Posted Jan 18th 2006 2:00PM
Lexus isn't the only brand out of Torrance launching a new vehicle at the 2006 Chicago Auto Show. Toyota Motor
Company will debut the next Toyota Tundra full-size pickup. The vehicle, which will be built at Toyota's Indiana plant
and its new San Antonio, Texas plant, will be larger, have more powerplant options, and will offer more body
configurations. The 2006 Toyota Tundra is pictured.
Honda SUT? They should call it Honda SLUT!
November 18 2006 at 12:12 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replywell, as much as i love this country too - big thing we seem to be missing is why the domestics got this way. dambbb unions are killing this country and the domestic cars that they are trying to produce. its no wonder they are brok and closing factories. too bad - toyota come in no union and kills them all - all around the world for that matter. any yes, they may sell alot more F150's right now - but you know - thats all they have left - if the double or triple expected tundra sales to even a measly 300k/yr - that will kill GM/Ford - hit them right where it hurts. but just take a look and peek of what they are saying about this new machine - no wonder everyone is scarred -
hell of a truck they make - this next generation full size from Toyota will be nothing less than Kryptonite for Detroit !
PDR,
The majority of Big 3 trucks are built in the US. GM has 1 plant in Canada that does pickups and 1 plant in Mexico that does SUVs and the Avalanche. In the US, GM has 3 pick up plants in the US and 2 SUV plants.
It's time to comment! I have been reading a lot of you guy's Trash talk, here is mine. I was a "Ford Man" for many years. Loved my mustang, even purchased an "95" F 150 4x4, brand new, a much older and beat up doge dart had to pull me from the mud! I went to a GM dealer to purchase the then new diesel with the allison transmission, I got such a hassle with price (you know the ole game playing about a newly introduced model) and service that I vowed never again to give a sh_t about domestics.(by the way, my 88 honda accord was still on the road and towed my mustang to the shop after it died in the middle of driving it!)I now own the Nissan Armada, and I kick much butt in it, all the time. I welcome the "07" toyota Tundra (the other tundra models ARE too weenie for me) With its size, if that engine is strong and powerful I will have one in my yard! I require that it be better than the Nissan Titan and stronger than Ford or Dodge. The name of the game is Quality Quality and Consistant Quality! not how many you have sold. and if the "big three" still want to play games on price, availability and quality, they will play them at the soup line!! Hurray Toyota!!!
February 09 2006 at 5:39 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyKeep on buying those Asian vehicles. How much money on a yearly basis is leaving our economy while you are driving your high quality "American Made" Toyota? The
Germans already own Chrysler Corporation, whats next?
Maybe when you arrive at work tomorrow in your Toyota,
you'll fine an Asian sitting at your desk, doing twice
the work at half the pay, while you are being handed a pink slip.
"Used to be that if you sneezed, or even gave a cross look at a Toyota body panel it would happily reward you with a tennis ball sized ding. Hope they got that fixed if they want to compete with the big boys in the truck world."
If you drive your 78 Ford down to your local dealer, you will realize that you can just almost sneeze and put a dent in almost any new car. I don't think the skins are tough on any of them any more. A lot are even using aluminum for hoods.
As for the workforce, I can say that while the Big 3 are "American" trucks, the Tundra and Titan are the only ones built only in America. The big 3 build the larger percent of their trucks in Canada and Mexico.
As for the quality. I was never able to put a Ford or Chevy through all the punishment that I have my Toyota's.
Now Tundra is kicking tail in Craftsman Truck Series, and only a couple years until a Camry is winning races in NASCAR. Thats gotta be real hard for the "Big 3" to swallow.
