I agree him that the primary reason the 4Runner is so reliable is because not much as changed in 13 freaking years

As for assembly, it really doesn't matter where a vehicle is assembled anymore. The way the parts go together is all in the engineering of the part itself. Cars now are like Legos and are better for it. Most come apart and go back together quite nicely. I can have 4runner door card entirely off in 3 minutes. I can have the rear floor carpet, foam panels, trim, and back seat out in 10 minutes and stripped to just the carpet and/or bare metal floor. I can have the rear bumper cover off in 5 minutes and a taillight out in 2 minutes. These trucks are incredibly simple by today's standards. They hardly have any noise insulation/suppressing materials either and is probably why they are fairly loud on the highway.

There is no craftsman assembly needed for these trucks at all. My 13 y/o daughter and my 17 y/o son installed new speakers on my wife's 2020 4Runner after I showed them how to get a door card off. They didn't scratch or break anything and it was like no one was there after they were done.