Toyota increases Tacoma production despite sluggish sales

Posted: Jul 08, 2008

Even though truck sales are at an all-time-low, Toyota announced today that it will increase production of its Tacoma pickup at its Tijuana, Baja California plant in Mexico. Up from 32,249 in 2007, the plant will pump out 50,000 units of the Tacoma this year.

Sales of the Tacoma were down 25.9 percent to 11,354 units in June 2008 compared to the same period a year ago. During the first six months of 2008, ales were down 9.1 percent from 92,462 to 84,068.

Toyota also makes the Tacoma pickup at its New United Motor Manufacturing plant in Fremont, California. The plant also produces the Toyota Corolla and the Pontiac Vibe as a joint venture with GM. No word on whether the increase of the Tacoma output in Mexico will increase production of the Corolla at the Fremont plant.

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Stewie

I am betting that most of them will be the 4 cylinder model. Since this is the only truck I can think of that comes w/ a 4 cylinder engine (are there any others?) this might be a wise decision considering the current market ...

Bobmarley

Their probably dropping tundra production while increasing tacoma's just to balance things out?

lonesome_coder

All of the below can be equipped with 4-bangers

-Mazda B2300
-Chevy Colorado
-Nissan Frontier
-Ford Ranger
-GMC Canyon
-Isuzu i-series
-Toyota Tacoma

justmatt

Maybe you are right. The 4 in the Tacoma is a rather large and thirsty 2.7 liter but it would still be better than a 6, at least in the 20's.