Saturday, July 12, 2008

Toyota hunkers down to hold Texas truck market

Even though full-sized Tundra pick-up trucks won't be rolling off the production line of Toyota Motor Corp.'s factory here next month, the world's biggest automaker is keeping 2,000 plant workers on the payroll while it waits out a downturn in demand for its biggest gas-guzzling models.While its Big Three U.S. rivals are shutting down truck plants and laying off workers, Toyota is hunkering down