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Posted on 07/06/2026 2:38:01 PM PDT by CFW
Toyota Motor said it is investing $3.6 billion to move production of the Tacoma midsize pickup truck from Mexico to Texas.
The San Antonio plant currently produces the Toyota Tundra full-size pickup truck, including a hybrid variant, and the Toyota Sequoia SUV hybrid.
The automaker said last year that it plans to invest up to $10 billion more than previously expected by 2030 in the United States.
Toyota Motor on Monday announced that it is investing $3.6 billion to move production of the Tacoma midsize pickup truck from a plant in Mexico to its San Antonio, Texas, manufacturing campus.
The investment is expected to create 2,000 U.S. jobs at the facility, add a second vehicle assembly line and roughly double the size of the 2.7-million-square-foot plant by 2030, the automaker said. It will expand the plant’s annual capacity from roughly 200,000 to 350,000 units, Toyota said.
The announcement is part of Toyota’s stated plans to invest up to $10 billion more than previously expected domestically in the U.S. through 2030. It comes less than a week after the Trump administration confirmed it would not extend its trilateral trade pact with Canada and Mexico, instead opting to conduct annual reviews.
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Got one-2017 model. Like it a lot.
Let’s hope Toyota doesn’t bring the Mexicans with them. Seems like a ready made H-1B move.
great....jobs and no tariffs
Mine is a 16 that I plan to run until it falls apart.
I’d love to have a 4Runner eventually for road trips.
Time to start sending the Messicans home to look for a “better life”. Americans are all out of “better lifes.”
Meanwhile, in Germany......
The German economy is crashing due to collapsing industrial sector.
German auto sector shedding jobs due to Chinese imports to the EU.
“China is devastating the last stronghold of German industry”
Moving back you mean.
The 2009 Taco I had was built in California.
Best overall vehicle I’ve ever owned....and I’ve owned my share.
Can we get the Hilux in the U.S.? I’d buy one.
My 2009 taco had 100k miles on it when I sold it.
The person I sold it to has put another 130k on it and it hasn’t missed a beat.
I doubt the new turbo 4 bangers will ever even get close to that.
I had a Toyota car years ago. Best car I’ve ever had. We bought it used but then put another 200K miles on it. We passed it on to our eldest son and he finally drove it to death (lack of maintenance).
you might die before that happens. Toyotas last a REALLY long time.
¡Adios y vamanos!
Seeing a Hilux that stood up to Top Gear’s attempts at destruction, I’d love to have at least one.
Now if I could just get rubber matting, hand crank windows, a bench seat, analog dash, and hard panel headliner and door panels, I’m all in!
Good news.
My 2003 Corolla has 300,000 miles on it. I just had to replace a condenser coil on one cylinder. A starter motor about eight years ago. That’s it......Just change oil, tires, and brake pads.
Great. Now the Mexicans will sneak into Texas to work in the new plant.
The new one looks nowhere near as nice as the prior generation
Because we are not extending the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal and will likely add tariffs to ANY cars imported from Mexico (1) if the car maker has any production in the U.S. [like all Japanese and Koreans brands do] or (2) if the manufacturer is based in a third country like China and just trying to avoid tariffs on direct imports to the U.S.
Japanese and Koreans can still make cars in Mexico FOR THE MEXICAN MARKET, while they continue to make cars in the U.S. for the U.S. market.
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