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How's the quality of the Toyota 4Runner that is currently built in the best Toyota factory in the world: Tahara plant. Automotive Engineer David Chao, who has been to the Tahara plant numerous times, once again conducts a thorough quality audit of the 4Runner in terms of panel alignment, gaps, and paint thickness and quality. David also talks about why the 4Runner has a thicker steel panels compared to modern SUVs and how even the engine is built with full quality checks in mind.
Automotive Press is owned and managed by David Koichi Chao, a global expert in the field of automotive evaluation, engineering, and strategy. With over 35 years of engineering experience, David is able to review vehicles from unique perspectives utilizing technical and specialized methods. David is a board member and a director at AJAC (Automobile Journalist Association of Canada).
David is known around the world as an authentic specialist of Lean/Agile Thinking, and travels all around the world to review vehicles and teach latest engineering methods. Born and raised in Japan, David has an engineering degree from University of British Columbia and post-graduate education from MIT and Harvard Business School in Boston.