CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Toyota is shuffling its production lines in an effort to better maximize production capacity at a number of its plants. But while the move will consolidate all Tundra production at the automaker’s San Antonio assembly plant, that facility will stop manufacturing trucks for a 90-day period as a result of declining sales, according to www.bizjournals.com.

Toyota was manufacturing the Tundra in San Antonio and at an older Southern Indiana plant. All Tundra production will now be consolidated at the Alamo City plant.

The Princeton, Ind., plant will pick up production of the Hylander SUV initially planned for a new plant in Mississippi.

That Mississippi facility, according to Toyota officials, will now produce the Toyota Prius, a popular hybrid vehicle. While San Antonio will get all of
Toyota’s U.S. Tundra work, the production shift comes with a hitch: 90 days of down time.

Toyota said it will suspend production of the Tundra from Aug. 8 through early November. The company will continue to provide employees at the
San Antonio plant with other work through that period, according to www.bizjournals.com.