January 31, 2022 Group Watch: Alabama Mazda Plant Produced First New Mazda SUV
Mazda rolled the first of its new CX-50 SUVs off its new Huntsville production line to loud cheers from workers and big smiles from local leaders. The new SUV is the company’s first vehicle specifically designed and built for the North American market. This rollout comes almost exactly four months after Toyota rolled its first car off the production line on the other side of the companies’ shared $2.3 billion facility. The Huntsville facility represents a $2 billion investment that created more than 4,000 jobs in the plant and several thousand more with business partners in the area. Mazda says it needs even more workers to reach their ultimate production goal for the plant.
