Toyota's Manufacturing President Will James: Talks Career, Success, Pressure And Running The First American Plant Slated To Build A Lexus (Video Interview)

JeffCars one-on-one exclusive interview with Toyota's President Wilbert James

Wilbert James oversees what some would consider a small city, Toyota's largest automotive assembly plant in North America. James, who serves as president of Toyota Motor Manufacturing in Georgetown, Kentucky, is the first and only African American to serve in this role for the Japanese automaker. Ironically, when taking a snapshot of the entire auto industry, only a handful of African Americans have served in the role.

Toyota Avalon

Toyota Camry

James' plant is currently responsible for building America's best-selling car, the Toyota Camry, the brand's flagship vehicle, the Avalon, and the Venza, which is the brand's five-passenger car-based crossover.  Soon James will be taking on the responsibility of building the first Lexus product in an American plant, one of the luxury brand's volume sales leaders, the ES 350. While critics have questioned if the high standards of quality can be maintained in America just as they have outside of America, James answers this question and more in our exclusive one-on-one video interview.

Toyota Venza