Fact 1: The next-generation Tamaraw will come with two wheelbase lengths and two engines. The starting price is less than P 800,000.

Fact 2: The next-generation Tamaraw is born from Toyota’s renewed focus back to the core principles of the IMV—Innovative International Multi-purpose Vehicle—with emphasis on innovation and affordability.

Fact 3: The next-generation Tamaraw was heavily influenced by extensive field study and focused group discussions conducted by Toyota’s product planning, design, and engineering teams to understand the specific needs and preferences of Filipino customers.

Fact 4: The next-generation Tamaraw is the third model to be assembled at the Toyota Santa Rosa, Laguna assembly plant. Joining the Innova and Vios, it represents a P 5.5-billion investment, including P 1.1-billion for a new TMP Conversion Factory which will build body applications for the commercial vehicle.

Fact 5: The next-generation Tamaraw will cater to specialized needs of various Philippine sectors, most especially the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) which comprise 99 percent of registered businesses in the country. It will also play a role in government. In fact, the first five Tamaraw Ambulance Units will head to Philippine First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos’s “Lab for All” initiative.

Fact 6: Toyota Motor Philippines will build around 18,000 to 22,000 next-generation Tamaraws annually (1,500 to 1,800 units per month). This represents around 40 percent of the Santa Rosa, Laguna’s 54,800-unit annual capacity. 225 Team Members will be directly involved in the vehicle assembly of the Tamaraw.

Fact 7: The next-generation Tamaraw has 33 “Tier 1” locally-sourced parts suppliers located in Central Luzon, National Capital Region, and Southern Tagalog regions including three suppliers who were involved in the previous Tamaraw generations: Kyoei Kogyo (Philippines) Corporation, Globalmaxx Manufacturing Corporation, and Technol Eight Philippines Corporation. There are 26 new “Tier 2” suppliers who provide metal parts, electrical components, and more.

Fact 8: The 1.5-hectare Toyota Motor Philippines Conversion Factory can make three body styles for the next-generation Tamaraw: Utility Van, Aluminum Van, and Dropside. These are made with environmental sustainability in mind. For example, the painting technology used eliminates sludge waste and reduces the carbon footprint.

Fact 9: The Tamaraw nameplate was introduced in the Philippines in 1976 by then Toyota assembler, Delta Motors. Named after a Mindoro dwarf buffalo (Bubalus mindorensis), it was then produced in Bicutan, Paranaque City. When Toyota Motor Philippines was established in 1991, it restarted Tamaraw production in Bicutan. All in all, they managed to sell 140,919 units of the Tamaraw—70,960 units being the third-generation “Tamaraw FX” (1991-1998) and 69,959 units being the fourth-generation “Tamaraw Revo” (1999-2004). In 2005, the Tamaraw was discontinued in favor of the Innova.

Fact 10: Two decades later, Toyota Motor Philippines restarted production of the next-generation Tamaraw as a derivative of the IMV-0 platform.

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