Prius still planned for Blue Springs

Mississippi and Toyota officials are dismissing a published report saying Toyota is considering producing other vehicles than the Prius at the Blue Springs plant.

"There are no plans to change, and we are still committed to opening as soon as market conditions allow," Toyota spokeswoman Barbara McDaniel said.

.. Buddy Bynum, communications director for Gov. Haley Barbour, said the story in Automotive News "was full of obviously inaccurate information, such as the statement that Toyota employees hired at Blue Springs have been sent somewhere else; according to local managers, those employees are still at Blue Springs."

... Rumbarger also addressed speculation the plant will never open. "It is inconceivable that would happen," he said.

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