Is Toyota America's Next Top Car Company?

[evldave]

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortu...ex.htm?cnn=yes

I read this and just about wanted to vomit...

[3Hummer]

Isnt Toyota a Japense company?!?! if so howcome the new Toyota Tundra is being built in the U.S.?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? At least thats where it says its being built on the commercial i just saw.

[K9sH3]

YES!!!!

Yes.

[KenP]

Originally Posted by 3Hummer

Isnt Toyota a Japense company?!?! if so howcome the new Toyota Tundra is being built in the U.S.?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? At least thats where it says its being built on the commercial i just saw.

That's not all they make here:

Toyota has sunk deep roots in the U.S., especially in the middle of the country, where it has built parts and assembly plants and technical centers in a north-south corridor stretching along I-75. The latest, a $1.3 billion assembly plant in Mississippi to make the Highlander SUV, is due to open in 2010. Toyota employs 34,600 Americans directly and 400,000 more indirectly at suppliers and dealers. Every year, Toyota buys $28.5 billion in parts and materials from U.S. suppliers, most of which goes into the 1.2 million cars and trucks that it builds here - about half the total it sells domestically

Here's a link to Toyota:
http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/news/02/0729.html

[hmrlvr]

I wonder how many cylinder heads Toyota has had to replace this year.

[Desert Dan]

It's the big three's own fault.
Ego, being slow to respond to what people want and need and putting out junk for many years. I think the big three finally are listening. I hope it's noty too late

The US taught the Japanese everything they know about manufacturing and theen they improved it

To bad the US companies are closing plants when the Japanese companies are building new ones.

[KenP]

Originally Posted by Desert Dan

It's the big three's own fault.
Ego, being slow to respond to what people want and need and putting out junk for many years. I think the big three finally are listening. I hope it's noty too late

The US taught the Japanese everything they know about manufacturing and theen they improved it

To bad the US companies are closing plants when the Japanese companies are building new ones.

It's the labor union's fault. High pay, retiree benefits and stupid healthcare costs have driven the cost of production through the roof.

There's no question that coming in fresh, Toyota had some advantages over Detroit: It was unburdened by retiree obligations, union contracts that had been bid up over decades, and brands like Oldsmobile that refused to make money (or die). And yes, it was lucky to have small cars ready to sell when the first oil shocks hit in the 1970s.

Liberals are killing us.

[K9sH3]

American Greed is costing the American automakers to fail along with just about everything else.

[The Juice]

The Big 3 will bounce back.

[f5fstop]

Originally Posted by hmrlvr

I wonder how many cylinder heads Toyota has had to replace this year.

Probably more than they will ever publicize. I understand, many here believe Toyotas, Hondas, etc., never break; however, both those dealers have busy service departments, and it can't be just because they are cleaning new vehicles. Read other articles on Toyota and how they have been hiding some recalls, and how their quality has been dropping lately due to higher production rates.
I'm not saying Toyota does not make good cars and trucks....they DO. I'm just saying to those who imply they don't break....they DO Break.

Cylinder head problems: http://www.consumeraffairs.com/autom...ta_engine.html

And let's not forget Toyota's infamous engine oil sludge problem: http://www.petitiononline.com/TMC2003/petition.html
http://www.insidebayarea.com/cars/ci_5025373


As for cylinder heads, let's not forget that other great Jap car company...Nissan, and how last year they had to stop production due to faulty engines.