Do you think it matters WHERE your toyota was built?

[deebrown]

I recently read that Nissan's reliablity dipped in the last few years in part to many of their cars being built at a plant in Canton, Mississippi. Toyota will soon also be opening a plant in Mississippi - what do you think?

[hasher22]

Well i think its just in the head where quality comes with quanity...if that made any sense.....

people think that some china products are cheap and breaks down easily, whereas japan products are made from high quality material and will last longer......

but u never know with china or japan or england or australia or the u.s or where ever your product was made. If the country uses high quality material and does a fine job on assembling it, then i dont care where it was made just as long as its stable.

If Mississippi does a fine job on manufacturing the toyotas then no one would care where it was made....

[Black Yaris]

dood it is Nissan, they always have dips in reliability no matter where they are built
but on the topic... American BUILT cars do tend to be less reliable than those purely concieved in Japan

[hystria]

when Corolla was assembled in Japan it was better. Same for the Civic. Yaris is assembled in Japan and there are no problems... But it also depends on the quality of the parts used

[brickhardmeat]

I like Japan.

[yrsdrgn]

Originally Posted by hystria

when Corolla was assembled in Japan it was better. Same for the Civic. Yaris is assembled in Japan and there are no problems... But it also depends on the quality of the parts used

yup yup. personally i think it matters to me where my car was made. japan for me.

[foober]

Depends on the quality control. If your employees only care about getting thier paycheck and waiting for the weekend to spend it your going to have less quality. People have to put some care into what they do to have a good product.

[acrbill]

Final quality has little to do with the workers assembling the car. Workers do what they are told. Poor quality cars come from poor engineering not poor workmanship. If a worker did something wrong it would become immediately apparent not something that shows up months or years down the road.

[Black Yaris]

Originally Posted by foober

Depends on the quality control. If your employees only care about getting thier paycheck and waiting for the weekend to spend it your going to have less quality. People have to put some care into what they do to have a good product.

Good call... and thus the United States and its Labor Unions are to blame for poor quality products there

[uncleyaris]

I think my last Ford was made on a Mon/ Fri, lol
comma guys relax!

[popeetheus]

No, it matters what company the car comes from, it matters what thier corporate culture is, it matters what thier quality track record is.

[spkrman]

Does this mean if I keep making boxes - then move to japan, my boxes will automatically last longer and go faster?

Will you guys then pay 3x as much for the same thing because its "jdm"?

YES it matters where its built, a GOOD plant, or a BAD plant - location itself, no.

[nsmitchell]

This might shed some light on the matter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Quality_Management

Japan implemented TQM successfully, and USA did not. It is a major culture change that the USA is not willing to make. Japan makes higher quality goods as a result. I do not know any UAW folks, so - "no comment" on that. It does seem like the Big 3 is constantly at war with the UAW, so with all that going on it is hard to focus on quality cars. Honda USA and Toyota USA do not, as of yet, have UAW workers. Interesting?!

[Black Yaris]

Originally Posted by nsmitchell

This might shed some light on the matter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Quality_Management

Japan implemented TQM successfully, and USA did not. It is a major culture change that the USA is not willing to make. Japan makes higher quality goods as a result. I do not know any UAW folks, so - "no comment" on that. It does seem like the Big 3 is constantly at war with the UAW, so with all that going on it is hard to focus on quality cars. Honda USA and Toyota USA do not, as of yet, have UAW workers. Interesting?!

BTW Toyota is now one of the big 3 they supased Ford some time ago

[Black Yaris]

I am offically out of this one!

[churp]

Getting back to the post.....Is US of A the place you want a car built? I won't get into the union thing....Management at most factories here are killing the quality, they want to pay entry level wages to all workers...my current personell manager has said more than once that a person there for 5 years shouldn't get a raise unless that raise is consistant with the percentage more production he does than the new guy off the street....in other words he wants a warm body at minimum wage. Sadly he never mentions his worth in the production scheme!! US needs to shape up.

[joey1320]

Originally Posted by churp

Getting back to the post.....Is US of A the place you want a car built? I won't get into the union thing....Management at most factories here are killing the quality, they want to pay entry level wages to all workers...my current personell manager has said more than once that a person there for 5 years shouldn't get a raise unless that raise is consistant with the percentage more production he does than the new guy off the street....in other words he wants a warm body at minimum wage. Sadly he never mentions his worth in the production scheme!! US needs to shape up.

no i will not buy an American made car again. my family has been a loyal Honda/Toyota fan since i can remember(at least after the vw beetle was banned in puerto rico in '73) and in '05 i bought my first American made car, a brand new SRT4.

after 3 water leaks, front bushings, a/c connections, steering rack bearing(wtf is that???), then a steering rack, oil leaks, coolant leaks and the shittiest customer service i ever experienced i went back to Toyota(Yaris=japan made).

I have no regrets in my decision to trade in the "most powerfull car under $20,000" for the econo box-gas saver Yaris.

the quality of the american made cars is crap mainly due to the fact that they gotta pay an asshole 8hrs when he only works 1hr and still complaints that he needs a raise.

If that fucker would work the full 8hrs then there would be no need for the other 2 shifts that only work 1hr each. then the money saved from that can be used for better r&d and to buy better products to use on the cars.

the BIG 3 will crumble if they do not get rid of uaw. is only a matter of time!

[Katana]

I wish that mine was built in Japan...but it is built in France...