I'm thinking of buying a Frontier...

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Are there actually two different assembly plants? Or do you just mean that 2/3 of the components in the Taco are Texas-sourced? I researched it years ago when I was shopping for the truck, but I've forgotten the specifics long ago. I do know that every single Taco I've looked at on the dealer lots showed a final assembly location of Mexico on the window sticker (Tijuana if I remember correctly)

Yes, two different plants with most of the production moved to Texas in 2010 I believe. The plant in Tijuana only has the capacity to manufacture 50k Tacomas per year. They also manufacture most of the Tacoma beds in TJ for later assembly on the truck in TX. The plant in Texas can make 250k trucks per year split between Tundras and Tacomas. They are planning to increase that soon as the demand is higher than that.

Not sure which trim/model Tacoma they make in the TJ facility. I remember hearing it was the double cab but I could be wrong.

Toyota used to make some Tacomas at a joint plant in CA they shared with GM. But GM pulled out in 2009 due to their financial problems and Toyota pulled the Tacoma production from there as well. That's when they transferred majority production to TX.

Oh, also interesting is that prior to 2010 Tacomas were made in CA at a plant Toyota shared with GM. GM pulled out in 2009 due to their financial problems and Toyota followed. It was Toyota's only UAW facility in the USA. That's when they transferred Tacoma manufacturing to TX/TJ.