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Surprised to see a 250 on the line so soon. Great video.
Interesting to see different vehicles being assembled on the same line at the same time.
Tahara builds both BOF trucks (GX/4Runner and now 250/550) and Lexus and Toyota cars.
It‘s a very integrated, mixed production facility. Almost fully roboticized and automated.
I know they do but it was the doing a GX and 4R on the same line right after each other that I didn't know was a thing. And I've actually been in more than one car plant - just never see that before. Different trim levels, colors, etc.? sure but never two completely different vehicles with different drivetrains.
Land Cruiser assembly has been like that all along. I saw 76s 79s and 200s all mixed in together back in 2010.
I’m still wondering which 250s will be made at Hino vs Tahara. The 250 in the video appears to be RHD with some interesting bits, like tan dash and chrome trim on the hood.
I bet it makes the Takumi specialists at Tahara sick to have to put hands on this newfangled unproven low displacement turbocharged stuff.
Make no mistake, the Toyota of today is NOT the same Toyota that built our early trucks.If Toyota wasn't supremely confident about the durability of that power train, they would NOT put a Land Cruiser nameplate on the vehicle.