From: Ron on 9 Feb 2007 16:53 AFIK, the Highlanders are all made in Japan currently as well as a lot of the Camrys but not sure on others. Also AFIK all Avalons are made in US. I saw figures on the web about this fairly recently but don't remember specifics Ron in Ca
From: Hachiroku ???? on 9 Feb 2007 17:07 Ron wrote: > AFIK, the Highlanders are all made in Japan currently as well as a lot of > the Camrys but not sure on others. Also AFIK all Avalons are made in US. > I saw figures on the web about this fairly recently but don't remember > specifics > Ron in Ca > > You're correct on the Highlanders. They are made in Japan of Japanese parts. Since you're in Calif, you MAY be getting Japanese Camrys, but here on the East Coast they are 80-90% Made in USA, and the ONE Japanese Camry I saw come onto the lot was made of 75% US parts, same as the ones made in KY!!! No one could tell me why the Content was exactly the same as for the US made Camrys! ALL Scions are made in Japan, the RAV4's are; the Matrixes (uh, Matrices?) are made in Canada, Tundras in Evanston, IN, Tacomas in Calif. If you can find a leftover Celica, those are Japanese, the Land Cruiser is Japanese, Echo/Yaris made in Japan... If I missed any, let me know!
From: Ray O on 9 Feb 2007 17:27 "Joe Lauton" <JL(a)Lauton2000.com> wrote in message news:1tpps21j2a078v9takujda45t5689tsj7m(a)4ax.com... > Are any Toyota products sold in US not 'made or assembled' in US? > Half the parts likely come from China, Mexico and similar places. > Where would this kind of info be found? Just looking for some rough > numbers for an argument. > jl Go to www.toyota.com, click on the "About Toyota" tab, then the "Search/Help" link, and when the Search/Help page opens, click on "Frequently Asked Questions" and when the FAQ page opens, type "assembly" in the search text field to see where vehicles are assembled. -- Ray O (correct punctuation to reply)
From: Cathy F. on 9 Feb 2007 17:47 "Joe Lauton" <JL(a)Lauton2000.com> wrote in message news:1tpps21j2a078v9takujda45t5689tsj7m(a)4ax.com... > Are any Toyota products sold in US not 'made or assembled' in US? > Half the parts likely come from China, Mexico and similar places. > Where would this kind of info be found? Just looking for some rough > numbers for an argument. > jl Prius - made in Japan. Cathy
From: Mike Hunter on 9 Feb 2007 20:13
It depends if one is referring to the Toyota brand or Toyota Motors. If you mean Toyota motors, the majority are made in Japan. Others like the Corolla are assembled in Canada of mostly Japanese materials and the balance, primarily Camrys, Siennas and Tundra's are assembled in the US of, as Toyota now says in it ads, of 'world sourced parts.' Toyota stopped advertising made in America last October after Honda, who actually makes the Accord in the US of mostly US part and has a '1' as the first number of the VIN, complained to the FTC about Toyotas false claim they made vehicles in the US, rather than merely assembling them here. The only vehicles with a 'Toyota' brand on the grill and a '1' as the first number of the VIN, are those made in the GM/Toyota plant in California where the UAW contract requires at least 75% US content. The NA parts label aside, the Camry for example has a '4' as the first number of the VIN which indicates a US total content of less than 70%, but more than 40%. The Tundra on the other hand has a '5' as the first number of the VIN indicating a US content of less than 40%. All hybrid and Lexus' models are imported mike "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)ae86.GTS> wrote in message news:fg6zh.19$2%1.12(a)trndny02... > Ron wrote: >> AFIK, the Highlanders are all made in Japan currently as well as a lot of >> the Camrys but not sure on others. Also AFIK all Avalons are made in US. >> I saw figures on the web about this fairly recently but don't remember >> specifics >> Ron in Ca >> >> > > > You're correct on the Highlanders. They are made in Japan of Japanese > parts. > > Since you're in Calif, you MAY be getting Japanese Camrys, but here on > the East Coast they are 80-90% Made in USA, and the ONE Japanese Camry I > saw come onto the lot was made of 75% US parts, same as the ones made in > KY!!! No one could tell me why the Content was exactly the same as for > the US made Camrys! > > ALL Scions are made in Japan, the RAV4's are; the Matrixes (uh, > Matrices?) are made in Canada, Tundras in Evanston, IN, Tacomas in > Calif. If you can find a leftover Celica, those are Japanese, the Land > Cruiser is Japanese, Echo/Yaris made in Japan... > > If I missed any, let me know! |