My new car was made in Detroit!

AFAIK, Toyota does not have a plant in Detroit. What does the sticker actually say and which sticker?

Maybe it was a part made in Det or the window was made in Detroit? wonder!

dont they have a manufacturing plant in Los Angeles

This may be *way* off, but could Detroit have been its point of entry into the US?

Cathy

You may be right. The sticker says port/plant, but I know it's not a Japanese car because the VIN doesn't start with a J (it starts with a 2.)

Could it be Canadian?

No.

Toyota has vehicle assembly plants in Georgetown, KY, Princeton, IN, San Antonio, TX, and Cambridge, ON.

Another plant is being built in MS and Toyota has a JV in the NUMMI plant in Fremont, CA.

Very possible!

Yes. If the first number is a 2, it's Canada.

Yeah, that's a Canadian car. 1=US, 2=Canada, 3=Mexico, 4=US, 5=US.

What you saw on the sticker was the port of entry into the US.

That would make geographical sense to me - port of entry Detroit, coming in from Canada. I think (can't swear to it) my last 3 Corollas were made in Canada (first one may've been 100% Japanese; not sure anymore).

Now I'll see what others have to say...

Cathy

Sometimes I amaze myself! ;-) (Although it's all too often the other way around - the amazement. )

Cathy

If you had an 80-something Corolla it was made in Japan. If it was a Geo Prizm, then it was made in Calif.

I remember you pointed out a pic one time, and IIRC it was a Japanese made car.

Okay - thanks; that was my '84 liftback. I *thought* it was made in Japan, but then realized I could've been mixing it up with my '76 Datsun (which had stickers w/Japanese characters/writing in it.)

Cathy

You had one of those funky looking 4-door , didn't you? ;)

I had the one you liked least of its various models. (It had a slightly rounded profile to the hatch area). But after seeing the lot of pics your had found, I liked mine the best. :-)

Cathy

Yes, a '2' means it was built in Canada.

The plant in Cambridge, Ontario that builds the Matrix also builds the Corolla. All Corollas sold in Canada are made there. My father and brother own Canadian-assembled 2004 and 2005 Corollas respectively, and both have been extremely reliable as expected. So your Corolla will be fine.

Actually, I thought it was kind of cool looking (remember, I like quirky looking Jap cars...) and almost bought one in 1985. The only one on the lot was a diesel.

I tried to buy one a couple years ago but the guy wouldn't part with it.