6th gen built in Mexico?
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YellowSnow
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God i hope not...the 3RD Gen Tacos made in Mexico are rubbish
Pathfinder!
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I was more thinking the Toyota Garbagefire.
Whippersnapper02
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I believe the Mexican plants get quality awards unlike the Texas plant. My Tacoma was built in Baja and it was fine.
The turd get is garbage because it's a turd gen.
The turd get is garbage because it's a turd gen.
troopa4life
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If this is the case, I think the 5th gen and any other gen that was made in Japan will hold even more of a value.
Orc
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That article is from 2017. Toyota most definitely has a very strong Union presence in Japan and they aren't going to get jobs taken away, perhaps if they add manufacturing of a new model but the Supra is made in Deutschland. Unless they send us the 79 series the 4Runner better stay where it's at
the_fornicator
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Anybody hear anything about the North American 4runner market getting a diesel hilux engine? Turbo diesel, specifically.
A friend that works at a toyota dealership murmured something about this.
A friend that works at a toyota dealership murmured something about this.
HerT4R
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I wonder if Toyota is concerned with what other auto manufacturers are (and have been) dealing with:
Mazda Is Getting Fleeced Because Trains Are Robbed Almost Daily in this Mexican Town
Train robberies soared 476% in 2017 to 720 incidents in last quarter
TL;DR: Train robberies of vehicles are very very common and can take away the profitability of manufacturing in this region of Mexico.
Mazda Is Getting Fleeced Because Trains Are Robbed Almost Daily in this Mexican Town
Train robberies soared 476% in 2017 to 720 incidents in last quarter
TL;DR: Train robberies of vehicles are very very common and can take away the profitability of manufacturing in this region of Mexico.
I came on here to point that out as well:
"which shares the Tacoma’s body-on-frame platform"
I was pretty sure that they did not share the same platform. The only thing they share is that they are both "body-on-frame" designs.
With one bad piece of evidence, shared platform making for ease of building both in the same plant, it does call the entire article in to question. Now, if the 6th gen moves to be Tacoma based...well...I'm glad I bought my 5th Gen and in the future looks like I'll be checking out Lexus GXs.
I've always wondered, while I know the 4Runner isn't just for the US Market, it seems like the Prado exists almost everywhere else and the US is the main 4Runner market (per wikipedia - "As of 2014, the 4Runner is sold in the United States, Canada, Central America, Bahamas, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile.")
Have we been lucky that they HAVEN'T gone to a shared platform with the Tacoma up to this point? Could that luck end with the 6th Gen?
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03_4x4Runner
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If Trump adds tariffs to autos made in Japan but not Mexico it would make sense to make them in Mexico. Trump is about to clobber the auto industry
Whippersnapper02
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Keep in mind that people at the dealer have no idea what corporate is going to do. I highly doubt we will see a diesel in the Runner.
WAT4R
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Agree. I think we'd see electric or electric hybrid in a T4R stateside before we'd see a diesel.
desert-rat
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I second this, @Whippersnapper - yesterday at the dealer they told me that corporate almost discontinued the 4Runner, like they did with the FJ, because of low demand. LMAO there are 4Runners on every corner of every city in the US.
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Agreed! My Mexican Taco is flawless since day 1. You can't polish a turd no matter what!
