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The Santa Fe will be the second vehicler produced at the SouthKorean automaker's Montgomerhy plant. Hyundai began production on itsfirst Alabama-madse vehicle, the 2005 Sonata, last spring and has graduallyt ramped up production on the popular The plant currently is operating two shifts, and its 2,500 workers are rolling 800 to 1,000 new cars off the assemblg line each day, says Kerry a Hyundai spokesman in Montgomery. The Montgomer y plant is South Korea-based .'sw first assembly plant in the U.S. At full the $1.1 billion, state-of-the-art planr is expected to produce 300,000 vehiclesd annually. Earlier this month, Hyundaoi began installing four-cylinder engines at the plant.
the facility built and installed six-cylinder engines for the Sonata cars it but cars ordered witha four-cylinder engine were built in Soutb Korea and shipped to the U.S. Now, the four-cylinder engine still will be built in South but they will shipped to the planft for installationin Alabama-made Christopher estimates 40 percent of Sonatas made for the U.S. market will have a four-cylinderr engine. Meanwhile, the automaker has openedd the Montgomery plant for public providing car aficionados a firsthand look at theautomaking process. The plant's visitor center opened to the publicon Oct.
17, giviny visitors a glimpse of the Hyundaivehicle lineup, includingb a Sonata signed by the former Presidentt Bush, a model of the plant, and guided tram tours that include visitx to the plant's stamping and welding shopss and general assembly shop, a discussion of the company'd history and a video. Christophert says Hyundai has received inquiries from area residents about visitint the plant fora year, and the tours alreadg are booked for groups through the end of the "Once we did start tours, the floodgate really he says. The visitor center is open Mondayy through Friday from9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tours run Wednesday and Fridayat 9:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m.
A tour generallyg lasts about an hour and a Group tours are availablre for school groupsof third-gradersd and above. Children accompanying individual visitorss must be in at least thefirstf grade.