In the auto industry, a brand will typically use the same parts in more than one model. It could be the seatbelts, or it could be the steering column. For a brand like Toyota, there is a good chance that a driver of a Yaris has some of the same parts in his car as the driver of a Sequoia. Naturally, not all parts are shared between models, but that is something that our favorite Japanese automaker is trying to change. A recent company announcement states that Toyota is making moves towards producing more parts that are shared between models.
When a company like Toyota already invests so much time and energy into producing high-quality parts, it only makes sense to build them so they can exist as common elements in more than one vehicle. Hopefully doing this would help to streamline the production process, getting vehicles to market faster and even reducing costs that can be passed down to drivers who decide to purchase a new Toyota.
A great example that Toyota used to demonstrate how this part-sharing could work was with knee-level airbags. At one point, there were 50 different types of knee level airbags being produced, but by modifying them, they found that they could be a standard feature in every model from the smallest sub-compacts to the biggest pickup trucks.
This only goes to show that no matter what type of Toyota vehicle you choose, and no matter how different they may look on the outside, there are common high-quality components cranking away inside each and every Toyota car on our lot. You can explore them all when you visit the Del Toyota Inc. showroom located at 2945 E. Lincoln Hwy. Thorndale, PA 19372.
