Asinine Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 I'm sitting in the foyer of the toyota manufacturing plant in cambridge posting about sweetening up my already sweet volvo.So much for employee loyalty programs and stuff!!BOO-YAH, VOLVOS RULE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maiku Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 what are you doing in toyota?haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javadoc Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Hahaha. That's not wrong, I own both a Toyota and a Volvo. What do they build at that plant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickThatClutch Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Is that where they turn out the RX330/Highlanders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plan_B Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 I wish I still had my Lexus, but I do love my Volvo :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javadoc Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Ah they build the Corolla, Matrix and Lexus RX330 there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickThatClutch Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 I think the only Toyota you can buy here in the states that is actually built in Japan is the Prius now? :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javadoc Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Also, the MR2. I think soon the Prius will be assembled in N.America as well. Toyota's building two more assembly plants... they want to take on GM in marketshare, in the worst way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderlord Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 they want to take on GM in marketshare, in the worst way.←shouldn't be too hard... american everything pretty much blows now anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickThatClutch Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 shouldn't be too hard... american everything pretty much blows now anyway...←The fact that Toyota is still able to build high quality cars in the states proves the fact that the fault doesn't lie in the American workforce but the car companies themselves.Actually, I may be a bit wrong. How do the Toyota labor unions work.. anyone know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderlord Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 The fact that Toyota is still able to build high quality cars in the states proves the fact that the fault doesn't lie in the American workforce but the car companies themselves.←DING... very well said Stephen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javadoc Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 The fact that Toyota is still able to build high quality cars in the states proves the fact that the fault doesn't lie in the American workforce but the car companies themselves.←Right you are. It goes all the way down to the relationship with suppliers even. I did a paper on it once, about the difference of how Mazda built their cars in Japan-vs- how they build them in the U.S. under Ford's assembly management policies. Basically, Ford (and most any Domestic) basically dictate to the parts suppliers exactly the specs of the parts, down to the cost (which is low), and the quality of the part suffers... so the end product is crap as a result.Anyway.. what was the topic? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivanfbi Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 alalalalalalaaalalalala...isn't it off topic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javadoc Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 Shu nuf... I was being sarcastic, though.LOL'ing the "alalalalalalaaalalalala..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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