17,192 Tacomas sold in December USA 523 Canada

Thats a lot of trucks in December, No wonder people are waiting longer times than those who ordered in September

http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2011/01/toyota-tacoma-sales-figures.html


Colorado sold 7909 December
GMC Sold 3000

 

Pretty impressive to be building about 50 of these trucks daily.

 

Autos usually roll off line completed 1 every 60 or so seconds. In an 8 hr shift it is alot,

 

I'm one of them in December...LOL! BTW it looks like it's 959 for Canada...

 

Wonder how that compares to the fourth month (or whichever month of production the tacoma is on) of the Colorado's sales

 

I Build BMWs out here and we are at 93 seconds per car. 60 would be absolutely screaming down the line. Pretty sure all of our SUV models are built at that same "tact" time. We work 10 hour shifts and make about 340 cars.

 

hmmmmmnnn...

 

I toured the San Antonio Tacoma/Tundra factory in December 2014 and they were building just over a thousand trucks a day (on the same assembly line) in two shifts. The logistics of that are freak'n amazing.
In contrast here at Lockheed Martin where I work we build one C-130 Hercules a month.
Mike

 

Thanks for sharing the data. Cars coming off the line at <1 per minute is not a bad thing if processes and product quality are in harmony,

On the other hand, a C7 Corvette comes off the line every few minutes and you get rattles along with so so fit & finish (i know because I own a Z06 convertible).

 

Any car that has that sort of takt time is bound to have rattles. 60 seconds per job that is. Unlike ferrari or Bentley that has 10 to 15 minute takts. You not only take a little more pride in what you do but you have time to be more careful.

 

I own a Z06 hard top. no rattles on mine. all topless cars are known to have rattles. I would bet that is the cause. GM takes time on the vettes. VERY well built cars.

 

I also went through the Corvette factory in the summer of 2014, they were producing 162 cars a day then.
Mike

 

I was in qc at honda I knew they came off fairly quick but didn't know an exact time. I knew we made alot per shift.

 

Not surprised, I've been waiting 3+ months in Canada.

 

My 2004 S2000 has zero rattles, related to the soft top or otherwise.

 

Auto industry is thriving again. 2015 was the best year ever for the auto industry in the states.

 

Here's the full scope of December truck sales in the US:

 

but you don't know the actual time from start to finish. you cant tell me from beginning of the assembly to driving off the line is 60 seconds.

I can understand drive off is every 60 seconds but that not the actual total time build one from scratch.