Where built

Are all Tacoma's made in Japan?

 

None are. Texas or Mexico

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/mexico-or-us-built-model-trends.39799/

If your VIN starts with "3" it was made in MX otherwise it was made in US.

 

No more Texas. Only Baja Mexico or Guanajuato Mexico. Maybe the Pro is still made in Texas but vast majority is Mexico.

 

“Toyota Motor Manufacturing de Baja California facility, in Tijuana, Mexico, … has been assembling Tacomas since 2004. The second plant … located in Guanajuato, Mexico. That plant’s Tacoma line began running in December of 2019.”

https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/toyota-to-move-all-tacoma-production-to-mexico/

 

The first alpha-numerical digit in your vin will tell you were it was made.

Will be either a 1 (for USA assembly) or 3 (for Mexico assembly) build quality seems to be equal in either manufacturing location.

I believe the 4Runners are still assembled in Japan however and they seem to have better overall fit finish and build quality.

 

https://pressroom.toyota.com/facility/toyota-motor-manufacturing-texas-tmmtx/ click on Additional Details

https://www.autoblog.com/2020/01/18/toyota-tacoma-production-mexico/

 

If first digit is a 4 or 5 then also assembled in USA.

 

That may be true for other makes and models, but I thought tacomas were all 1, at least all the U.S. assembled Tacomas that I've seen have been 1.

 

Mines was built in Baja, Mexico

 

They are all made in Mexico now.

 

I think 4Runners are

 

Mine is a 5, so it is built in Texas. Not that it makes any difference...

 

Built in Texas.
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I’ve driven a bunch of third gens - Texas and Baja (but not Guanajuato yet), and they are all built pretty fucking tight. The materials in many areas could be even just a tiny bit better (toyota being cheap asses) but the assembly and “togetherness” of the truck is something that I feel is excellent.

 

my truck was built in texas with french warning labels for the quebec market so i could purchase it in indiana.

 

1st digit is the country

• 1 USA
• 2 Canada
• 3 Mexico
• 4 USA
• 5 USA
• 6 Australia
• 8 Argentina
• 9 Brazil
• J Japan
• K Korea
• M Thailand
• N Turkey
• S England
• V France/Austria
• W Germany

11th digit is the plant

• 0-9 (All numeric) Japan
• A Onnaing-Valenciennes, France (TMMF)
• C Cambridge, ON, CA (TMMC)
• D Japan
• E United Kingdom
• K Japan
• J Japan
• M Baja CA, Mexico (TMMBC)
• N Kolín, Czech Republic (TPCA)
• R Lafayette, IN, US (Subaru of Indiana Automotive)
• S Princeton, IN, US
• U Georgetown, KY, US
• W Woodstock, ON, CA (TMMC)
• X San Antonio, TX, US
• Z Fremont, CA, US (NUMMI)

Source

 

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if 11th digit is T, it’s the Guanajuato plant