Is there any differences between the Canadian and US models?
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My wife's 2008 RAV4 Limited 4x4 v6 and sons 2015 Lexus RX350 AWD v6, was made in Ontario.
Dad's 2000 4Runner SR5 4x4 v6, was made in Japan.
- our Canadian RAV4 Limited came with the Tow Package coolers & HD alternator & radiator / 3,500# tow rating, but no Class III trailer hitch incl.
- it was standard on the Canadian Limited, and option on the USA Limited's
I don't seem to see any 4Runner listed, as Made in Canada...link below:
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Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc. (TMMC)
- is a Canada-based automotive manufacturer and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation. TMMC currently operates two plants in Cambridge, Ontario, and another in Woodstock, Ontario. The current President of TMMC is Fred Volf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Motor_Manufacturing_Canada
History
Since 1988, Canadian workers have been making Toyota vehicles. In the first year TMMC opened, 153 vehicles were built. Currently, the three plants that make up TMMC have the ability to build over 500,000 vehicles annually. That puts Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada in the top 5 global Toyota manufacturing plants. TMMC has been recognized with a total of 14 Plant Quality awards, which is more than any other automotive manufacturer in the Americas. These include 2 Platinum and 7 Gold awards.[1]
TMMC isn’t just one plant; operations include three different plants — North, West and South. Each builds a different vehicle. What they all have in common is an approach to manufacturing known as the Toyota Production System or TPS, which has changed how automobile manufacturers around the world produce vehicles.[2]
The Cambridge plant opened in 1988, and has been expanded twice since. This was Toyota's second car-assembly plant in North America, after the plant in Georgetown, Kentucky, opened in 1987, and the first Toyota assembly plant in Canada. The Cambridge plant in its current configuration covers 3,000,000 square feet (280,000 m2) in space on 1.62 square kilometres (400 acres) and the Woodstock plant covers 1,800,000 square feet (170,000 m2) in space on 4.05 square kilometres (1,000 acres). TMMC employs over 8,000 Team Members. TMMC has fourteen (14) J.D. Power and Associates plant quality awards, including the prestigious global Platinum Plant Quality Award in both 2011 and 2014 - at the time it was the only Toyota plant outside Japan to ever win this award.[3] TMMC was also recognized by the JD Power VDS as having the #1, 3, and 4 best assembly lines in all of North America [4]
TMMC is the first plant outside Japan to produce a Lexus brand vehicle. It is also the first Toyota plant in North America and the only automotive manufacturer in Canada to assemble both advanced technology hybrid (Lexus RX 450h) and electric (Toyota RAV4 EV) vehicles.
The Woodstock plant celebrated its Grand Opening in 2008, and is now in full production of Toyota's RAV4. The location was picked due to its educated workforce, proximity to the Cambridge plant, and being adjacent to the major transportation corridors, Highway 401 and Highway 403.
On March 28, 2012, TMMC announced that 80 million dollars would be invested in the Woodstock plant to increase production by 50,000 vehicles a year to a new total of 200,000 vehicles per year. This created 400 new jobs at the plant.[5] On July 24, 2012, Toyota also created 400 new jobs at the Cambridge plant to handle increased production of Lexus RX line in 2 years to 104,000 vehicles.[6]
In April 2015, Toyota announced it would be moving production of the Corolla to a new plant in Mexico, and will expand RAV4 production to the Cambridge plant after 2019.[7]
Products made at Cambridge facility
Toyota Corolla (1988–Present) North Plant
Lexus RX 350 (2003–Present) South Plant
Lexus RX 450h (2014–Present) South Plant
Former products made at Cambridge facility
Toyota Solara (1998-2003) South Plant
Toyota Matrix (2001-2013) North Plant
Products made at Woodstock facility
Toyota RAV4 (2009–Present)
Dad's 2000 4Runner SR5 4x4 v6, was made in Japan.
- our Canadian RAV4 Limited came with the Tow Package coolers & HD alternator & radiator / 3,500# tow rating, but no Class III trailer hitch incl.
