Posted on 01/12/2007 1:47:04 PM PST by Jedi Master Pikachu
Interesting that Toyota has no unions.
Most Toyotas are already more American than cars from the major American manufacturers.
Hey, more power to them.
I'd never buy one but they're playing smart and fair so good for them. Hopefully US automakers will learn.
Are you sure about that? None?
I wouldn't buy one either, but I do admire them.
Now, if the Japanese come out with a full-size full-frame RWD coupe with a V8...
I wouldn't buy one either, but I do admire them.
Now, if the Japanese come out with a full-size full-frame RWD coupe with a V8...
Interesting that Toyota has no unions.
Toyota has unions in Japan. The Japanese workers are covered. Though the Japanese unions have slightly different organizational model and function than American unions.
I've seen this truck up close, and it is an amazing vehicle. Powerful, sleek, comfortable - very very nice.
More accurately "North American". The Corolla is made in Canada.
Toyota Tundra is made in Princeton, Indiana..............no unions..........I worked there for 3 years.
I finally found the secret to Toyota's success! It's the gold-plated piston rings. I read this little tidbit in this weeks CarTalk:
Q: Dear Tom and Ray: I have a 2001 Toyota Avalon that I bought in January 2006 with 88,000 miles. Within the first two weeks of owning it, it started blowing blue smoke. By the time I brought it in for service the warranty was up. My mechanic told me he talked to the Toyota dealer about the problem, and Toyota told him that the six-cylinder cars had "gold-plated" piston rings, and when the car gets to 100,000 miles it will quit blowing smoke. Well guess what, I hit 100,000 miles a couple of weeks ago and it's still blowing blue smoke. The garage told me it would cost $4000. Can you help me? Signed, Dora.
A: I think you have a sludged engine, Dora. Yes, even mighty Toyota screws up sometime, and this was an engine they've had problems with. Apparently the oil-return holes were not big enough and oil and sludge build-up get stuck at the top of the engine, starving the bottom of the engine for oil. That leads to stuck rings and sometimes complete engine failure. This was a problem on V6 engines sold in Camry's, Avalons, and Lexuses between 1997 and 2002.
Evidently her Camry wasn't the only one blowing smoke.
They make no mention of the class action lawsuit which toileta lost recently. Seems 3.5 million of their prized crap will be affected because the engines quit running do to sludge build up.
Poor engineering of oil return passages. My my. The media conveniently misses the bad stories on riceburners like they avoid anything which is bad about their other love, the liberals.
For those who worship those things I realized I have blasphemed.
..my Corolla was built at NUMMI in Fremont, CA...
Once you are the best, your mistakes count less. It's like that in everything.
Seems one should have some proof before making such a questionable statement. According to this the first Toyota is #18 on the list.
| US-Assembled Cars | Percent US/Canada content | Name | Corporate Profits |
| Ford Econoline | 95% | USA | USA |
| Lincoln LS (production ended April 2006) | 90% | USA | USA |
| Ford Escape | 90% | USA | USA |
| Mercury Mariner | 90% | USA | USA |
| Ford Ranger | 90% | USA | USA |
| Cadillac DTS | 90% | USA | USA |
| Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra | 90% | USA | USA |
| Mazda Tribute (Ford) | 90% | JAPAN | JAPAN |
| Mazda B-Series (Ford) | 90% | JAPAN | JAPAN |
| Lincoln Town Car | 85% | USA | USA |
| Mercury Mountaineer | 85% | USA | USA |
| Ford F-Series | 85% | USA | USA |
| Chevrolet Colorado, GMC Canyon, | 85% | USA | USA |
| Buick Rainer, GMC Envoy, Chevrolet TrailBlazer | 85% | USA | USA |
| Isuzu Ascender (GM) | 85% | JAPAN | JAPAN |
| Dodge Viper | 85% | USA | GERMANY |
| Isuzu i-Series (GM) | 85% | JAPAN | JAPAN |
| Toyota Sienna | 85% | JAPAN | JAPAN |
| Dodge Grand Caravan – SWB | 83% | USA | GERMANY |
| Chrysler Town & Country – SWB | 82% | USA | GERMANY |
| Chrysler Sebring convertible | 82% | USA | GERMANY |
| Jeep Wrangler | 82% | USA | GERMANY |
| Ford Five Hundred | 80% | USA | USA |
| Ford Expedition | 80% | USA | USA |
| Ford Explorer | 80% | USA | USA |
| Ford Freestyle | 80% | USA | USA |
| Lincoln Mark LT | 80% | USA | USA |
| Cadillac CTS | 80% | USA | USA |
| Pontiac Solstice | 80% | USA | USA |
| Chevrolet Corvette, Cadillac XLR | 80% | USA | USA |
| Chevrolet Malibu, Pontiac G6 | 80% | USA | USA |
| Cadillac SRX | 80% | USA | USA |
| Dodge Caravan – SWB | 80% | USA | GERMANY |
| Toyota Camry | 80% | JAPAN | JAPAN |
| Toyota Tundra | 80% | JAPAN | JAPAN |
| Dodge Durango | 79% | USA | GERMANY |
| Dodge Stratus | 78% | USA | GERMANY |
| Mitsubishi Raider (Dodge) | 78% | JAPAN | JAPAN |
| Dodge Dakota | 77% | USA | GERMANY |
| Chrysler Sebring | 77% | USA | GERMANY |
| Jeep Commander | 76% | USA | GERMANY |
| Mercury Montego | 75% | USA | USA |
| Chevrolet Uplander, Pontiac Montana SV6, Saturn Relay | 75% | USA | USA |
| Chevrolet Cobalt | 75% | USA | USA |
| Honda Ridgeline | 75% | JAPAN | JAPAN |
| Honda Pilot | 75% | JAPAN | JAPAN |
| Toyota Avalon | 75% | JAPAN | JAPAN |
| Toyota Corolla | 75% | JAPAN | JAPAN |
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full-frame?
in other words you want a 6,000 lbs, 2-door, v8 powered land yacht?
(btw, there was the lexus (toyota) sc400, v8, 2-doors, rwd, but built on a unibody design)
Infernal insourcing will never stop ping.
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