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It really is a good car. If the size is right for his needs, your father will be thrilled with the gas milage and the reliability.
I work in the 2 North American plants that build that car and I have to say it's impressive. They are fanatical about quality and are always looking for ways to improve the process of building the car. Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (builds Corolla, Matrix, and Solara) will be the first plant to build a Lexus product outside of Japan. Japan holds that plant in extremely high regard, and there are MANY JD Power banners hanging in their shops to back it up. So, if you like the car (and it is a great car), look for one built at TMMC. Just look at the label inside the driver's door area for "Made in Canada" or similar. The window sticker should say something about Cambridge Ontario as point of final assembly. All the BS you read about at the Big 3 is absent here. People care about what they do, and the people on the line actually get involved at improving processes and workflow.
The Camry plant (Georgetown Kentucky) is equally impressive. They also strive for continuous improvment (Kaizen) and quality. I think it's the largest auto plant in north america in terms of output, but Nissan in Smyrna may beat it.
BTW, the guys in the plants bust my chops for buying 3 SAABS, but I know an I.S. guy who had a volvo, now a BMW. Another drives an Acura RSX. One I.S. guy has a M-B Kompressor.
Toyota software/automation vendor by day, DIY SAAB mechanic by night,
Randy
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Posts in this Thread:
- New car advice?(long), Josh91900, Tue, 12 Nov 2002 13:50:56
- Camry or Accord 4-cylinder..., keeton, Wed, 13 Nov 2002 19:44:09
- Toyota Camry XLS or LE, JBinMD, Wed, 13 Nov 2002 10:57:23
- Re: New car advice?(long), TJ, Wed, 13 Nov 2002 10:26:01
- Get the Maxima................ inside please, Phil, Wed, 13 Nov 2002 02:26:39
- Requires premium gas and poor fuel economy (-), Vlad, Wed, 13 Nov 2002 19:24:23
- Re: Get the Maxima................ inside please, warkow, Wed, 13 Nov 2002 12:16:13
- Maxima SE has stiff suspension, JBinMD, Wed, 13 Nov 2002 10:41:52
- maxima (long), dwin, Wed, 13 Nov 2002 02:57:58
- Re: New car advice?(long), CWilson, Wed, 13 Nov 2002 00:30:03
- Re: New car advice?(long), CWilson, Wed, 13 Nov 2002 00:12:31
- Re: New car advice?(long), chris74, Tue, 12 Nov 2002 18:05:23
- Re: New car advice?(long), Noel, Tue, 12 Nov 2002 17:57:47
- 9-5 may be cheaper than you think, Sieglo, Tue, 12 Nov 2002 17:15:27
- VW Does sell the tdi in USA I looked at one the other, Dan
, Tue, 12 Nov 2002 16:22:17 - New Corolla (+), Vlad, Tue, 12 Nov 2002 15:29:02
- Re: Once Mom sits in the seats in the 9-5....., paul de k, Tue, 12 Nov 2002 15:11:12
- Re: New car advice?(long), compaqted, Tue, 12 Nov 2002 14:16:52
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