Land Cruiser Made in Hamura Plant, Not Tahara???

[NoMe cruiser]

Yea that doesn’t look like any vin I’ve seen for lc

 

[FirstLC]

the Hino plant, denoted with an RK in the VIN, has been building FJ’s for decades. I’m heartened by how many of those I still see cruising around SoCal. Those cars haven’t been imported in 10 years.

I’m sure the Hino vs. Hamura plant thing will live large in our minds, but I think the difference in quality is statistically insignificant.

 

[bluescruiser]

the Hino plant, denoted with an R in the VIN, has been building FJ’s for decades. I’m heartened by how many of those I still see cruising around SoCal. Those cars haven’t been imported in 10 years.

I’m sure the Hino vs. Hamura plant thing will live large in our minds, but I think the difference in quality is statistically insignificant.

From what I gathered from the Automotive Press YT channel, ‘R’ in the 9th position represents the 2024 model year. ‘K’ denotes Hino/Hamura or ‘5’ is Tahara in the 10th position.

If any one can confirm or correct this info, please do so!

 

[NoMe cruiser]

Yes not sure if it’s 9,10 or if it’s 10,11 but RK is hino and R5 is Tahara.

 

[Bluey]

That is correct, reference posts 52 and 55 in this thread.

This is basically correct, although the R actually denotes the 2024 model year. From the Land Cruiser Heritage Museum:

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And from Wikipedia:
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You are correct. Based off of your info I searched our largest Toyota dealer and confirmed that info (to myself).

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