Today, Toyota operates ten manufacturing plants in the United States, and builds some of the most American-made cars of any automaker. However, decades before Toyota vehicles were built here, some of your favorite models were being designed in America.
CALTY Design Research, Inc. opened in 1973 in El Segundo, CA. It started as a small "beachhead" into North American design by the Japanese company, but it saw huge success with the 1978 Toyota Celica Liftback.
Today, Calty has three campuses, where designers use every resource imaginable to inspire, conceptualize, research, and model the future of the Toyota lineup. Traditional clay milling is used right alongside futuristic holographic projections.
The Toyota Sienna, Tundra, and Tacoma were all Calty designs from the Ann Arbor campus, and are built in the U.S., too, making them uniquely American vehicles.
Come see bold American designs in action in our new inventory at Lithia Toyota of Klamath Falls.
