Recently when in Japan I was fortunate to visit the Toyota Museum in Nagoya. If you have an opportunity to go to that part of the world, be sure to include this place in your visit. It would have to be one of the best automotive museums in the world. Due to time constraints, as I was on a guided tour, my visit was a bit of a rush & I could have spent many hours here. I did not know that Toyota started in the textile industry before building cars but that is another story. The first Toyota sedan was built in 1935-6 and resembles an Austin in some respects. The moulds relating to this car are displayed as are all the engine & gearbox types ever built by Toyota. All the displays are amazing and are housed in this huge building. I have a few pictures of some of the static display
However, the exhibits that blew me away were those, that at the press of a button illustrated the various parts of the assembly line. It went from the engine assembly to the final mating of the body to the drive line. Even the robots fired into action. Absolutely amazing and some of the videos are following.
Nothing to do with Capris but it would make any car enthusiast smile.
To go a step further, I came across this recent Youtube video: Megafactories-Toyota Australia. It is a fantastic video on how the new Toyotas are built. At about 26 mins in, the video returns to the Toyota Museum in Nagoya. I wonder if the Capris were built to these standards.
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