Hi Scotty love you channel I’m buying a 2022 Camry TRD I’ve seen all your videos on it and I’ve seen that you stress a lot to buy Toyota from Japan. I just checked mines being made in Kentucky any concerns from that. Also I am in the Lewiston area and heard in a video you are from there. Do you know any good mechanics that work on Toyotas as I’m not of a fan of the dealerships.
thank you ,
wade tomaszewski
It should be Ok. If there was an option that you could buy one that was made in Japan, that would be better. About the mechanics, check the FAQ:
https://carkiller.com/scottykilmer/qa/mechanics/
That Kentucky plant has been producing Toyota Camry’s for a long time, since at least 1989. It’s also Toyota’s largest manufacturing facility in the world. While it’s ideal to get a Toyota made in Japan, those Camry’s still tend to be the most reliable of all the sedans in the market so I wouldn’t lose sleep over it. Also, it’s not like they all of a sudden started producing them in a new facility in a different country - sometimes there’s growing pains with doing that.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Motor_Manufacturing_Kentucky
My 2020 Camry TRD was made in Kentucky. 21k miles in, no issues to report on it.
I wouldn't be concerned about it being made in Kentucky; it's still Toyota quality and Toyota is making it so it would be up to the standards of Toyota.
