Autoblog: Revised Yaris to debut this year

[Lewis]

I wouldn't worry about the quality of a western hemisphere built Yaris Kal. The benefits to buyers here would, IMO, vastly outweigh the risks. Car manufacturing is now a mature well understood technology whose quality levels are simply the result of the amount of money manufacturers are willing to assign to it's priority. Just look at what Ford and Hyundai have been able to do with their quality scores since they've decided to invest in better quality production. Toyota's quality problems the last few years are the result of an emphasis on expansion (becoming #1 in sales) over investments in quality and innovation. Seeing where that took them might result in some reconsideration in the future.