TOYOTA BUILDS, THEN MISPLACES, THE ONE-BILLIONTH CAMRY

A tired and frustrated Boyd Mizuno (foreground) searches for silver “one-billionth” Toyota Camry

Toyota’s big celebration over building the one-billionth Camry was cut short on Monday after officials discovered the car had been misplaced.  

“We know it’s silver, but we made 20,000 silver ones that day and we don’t know which one it is,” said Toyota manufacturing plant manager Genichi “Boyd” Mizuno, pointing to a paved lot containing thousands of similar-looking new vehicles.

Teams have been searching the area for three days without success.  “We’ve probably walked by it about nine times already,” said a frustrated employee, shaking his head.