A Toyota employee from Georgetown, Kentucky, has won the 10-millionth Camry made in the United States in a random drawing during a ceremony at the plant.
The white 2014 Toyota Camry he won is the 10-millionth Camry made at the plant since the first one rolled off the line in 1988 (another white Camry). A team member in the Quality Control Department, Tom Keith has been with the company for 26 years. He is one of the remaining 200 or so employees still working at the plant since the first Camry was produced.
While other car companies would have put a milestone car like that directly into a museum (just like Toyota did with the first U.S.-built Camry), the company decided it was better to award it to a lucky employee via a random drawing.
“It’s highly appropriate that our 10 millionth vehicle goes to one of the team members who made this milestone possible. Our team members are the heart and soul of this company, and they make all of our successes possible,” said Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky (TMMK) Plant President Wil James.
Obviously, the lucky winner couldn’t believe what happened to him. “I’m in shock. I’m going to surprise my wife. She works at the Scott County Library and drives a 2007 Avalon. I’m going to go over there this afternoon, move her car out and park the new Camry in her space. She’s going to scream,” said Tom Keith.
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