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Chances are, you have a friend or relative who works at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc., so you know that Toyota builds some of the most American-made cars in the industry. But, did you know Toyota's investment in the United States goes far beyond manufacturing?

The Toyota Camry and Toyota Avalon assembled in Kentucky are not the product of blueprints sent over from Tokyo, to simply be built domestically. In fact, the 2016 Avalon and the 2015 Toyota Camry were both designed at CALTY Design Research, Inc. in Michigan.

Calty started out as a single, small design studio in…

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Back in your parent's day, Toyota was considered a far cry from an American automaker. Today, however, Toyota Motors North America is its own division, led by Illinois-native Jim Lentz, and it builds more cars here in the United States than some Detroit-based rivals.

While there are still advantages to buying an American-brand vehicle, when it comes to manufacturing jobs, the Toyota Camry supports more in the...