Tundra Orders Exceed Expectations - Toyota Mulls Ways To Increase Production

Toyota won’t begin mass-producing its redesigned 2014 Tundra full-size pickup until next month and already it’s mulling ways to increase production of the truck at the San Antonio factory that’ll build it.

Under consideration: Shifting some production of the compact Tacoma pickup, built at San Antonio, back to the Baja, Mexico, Tacoma factory, says Mike Sweers, chief engineer for the Tundra.

Other possibilities: overtime shifts, and speeding up the Texas assembly line. That’s always a touchy issue in manufacturing plants. Sweers thinks it could be done by asking line workers to ferret out wasted moments and inefficient processes.

 

skytop - 7/30/2013 9:12:21 PM

+1 Boost

Nice old school truck. Can't see it competing with the new, far more versatile and fuel efficient trucks from Dodge and Ford.