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Toyota pores over Tundra 2.0, Extraordinary steps taken to make sure the new truck is up to snuff.
Toyota Motor Corp. has already started building the second-generation Tundra at its new factory in San Antonio, but these pickups will never leave the factory.

Instead, manufacturing experts are tearing them down to make sure the workers-in-training are doing their jobs right.

It is an example of the exhaustive steps the Japanese automaker is taking to ensure the launch of the new Tundra, due on the market early next year, goes off without a hitch.

Toyota has always been known for its patient and methodical approach to manufacturing, but Gary Convis -- chairman of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky and one of the automaker's highest-ranking U.S. executives -- told The Detroit News that the ramp-up to Tundra production in Texas is taking that to a new level.

"We're not going to rush this thing," Convis said in an interview at the auto industry's annual Management Briefing Seminars. "It's going to be done right."

Industry analysts say it has to be done right. The new Tundra represents the first serious challenge to the dominance of Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp. in the full-size pickup market -- the last bastion of the American automobile industry. And it comes at a time when that segment appears to have reached its peak.

It also comes at a time when Toyota -- long regarded as the industry's quality leader -- is reeling from an embarrassing series of recalls.

"With the recalls, they're going to be as careful as they've ever been," said Ron Harbour,
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Toyota pores over Tundra 2.0, Extraordinary steps taken to make sure the new truck is up to snuff.



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DOCSOUTDOCSOUT - 8/11/2006 11:50:37 AM
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I'LL STRONGLY CONSIDER THE TUNDRA BECAUSE OF QUALITY. MY '04 GMC SIERRA SLT CREW CAB HAS:
1-CAME WITH RUSTED BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR LEVERS. DEALER HAD TO PAINT THEM.
2-TRANSMISSION THAT CLUNKS FROM 2ND TO 3RD UP OR DOWN. FACTORY SAYS THIS IS NORMAL? AND NO ADJUSTMENT NECESSARY???
3-ELECTRONICS IN THE DRIVER'S DOOR OFTEN ACTIVATE THE SEAT HEATER HERE IN SOUTH LOUISISANA IN AUGUST.
4-CAN'T ADJUST MIRRORS BEYOND A CERTAIN POINT.
5-A/C DUCT IN REAR OBSTRUCTED FROM THE FACTORY. DEALER HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE CENTER CONSOLE.
6-RADIO SPONTANEOUSLY QUITS? REPLACED.
DO I HAVE THE RED ASS AFTER PAYING $40K AND HAVING TO FUTZ WITH THESE MORONIC PROBLEMS IN THE 21ST CENTURY? YOU BET!

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DOCSOUTDOCSOUT - 8/11/2006 2:35:04 PM
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AND ANOTHER THING. I HAVE,NEVER,HEARD OF FORD OR GM DOING THE EXTENT OF QUALITY DETERMINATION AS THE ABOVE ARTICLE ASSERTS. SOUNDS LIKE SOMEBODY'S HUNGRY, AND SOMEBODY ELSE IS FAT AND COMPLACENT. I CAN BE 'BUY AMERICAN' FOR ONLY SO LONG.

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Sauceboy01Sauceboy01 - 8/11/2006 2:36:54 PM
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looks great! this will do well!

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LexloverLexlover - 8/11/2006 3:28:21 PM
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I will never buy a pickup but this is the best i've ever seen

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mstangpny07mstangpny07 - 8/11/2006 3:29:56 PMView My AgentSpace
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I saw one (camo) last year on the road in a rural part of San Antonio. Then I saw another one at the 2006 Chicago Auto Show. I say, leave the pickup making to the folks at GM and Ford. To me, Toyota and Honda pickups aren't the real thing. Nissan comes close.

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caffeinetripcaffeinetrip - 8/11/2006 6:50:05 PM
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In related news:

GM and Ford are rushing their next generation full size pickups to the market by 16 weeks.


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BMW530iBMW530i - 8/12/2006 8:12:05 AM
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For a Toyota design, it looks pretty awesome.

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RupertRupert - 8/12/2006 11:55:22 AMView My AgentSpace
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toyota, someone shoved a pug dog onto the front of your pick up.

why is that bonnet so high?


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