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Toyota Motor Corp. will build more SUVs this year at factories in Japan and Canada to meet rising U.S. demand, the carmaker’s top North American executive said.

Expanding output of models such as the Toyota RAV4 and Lexus RX will be a test of President Akio Toyoda’s plan to squeeze more vehicles out of existing factories before building new plants. That strategy remains in place, said Jim Lentz, chief executive officer of Toyota’s North American operations.

“The freeze is still in place until the end of March of 2016,” Lentz said in an interview at the Detroit auto show. “That hasn’t changed. All indications are that it will lift, but right now it has not lifted.”



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Toyota To Focus On More SUV Production To Meet US Demand

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