- it was standard on the Canadian Limited, and option on the USA Limited's
I don't seem to see any 4Runner listed, as Made in Canada...link below:
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Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc. (TMMC)
- is a Canada-based automotive manufacturer and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation. TMMC currently operates two plants in Cambridge, Ontario, and another in Woodstock, Ontario. The current President of TMMC is Fred Volf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Motor_Manufacturing_Canada
History
Since 1988, Canadian workers have been making Toyota vehicles. In the first year TMMC opened, 153 vehicles were built. Currently, the three plants that make up TMMC have the ability to build over 500,000 vehicles annually. That puts Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada in the top 5 global Toyota manufacturing plants. TMMC has been recognized with a total of 14 Plant Quality awards, which is more than any other automotive manufacturer in the Americas. These include 2 Platinum and 7 Gold awards.[1]
TMMC isn’t just one plant; operations include three different plants — North, West and South. Each builds a different vehicle. What they all have in common is an approach to manufacturing known as the Toyota Production System or TPS, which has changed how automobile manufacturers around the world produce vehicles.[2]
The Cambridge plant opened in 1988, and has been expanded twice since. This was Toyota's second car-assembly plant in North America, after the plant in Georgetown, Kentucky, opened in 1987, and the first Toyota assembly plant in Canada. The Cambridge plant in its current configuration covers 3,000,000 square feet (280,000 m2) in space on 1.62 square kilometres (400 acres) and the Woodstock plant covers 1,800,000 square feet (170,000 m2) in space on 4.05 square kilometres (1,000 acres). TMMC employs over 8,000 Team Members. TMMC has fourteen (14) J.D. Power and Associates plant quality awards, including the prestigious global Platinum Plant Quality Award in both 2011 and 2014 - at the time it was the only Toyota plant outside Japan to ever win this award.[3] TMMC was also recognized by the JD Power VDS as having the #1, 3, and 4 best assembly lines in all of North America [4]
TMMC is the first plant outside Japan to produce a Lexus brand vehicle. It is also the first Toyota plant in North America and the only automotive manufacturer in Canada to assemble both advanced technology hybrid (Lexus RX 450h) and electric (Toyota RAV4 EV) vehicles.
The Woodstock plant celebrated its Grand Opening in 2008, and is now in full production of Toyota's RAV4. The location was picked due to its educated workforce, proximity to the Cambridge plant, and being adjacent to the major transportation corridors, Highway 401 and Highway 403.
On March 28, 2012, TMMC announced that 80 million dollars would be invested in the Woodstock plant to increase production by 50,000 vehicles a year to a new total of 200,000 vehicles per year. This created 400 new jobs at the plant.[5] On July 24, 2012, Toyota also created 400 new jobs at the Cambridge plant to handle increased production of Lexus RX line in 2 years to 104,000 vehicles.[6]
In April 2015, Toyota announced it would be moving production of the Corolla to a new plant in Mexico, and will expand RAV4 production to the Cambridge plant after 2019.[7]
Products made at Cambridge facility
Toyota Corolla (1988–Present) North Plant
Lexus RX 350 (2003–Present) South Plant
Lexus RX 450h (2014–Present) South Plant
Former products made at Cambridge facility
Toyota Solara (1998-2003) South Plant
Toyota Matrix (2001-2013) North Plant
Products made at Woodstock facility
Toyota RAV4 (2009–Present)
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If you're in LA it almost looks like you have a US model that was brought into Canada and then at a later date sent back to the US.
As far as I know that label means that a US model has been converted to Canadian spec and it meets transport Canada specs at the time.
That would include the speedometer converted to kilometers and maybe DRL's and a few other things.
Do you know the history?
As far as I know that label means that a US model has been converted to Canadian spec and it meets transport Canada specs at the time.
That would include the speedometer converted to kilometers and maybe DRL's and a few other things.
Do you know the history?
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ericfromspace8
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The original owner was in the military and traveled/moved a lot. It does have DRL’s and a engine heater connected to the lower radiator hose. Speedometer is in MPH
SURF RUNNER
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Wasn't there a BADLANDS edition sold only in Canada?
