Toyota: The Most American Car Company

[GeneW]

Toyota sets the benchmark for manufacturing excellence and has been training Americans in how to design and make durable goods.

One of the guys who used to run a small business unit where I work got majorly promoted, to the Director of a gigantic department that will improve efficiency. One of his favorite sayings is, "At Toyota they come to work saying, 'how can I do better today than yesterday?". Hope to give him a hand as he makes it work.

Gene

[MadMax]

Originally Posted by GeneW

Toyota sets the benchmark for manufacturing excellence and has been training Americans in how to design and make durable goods.

One of the guys who used to run a small business unit where I work got majorly promoted, to the Director of a gigantic department that will improve efficiency. One of his favorite sayings is, "At Toyota they come to work saying, 'how can I do better today than yesterday?". Hope to give him a hand as he makes it work.

Gene

Gene

Whereas I wouldn't disagree that Toyota has done an excellent job at it, I think the "benchmark" was set by Honda; who built the first Japanese car plant in America (Marysville, Ohio) which started production in November 1982. It currently produces four models (it is the sole global source of the Honda Accord Coupe, the Acura TL and the Acura RDX, while also building more than 90% of the Honda Accord Sedans sold in America) and employs over 5000 individuals who built 440,000 vehicles every year.

The neighboring Honda motorcycle plant was opened in September 1979 and has built more than 1 million motorcycles (Honda GoldWings). It employs an additional 300 people.

Cheers! M2