of <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing:border-box;">Blue Springs</span> with the first 11<span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12px;line-height:0;position:relative;vertical-align:baseline;top:-0.5em;">th</span>-generation Corolla that rolled off the line at Toyota Mississippi on <span class="xn-chron" style="box-sizing:border-box;">September 7, 2013</span>. <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing:border-box;">Town of Blue Springs</span> Mayor <span class="xn-person" style="box-sizing:border-box;">Rita Gentry</span> said the vehicle will be used in the day-to-day functions of the <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing:border-box;">Blue Springs</span> Police Department.
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More than 2,000 people come together each day in <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing:border-box;">Blue Springs</span> to build the world's most popular compact sedan for customers across the Americas and the <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing:border-box;">Caribbean</span>.
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<span class="xn-person" style="box-sizing:border-box;">Chris Reynolds</span>, Toyota Motor North America chief administrative officer, Manufacturing and Corporate Resources, greeted team members and <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing:border-box;">Mississippi</span> leaders with words of encouragement and admiration during a ceremony celebrating the plant's sixth major milestone since opening in 2011.
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"The role of our team members is critically important, not only to Toyota Mississippi, but to Toyota as a global mobility company," Reynolds said. "I am so proud of the Toyota Family in <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing:border-box;">Mississippi</span>, and I am grateful to be part of this special day."
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For over 50 years, Corolla has been synonymous with dependability, fuel efficiency, safety and value. Now, thanks to the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) platform and Corolla's wheels-to-roof transformation, stylish, connected, refined and exciting will be used to describe the all-new Corolla.
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Toyota announced in <span class="xn-chron" style="box-sizing:border-box;">April 2018</span> that it would invest <span class="xn-money" style="box-sizing:border-box;">$170 million</span> in its <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing:border-box;">Mississippi</span> plant to build the 12th-generation Corolla using TNGA ¡ª the new way Toyota designs, engineers and produces its vehicles.
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With an elevated dynamic design, robust build and confidence-inspiring safety and quality, the Corolla sedan's bold new look is shaking up the compact sedan segment. From every angle, the new Corolla sedan looks lower and leaner, tauter and tighter. Powerful fender flares and generously curved fender top surfaces accent its sculpted, athletic core.
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From an engine that produces more power, to greater agility to Toyota Safety Sense 2.0 standard on all Corolla sedans, TNGA showcases a spectacular product in the 2020 Corolla.
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The Toyota Corolla remains the world's best-selling nameplate with more than 46 million vehicles sold globally since its introduction in 1966.
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Through the Start Your Impossible campaign, Toyota highlights the way it partners with community, civic, academic and governmental organizations to address our society's most pressing mobility challenges. We believe that when people are free to move, anything is possible.
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19 Mar,2019
