Tacoma Production in San Diego?

now who's making assumptions?

 

Looks like mine was made in California.

 

Ha! Must be the new Sandiegocalifornia district in Guanajuato. At least according to your VIN.

 

Definitely a misleading label...

 

In other words,

 

No it was not

 

I know you being tongue in cheek, but wondering WTF is this goofiness about. So I asked Google Ai since Grok wasn't particularly helpful:


While your Tacoma might have a manufacturing origin in San Diego, it's likely due to Toyota Auto Body California (TABC) in Long Beach, which specializes in truck bed production, not the final assembly of the Tacoma itself. [1, 2]

Here's a more detailed explanation: [1, 2, 3, 4]

• Tacoma Assembly: The Toyota Tacoma is assembled at plants in Texas (San Antonio) and Mexico (Baja California and Guanajuato). [1, 2, 3, 4]
• Truck Bed Manufacturing: Toyota Auto Body California (TABC) in Long Beach, California, is a specialized facility dedicated to building truck beds and other stamped body parts. [1, 2]
• Long Beach to Assembly Plants: The truck beds are produced in Long Beach, then shipped to the assembly plants in Texas and Mexico. [1, 2]
• San Diego Port Processing: Pasha Automotive Services, a subsidiary of The Pasha Group, launched new port-processing services for Toyota Motor Manufacturing de Baja California (TMMBC) out of the Port of San Diego. [5]
• San Diego as a Port: This means that the Tacoma truck beds, or other parts, may be processed through the port of San Diego on their way to the assembly plants in Mexico. [5]

So why did the San Diego bed plant slap a sticker with a VIN that clearly states origin was in Guanajuato Mexico. Tariff end around isn't plausible since build date is before the election. This is making its way into the sales info pipeline. There was a recall for inaccurate load capacity stickers last year.

 

Well you got me. I was hoping to increase my value by shamelessly forging the placard…

 

San Diego is where the that VIN placard was made.

 

Any info on your truck?

 

Got the final VIN about 2 weeks ago, delivery window is March 30-April 13. Last I heard it was on the rail headed East. And it was made in Mexico lol

How about you, any update?

 

No haven't talked to salesman. But mine should be right behind your truck. If not the same railroad.

 

Told today delivery to dealership April 6-18 on rail like yours. Trucks in Tennessee and this region come through Toyota Cincinnati.

 

Thanks for the update. Is that your original delivery window? My window is until April 13 but I’ll check with my dealer later today too.

Will the tariffs affect the sales price of your truck? I was told the tariffs won’t affect vehicles on the lot or in transit.

 

Yeah that date was about the time. Tariffs have not been put in place plus vehicle is in USA. If your dealer says anything then they are doing it not manufacturer. I would assume there will be dealers trying to profit off of this.

 

That's a question I wondered about. I saw some guy on TV News, a car dealer going on and on about a customer that layed down $80,000 for
a vehicle ( crazy ain't it??? ) .... then he said by the time it gets here he's gonna have to tack on another $20,000 to the price.

Wouldn't put it past the dealers to send all of us letters saying they are retroactively adding 25% to the trucks we have already paid off LOL....

 

Car salespeople are not deep wells of automotive knowledge?

 

Toyota isn't raising prices for now.

https://www.reuters.com/business/au...Toyota said it does not,sheer math," she said.

 

For Now.....2 weeks from now might be a different story though.