Are Tacoma's shipped to different regions made in different factories?

Where are they made? I had read somewhere they are made in Mexico but dealer said NO.

 

Some of them are in fact made in Mexico. They might all be made in Mexico soon because the US plant that made them is shutting down.

 

So is it a particular region like Gulf States (Texas, Miss, Ar, Louis) that is made in Mexico? Is there any way of finding out before purchase?

 

I think we discovered in a poll not long ago that all the newer Double Cabs were made in mexico...

Thats a good thing. The plant in Mexico (Baja, California) has won a bunch of awards for quality and things are assembled by hand to a great extent where the NUMMI plant had many quality issues and far fewer hands involved in the assembly there.

 

It is clearly coded on the VIN number. Do a search of the TW forum and you will find the code for CA manufactured Tacos vs. Mexican.

 

My 2010 DC was made at NUMMI in Fremont, CA for better or worse

 

Personally, I would rather keep my good 'ole US dollars in the US of A. The Californian-manufactured Tacos are top notch. I try to read the label before I purchase anything big-dollar. Just to see if I am sending my money out of the country.

 

Most Japanese production goes to Asian countries. I was in China in 2006, the big thing there are Land Crusiers (called Prado there) and some Tacomas. It is great prestige in Asian countries for an individual to have a Toyota.

 

My Tacoma was made by angels in heaven (also known as Kentucky....go Wildcats!).

 

If the VIN number starts with a 3, it is made in Mexico. If it starts with a 5, it is made at NUMMI in Fremont, Ca. For now.

 

It's not as if your money went straight from your hands to the workers in the US who built your truck. Had you chosen to buy a different brand that only had plants in the US you would be "keeping your dollars in the US of A". Buying a US built truck from a foreign company with plants in many countries making the same product didn't send your dollars anywhere different than if you'd bought the same truck from one of their oversees plants.

 

Really?

 

Thanks everyone.
This link tells all: http://www.weber.edu/wsuimages/automotive/T-TEN/2008 VIN Toyota.pdf

 

Furb, you are right, BUT, it is a simple message here. Support US workers... Or not.

 

My 2010 was made from NUMMI in Fremont, Ca

 

Production from the CA plant is being moved to San Antonio, TX

 

My 2010 came from Baja California, Mexico to Jacksonville, FL to Tampa, FL. Does anyone know how it was shipped from Mex to Jax? I assume truck but the dealer always referred to Jax as "port."