Toyota also had considered expanding its plant in San Antonio, which builds a new version of its Tundra pickup.

In fact, Toyota does not try to hide the fact that this is essentially a full-size Tundra pickup from the front seats forward.

In 2000 Toyota introduced a TRD sport package on the Tundra full-size pickup.

Toyota will add considerable pressure in early 2007 with a new version of its Tundra pickup.

The plant, which produces the full-size Tundra pickup, represents a $1.58 billion investment in the community.

It is completing a plant in San Antonio, where it will begin building the Tundra pickup late this year.

The plant will make the biggest version yet of Toyota's Tundra pickup, which goes on sale Feb. 12.

It expects to produce 150,000 Tundra pickup trucks a year when the plant opens in 2006.

To be sure, Chrysler and the other Detroit companies are fending off a challenge from Toyota, whose big new Tundra pickup went on sale Monday.

But he said the company did put incentives on the Tundra full-size pickup, which saw a 23 percent rise in sales.