Tundra the vehicle most likely to hit 300K miles...

And they show a 2.5 Gen when it's the 1st Gen that must have provided the bulk of the mileage data for this...

https://www.autoblog.com/photos/vehicles-most-likely-to-hit-300000-miles/#slide-7589147

 

Tundra master race.

 

Clicking on the other dots, it is interesting that the Tacoma, 4Runner and Sequoia are also named. Toyota heavy list 4 of 6... Love that.

 

I don’t doubt it. We just replaced a Sequoia with zero mechanical failures in 200,000 miles. Changed nothing but oil, brakes, tires, and battery.

 

Well, I'm at 320,000....so I would agree.

 

I'm horrible at trying to explain why I believe some vehicles hold up over the long haul. 1 thing I have showed and explained to people is the starter and alternator in many Japanese vehicles run ball bearings where as the 3 Americans use copper bushing/sleeve. The armeture is held in place with the end caps and it spins, that spinning will wear out that copper bushing, the ball bearings will live on for hundreds of thousands of miles.
Then there is tolerance's, the gaps in between the parts of all that metal.
You would be surprised at what the big 3 deem acceptable, mostly due to bean counting

 

I turned over 340xxx on my 2000 yotaTundra 4.7 sr5 4x4. I need exhaust headers and upper ball joints. It will be good for another 100xxx. I love it.

 

That's exactly it. Toyota has developed a quality control system (JIT, Kaizen etc. combination) that nobody can touch. It cost them a little more, but it pays off. I think know that they have it dialed in, it probably does not even cost that much more to manage than the other guys who don't go all the way. Other companies have a 'good enough' approach, which Toyota would never be satisfied with.

 

The Godfather of Toyoda, an American by the name of W. Edwards Deming, helped them right after WWII. He implemented quality control, as a marketing technique, which in itself is a cost saver. Basically, do the job right to a high standard the first time and you don’t have to spend more money/time to fix it again. The high standard then creates sales via the marketing of ‘reliability’.

Check out W. Edwards Deming when you get a chance.

http://www.agcoauto.com/content/Dr._W._Edwards_Deming

 

I recall reading an article in a business magazine once that Toyota's parts system is very different from that of other manufacurers. If I remember correctly, they build more of their own -- which allows them to more easily manage quality control. And the specs are very stringent on parts they outsource to other vendors -- moreso than other manufacturers.
I Googled around a bit, but can't seem to find the article.

 

In regards to the parts quality, as I replaced my upper ball joints this weekend I was struck by the *thoroughness* of the packaging for each ball joint. You get the ball joint, new snap ring, new castle nut and cotter pin, new boot, and two different grease packages (color-coded...one for in the boot, one for at the top of the boot), and instructions! It's pretty striking.

I've also heard that Toyota's "short-term" planning is within the current planners' lifetimes, and long-term is more multi-decade planning. It seems many other makers' "short-term" planning is over the next few years. Who knows how accurate this anecdote is, but it seems like that's how they have operated in the past. Our Gen1 Tundras and most models, and to a greater extent the Landcruisers, seem to be the proof given their reliability.

 

Im not surprised to see the Expedition on here given this data would be comprised mostly of 5.4 2v expeditions. My 2003 has 284,000 so I'm getting close but not there. Outside of chasing the occasional misfire those engines are far superior to the 3v and 4v in lifespan and maintenance given its lack of VCT.

But credit needs to go where it's due,
The entire truck platform is on this list from Toyota.
Tundra
Sequoia
4runner
Tacoma
Impressive!

 

I remember reading an article many years back regarding the Japanese auto makers. If I remember correctly, at 1 point in time there were a lot of auto manufacturers. Some were good at building cars others were good at the business end, few were good at both. The government stepped in and began forcing companies to merge. The gov took this stand because of pride, how the Japanese would be viewed on the world stage competing with other countries auto makers.
Nissan for instance was excellent at marketing and making money. At the time Nissan was using an engine that was designed by Austin Healey which was not that reliable. Nissan had to merge with another company, a smaller company that was doing good work but ultimately not doing so well financially.