my brother that works for toyota dealer spoke with managers who went to the plant in texas, i believe he said san antonio? where the tundra was built. all the '08 toyotas which are corolla, tundra, seqouia, landcruiser, and the rumored toyota coupe, which they said can possibly be the celica while theres no supra sitting there is to be the final to be release. designers say celica is more likely to be out before supra.
they had the scion fuse, scion xd which will carry the 2.4 (i think this is the xb with 2az im kinda confuse here), xa i believe will be discontinued, a corolla with 2.4. many of other modified scions where there. they were happy to see the nascar camry engine being started up rumbling the whole building.
they had a show where they tie up the tundra with a dodge of same class with hemi motor and the tundra pulled.
also a 1/4 mi test was made, tundra with the dodge and the dodge had no chance.
this is what i was told yesterday since they were doing labor day sale and discussing alot of stuff going on with toyota. if someone has anything similar to this, please add.
the tundra plant in texas was said to be over 10 miles long? its a long plant...
sorry but there is no way the plant is 10 miles long!!! they are only going to make the tundra there for now with the mother plant in indiana supporting texas this is a fact..
I'm guessing they meant ten miles of assembly lines...there is no way a plant could be ten miles long. Not only would it take you like 3 hours to walk from one side of the plant to the other, there is hardly anywhere left in the US where a plant could stretch for ten consecutive miles without hitting a road or terrain barrier.
Land Cruiser and Celica?? This made my day!! I hope it's true.
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my brother that works for toyota dealer spoke with managers who went to the plant in texas...
My second cousins best friends sister in law's dad went to that too
Your initial post is a little confusing to me, are you saying all of those vehicles are to be built at the same plant or they "had" all of those vehicles there for a showing???
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they had a show where they tie up the tundra with a dodge of same class with hemi motor and the tundra pulled.
also a 1/4 mi test was made, tundra with the dodge and the dodge had no chance.
I highly doubt this (and I dislike dodge). I'm sure both vehicles were evenly matched and both had excellent drivers who tried their best to win.
I don't believe anything I hear and only half what I see, so wheres the pics
Last edited by SILVERadoTACOMA; 09-06-2006 at 11:31 AM.
My second cousins best friends sister in law's dad went to that too
Your initial post is a little confusing to me, are you saying all of those vehicles are to be built at the same plant or they "had" all of those vehicles there for a showing???
I highly doubt this (and I dislike dodge). I'm sure both vehicles were evenly matched and both had excellent drivers who tried their best to win.
I don't believe anything I hear and only half what I see, so wheres the pics
Wow, you guys are harsh.
He is correct that US dealers have visited the Tundra plant. He is also correct that the Tundra beats the Hemi in 1/4 mile. In fact the 07 Tundra will have the fastest 1/4 mile of all its competitors. You may highly doubt it all you want, but it's true.
The 2 door coupe? My guess is it will be a corolla. I'll be seeing the 08 corolla and 08 Matrix in a few days. I'll let you know what i find out. And no you won't see pictures from me either. No cameras allowed.
As far as credibility goes? Check my posts from November 2005, when i said I saw the 07 Tundra and that it will have 400hp and would pull 10000lbs. So i was out by 15hp, but when the head of Toyota's truck division tells you it will be 400hp, you tend to go with that.
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Last edited by toyotafanfan; 09-06-2006 at 04:25 PM.
There's a difference between being harsh and naive. You'd be crazy to believe anything somebody randomly posts on an internet forum without proof to back it up.
As far as one truck beating another, have to see it myself. More horsepower doesn't always equal a win in the 1/4 mile. Things like transmission gear ratio and especially the rearend ratio can make a huge difference. If you have two exact trucks lined up together with the only difference being one with a 3.73 rear end and the other with a 3.23 rear end, the 3.73 will smoke the 3.23 (better acceleration) and will have a higher towing capacity but the 3.23 will get better highway mpg. Manufacturers always sway things so their vehicle is better (they ALL do it.) There's also a huge difference in HP and torque. What people who tow things will care about will be the TQ ratings on the new Tundra, not HP. I'm not going to walk into a Toyota dealership because their new TRUCk has a quick 1/4 mile time. Most truck buyers (especially now since poeple who don't need a truck are buying cars again for fuel mileage) are going to look at style, reliability/quality, fuel mileage and towing capacity.
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