<P> Toyota has a large presence in the United States with six major assembly plants in Huntsville , Alabama , Georgetown , Kentucky , Princeton , Indiana , San Antonio , Texas , Buffalo , West Virginia , and Blue Springs , Mississippi . Toyota had a joint - venture operation with General Motors at New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. in Fremont , California , which began in 1984 and ended in 2009 . It still has a joint venture with Subaru at Subaru of Indiana Automotive , Inc. in Lafayette , Indiana , which started in 2006 . In these assembly plants , the Camry and the Tundra are manufactured , among others . </P>
when did toyota start making cars in the us
1984