Hey, guys:
I read all of your comments. Some of them made a good sense and some are very entertaining. First, I would like to say something about the statistic. I agree the validity and resolution deoends on the sample size and bunch other elements. However, I would like to say the sample size is not the same as the total sales of the vehicles. In this case, each brand of vehicles' sample size should be one because it is not sampled rather being recorded. The manufacture uses the VIN to trace the problems and recalls from either cosumers and/or government agencies. The data gather divided by the total vehicles produced of each model represents the possible occurance of the particular issue associated to the vehicle. In a smaller scale of production, the quality is theotically easier to maintain. Just like a city of 2000 v.s. a city of 2 millions. The number of crimes should be higher in a 2 million city, but the possible occurance may not be higher. If the possible occurance is higher in a larger number of production and its number of production is higher as well. The product is unreliable. But please take caution though, the public perception is dictated by the number of people's experience as well. When the possible things can go wrong is the same for two manufactures, the manufacture who produces more will receive more complains due to the larger population of comsumers uses its product. It creates the fouls perception of quality.
In the final word, please use statitical data carefully. I am glad market forces all the manufactures being more quality sensible. Vehicles are getting very expensive. A durable and reliable vehicle is a must for the middle class despite of other social issues asociated to car sales.
You guys are all idiots. You banter back and forth about the quality of truck vs. truck. Yes, Ford and GM are downsizing because loss of sales etc. I personally drive an old Ford truck. I like the idea of quality that "Toyota" represents. I know the tundra is built in the US but by a Japanense company. The greatest problem is not about truck quality or durability. It is that the Domestic automakers and so many other companies have outsourced to other countries. The land of the free and the home of the brave will soon be speaking either spanish or japanese. Our country is dying because we are too lazy or cheap to buy American made products. I don't mind Mexicans or japanese. They are doing what America has forgotten. Work hard and build your country with what you can. If you want a car or tool that does the job but isn't american, yay, but you are helping to kill your own country because the profit isn't staying in the USA. So what if it may feed some Americans by their being in the labor force. They are only getting a fraction of what profit really is. We aren't building America anymore, we are building Japan, China, Mexico, and a dozen or so other countries around the world. I confess I still do buy tools made in China even if the brand is "American" So yay I just helped put food on the table of a chinese communist family that isn't allowed to have more than one legal child etc. anyway... but that is enough, just go buy American even if it costs more and the quality may or may not be lower. My bite with JD Power is for another day.
January 22 2006 at 11:16 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyGeez,Whatever delivers...and obviously Toyota has delivered, I love the thought of buying a New domestic, In high school I drove a 1993 Camry 4cyl, and before donating it racked up 284,000K miles on it's original drivetrain, in fact the interior still looked like a 40,000 K mile car...so after that I bought a 2001 Grand Prix, by the time this thing had 50K, the Camry had it beat. so what did I do? traded it in for a 2004 Camry...I was very open minded about Dommestic, but my GM totally lacked quality in almost every way, I really couldn't beleive how fast the Pontiac aged..my old 284,000 mile Camry was executed with thought and quality, while the 50,000 pontiac was not...GM has really ran there business into the ground..how could they not see this coming? Did they think ,oh people don't care if there door panels fall off, switches break, interior rattles, and so on?
I live in a very rural midwest area, and even the Farmer's buy there wife's Camry's, GM could have been lean and mean, but they chose to rest on there past laurels, Memo to GM...Americans are Not stupid...
goat makes a good point (#32). One of the limiting factors for Japanese trucks has been the lack of flexibility in the platforms. You can configure an F-150 or Silveradoo 20 ways to Sunday. By combining trim levels, bed lengths, cab size and all the other variables, there are literally hundreds of different configurations available between the two. This is where the Japanese philosophy of building one (or two) models really well fails. Let's say a guy wants the Titan, really likes the V-8 and styling, but wants a double-cab with a long bed. Oops, sorry, can't help you. Same with the Tundra.
Supposedly, Toyota is going to offer much more flexibility with the new platform, much more along the lines of American manufacturers (I forget where I read this...may have been around the time the Tundra show truck debuted last year). I hope they do, not because I hate American trucks or anything stupid like that, but because competition improves the breed and gives all consumers more choice. And that is, as Martha says, a good thing.
