AP Wire | 01/20/2007 | Toyota narrows choice for plant to two, newspaper reports
Toyota is down to two choices, Arkansas, and Tennessee, supposedly. Looking back a few weeks, is Toyota fearful of a political backlash or are they charging ahead to meet customer demand, which is growing faster than they can build new plants?
Here is a story from earlier in the week from NBC News, including some video from the Georgetown plant.
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