Toyota may move all Tundra production to Texas

Toyota may move all Tundra production to Texas

Filed under: Trucks/Pickups, Plants/Manufacturing, Toyota

Click above for high-res gallery of the 2007 Toyota Tundra Limited
As of today, production of the Tundra full-size pickup is split between Toyota's facility in Princeton, Indiana, and the automaker's brand new San Antonio plant in Texas. According to a Wall Street Journal report, Toyota is considering moving all production of the Tundra to just the Texas plant. Just over two weeks ago, Toyota announced it was slowing production on the Tundra (and Sequoia) due to lagging sales. The move to consolidate all Tundra manufacturing in one location may be seen as a sign Toyota only expects to sell 200,000 full-size units or less this year, as that number represents the production capacity of the Texas facility. You may remember that Toyota boldly claimed it would sell 200,000 units of the Tundra in 2007, the newly redesigned truck's first year of sales. It missed that target, but not by much with 196,555 units sold. Toyota hasn't officially commented on the rumor yet, but we'll let you know when it breaks the silence.
UPDATE: Toyota has issued a statement saying it is not moving all Tundra production to San Antonio.

Gallery: 2007 Toyota Tundra Limited


[Source: PickupTruck.com]


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That make sense I tell u wut.

That boy aint right.

Its sad how they missed the target sales by so little.... Those who predicted that were doing their homework...