<Dd> See Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America for more detailed description </Dd> <P> Toyota's first foray into automobile manufacturing in the United States was NUMMI, a joint venture with General Motors based on the latter's production facility in California, which started in 1984 and has been manufacturing Toyota models and their versions branded as Geo, Chevrolet and Pontiac until GM withdrew in August 2009 and Toyota shut the doors in March 2010 . Toyota went on to establish a number of wholly owned plants in states such as Kentucky, Indiana, California, Texas, West Virginia and Alabama . More than half of Toyota - branded vehicles sold in the United States come from American plants . Conversely, all Scions were imported from Japan or Mexico (iA only). Many Lexus - branded models are imported from Japan or Canada (RX only). Some are assembled in Lexington, Kentucky (ES only). </P> <Dl> <Dd> See Volkswagen Group of America for more detailed description </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> See Volkswagen Group of America for more detailed description </Dd>

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