the uslisted shares of toyota motor corp tm rose 02 in morning trading after the japanbased auto maker announced plans to invest 383 million in four of its us production plants to support the production of four cylinder engines including options for hybrid electric vehicles the investment includes 222 million in toyotas huntsville ala plant to create a new fourcylinder production line 16 million in the georgetown ky to expand its fourcylinder engine line 109 million in the troy mo plant for new equipment to build fourcylinder engines and 36 million in the jackson tenn plant to update equipment to build new fourcylinder engine blocks toyota customers want vehicles that are fuelefficient and electrified said norm bafunno senior vice president of unit manufacturing and engineering at toyota these investments allow us to meet customer needs and quickly respond to an evolving market toyotas stock has declined 80 year to date while the sp 500 spx has slipped 69