Mexico vs US Assembly Plant Article

I doubt it. Aisin-Seiki has a North American division and several plants in the U.S. and Mexico. Automatic transmissions are made in North Carolina and I'm pretty certain manuals are made in Indiana.

 

I don't think Aisin makes the manual transmission. Only the auto.

 

The 5 spd manual in my 2008 was Aisin.

 

A short list....no Driveline info though...

https://www.autonews.com/assets/PDF/CA10079085.PDF

 

I just remember seeing "Thailand" on the country of origin sticker of a manual I drove. I remember thinking that was odd.

 

The RA60 is an Aisin AY6.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aisin_AY_transmission

Not sure if the RC62 in the 3rd gen is still, so it could be something else or as @TacoJonn is mentioning something else Toyota uses in Thailand. But since Aisin-Seiki has been making Toyota truck sticks (I know they made the W-series & G-series) for decades I wouldn't bet against it.

 

it's a redesigned manual. Not the same manual as the gen 2.

 

I know it is, the RC62 has 4th at 1:1 and 5th and 6th are OD like the RA60 should have been (it has 5th at 1:1 and only 6th is OD). I'm watching for someone parting out a 3rd gen to get one. ;-) The RA60 has kind of funky ratios between 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th gears. It's not terrible but I wish 6th was taller to bring the RPMs down on the highway and 4th was the 1:1 like 5 speeds used to be. OTOH, all the ratios are all lower so it's obviously more of a truck transmission than a highway warrior, so I dunno.

 

Kind of reminds me of why Fender USA Strats go for more than the mexican ones.

 

Ford is moving ALL small car builds to Mexico !!!!

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money...ng-all-production-small-cars-mexico/90354334/

More lost jobs. Ford has a better idea ?

 

http://www.payscale.com/career-news/2008/12/are-ford-workers-really-paid-73-an-hour

 

Except Ford is keeping the Focus and Fusion plant open by building the Ranger and Bronco there. In fact they are rebuilding their entire head office and operations center in the Detroit area which, between the two projects, will add a ton of jobs...

http://fortune.com/2016/04/12/ford-high-tech-headquarters/

http://truckyeah.jalopnik.com/fords-uaw-contract-confirms-a-ranger-and-bronco-built-i-1741506390

But good job believing whatever BS makes you feel better about Toyota at night lol. Ford being played off as leaving to Mexico is a political move and not a reality.

 

8 year old article which basically describes why Ford began their restructuring before the crisis that could of folded GM and Crysler if not for the government interceding. It'd be interesting to see how the restructuring has changed this.

 

That reads like a hit piece written by a 10th grader. I can't even find any information about the author. I call bunk.

 

It's no rumor that Ford revamped their pay scale and UAW contracts in the early to mid 2000's and that GM + Chrysler followed suit a few years later when the crash forced them too...

However Toyota went through a similar process. It's not all roses for either company.

In truth the most accurate statement I've heard is that the automakers, and that's everyone, are moving the production of lower margin vehicles to Mexico and expanding the plants for the larger demand higher margin trucks and CUV's in the USA. It makes sense, build the stuff with no margin where you can get cheaper labor and the stuff where you can make bank where there are higher wages. However that can be spun about a million ways depending on what point someone thinks they can make.

I'm sure in Toyota's world the split makes sense from some financial point of view and isn't hurting quality since a pile of the 2nd gens were made there without any issues (trust me, people have tried to tie 2nd gen issues to the plants and it never worked out)

For whatever it's worth my Tacoma is one of the rare Mexican Tacoma's that made its way to Canada. The only issue I had was the common windshield whistling and the dealer was able to fix that easily. Mechanically my truck has been great, especially compared to the other Tacoma's I know which seem to be having drive-line issues I have yet to have. In all likelihood it's probably more likely that problems are luck of the draw rather than where your Tacoma is made.

 

My pos was built in Texas so lets not get carried away.

 

you do know they don't hire rockect experts at a auto factoryrite.

 

Mexicans make the best Tacos! No surprise there

 

Interesting article about the difference between the ma

Interesting Article about the differences