Comments on: Toyota considering Prius production at former GM joint-venture plant

By: twobolt

twobolt — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:48:56 +0000

Unions?

ALL of the Toyota plants in Japan are Unionized. The Toyota Union of Japan has 58,000 members.

They make the most defect free vehicles on the planet.

NUMMI struggled to get quality right and finally got sued by one of their own auditors for hiding defects and failing to report them.

Building a Prius there would be shooting themselves in the foot.

By: twobolt

twobolt — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:37:20 +0000

Unions?

ALL of the Toyota plants in Japan are Unionized. The Toyota Union of Japan has 58,000 members.

They make the most defect free vehicles on the planet.

NUMMI struggled to get quality right and finally got sued by one of their own auditors for hiding defects and failing to report them.

By: KIB2

KIB2 — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:02:00 +0000

They can sale the planet to Ford so they can product the 2011 Fiesta!!!
http://fiestamovement.com/agents/view/58

By: F50

F50 — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:59:13 +0000

Good move, and the other plant should be for the future Supra.

By: howsmydriving

howsmydriving — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:19:00 +0000

I think that this would be a good business move for Toyota.

By: cocojoe53

cocojoe53 — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:54:41 +0000

The quality of the cars produced at this location rank among the highest of all toyota facilities. The Vibe would have been a sucess if GM allowed the marketing folks use Toyotas name in their advertizing

By: Bimmer

Bimmer — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:29:05 +0000

I highly doubt that Toyota will keep factory open. And I’ll give you one reason. Cars are built there by UNIONS.

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:59:07 +0000

Of course it’s physically possible. Blindfolds are cheap.

By: DrFill

DrFill — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:47:21 +0000

A can of whuppass is still a can of whuppass
Here, there, everywhere!
DrFill

By: Borat

Borat — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:11:52 +0000

It’s a lot of stoned folks outta there.

Kaizen, your comment would make perfect sense, since xD is basically Corolla. But I think Toyota is trying to hedge currency fluctuation: yen is expensive. If you build Prius in US, you can have car that costs less. And I think it is cheaper to ship crates with body parts then cars from Japan.

By: Kaizen

Kaizen — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:05:17 +0000

Maybe they can move Scion production there.

By: Mutant@DCX

Mutant@DCX — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:57:17 +0000

ahhh… that plant is safe, chilax, losing only the vibe is a nothing burger,

By: mayer_ray_nagin

mayer_ray_nagin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:42:05 +0000

Joint venture is right because you gotta be stoned out of your mind to drive a Prius, Matrix, or Vibe.

By: Payton Byrd

Payton Byrd — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:39:22 +0000

They can use the MS plant to build cars for MB.

By: Rafa LL

Rafa LL — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:19:21 +0000

Lets make bread at the salami factory…