[truthguy]

Tell that nonensense to the folks here in the USA building Toyotas by the thousands. The cars are not just assembled here. The Toyota Camry is the most American content car available

I'll tell it to anyone capable of discerning the truth. Toyota does not want to be here. We jammed it down their throats. Most Americans working for the Japanese Manufactures are doing low tech final assembly. It's basic grunt work. It kinda like getting those Christmas gifts with "some assembly required".

[Figment]

Ever hear of Bodine Aluminum? How about MOST? Egines, transmissions, bodys are all made in the USA. Your “assembled here “ argument is about twenty years outdated

[lewislynn]

Toyota does not want to be here.

Who's stopping them from leaving?

[vette6387]

I do not believe that statement. When Toyota and GM were operating the Fremont GM plant (known as NUMMI) we routinely saw daily truckloads of Toyota Pickup frames, and drive train components being trucked down to the plant from Benicia where they were being off-loaded from ships from Japan. The Japanese carmakers don’t build the high dollar content parts of their US vehicles here. NUMMI was two things: A sheet metal stamping, assembly and painting operation for Corollas (and the bastard Pontiac that was a Corolla) and light truck cabs, and two assembly lines building these cars and trucks using mostly components that were made and assembled in Japan. As soon as GM went bankrupt, the NUMMI plant was “handed over” to Toyota, and they closed it because it was a UAW facility.