Toyota Positions – Shifts Truck Plant from Mexico to Texas

Toyota Positions – Shifts Truck Plant from Mexico to Texas​

Both Toyota and Honda had previously warned the Canadian government that without the USMCA they would shift production from Canada to the U.S. to avoid tariffs and secure long-term manufacturing stability. We presume a similar message was conveyed to Mexico.

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Earlier today Toyota announced they were moving half of their Tacoma Truck production from Mexico to an expanded facility in Texas that will now encompass 5 million square feet in San Antonio.

(Bloomberg) — Toyota Motor Corp. is moving production of its popular Tacoma midsize truck from a plant in Mexico to San Antonio as part of a $3.6 billion investment in the Texas facility.
The Japanese carmaker will build a second production line in San Antonio, where it currently makes full-size pickups and SUVs, and add some 2,000 new jobs by 2030, it said Monday.
[…] By moving some production of its best-selling truck to Texas, Toyota will shield itself from the impact of tariffs on Mexican imports. Autos shipped from Mexico are subject to US duties as high as 25%, which has hit Toyota and other automakers’ bottom lines and upended decades of cross-border production planning.

From the comments section

Uncle AL
July 6, 2026 8:56 pm


Tacoma, Schmacoma. Let me know when Toyota will sell me a US-legal Hilux, manual trans, crank windows, no radio, with knobs on the dash and no screens.
p.s. Yes, I’m weak: I’m in SW FL and would want air conditioning

You cannot legally buy a new Toyota Hilux in the US. This is largely due to the "Chicken Tax" (a 25% import tariff on light trucks) and strict US emissions/safety standards. Instead, Toyota sells the locally produced Toyota Tacoma.