Just want to clear up some misconceptions about US-made Japanese (and other foreign makes) cars and trucks. For the most part Toyota, Honda, Nissan and others did not stop importing specific models once they started making them in the US (or Canada). They often sold both Japanese and US made models in the US for many years. So we shouldn't assume that once a model was manufactured in the US (or Canada), that the model is automatically "US-Made".

For example, my ex owned a 1993 Nissan Sentra E 4-door that was made in Japan, long after Nissan started making them in Tennessee.

Now sometimes, there were specific versions that were made only in the US or Japan, like the 1987-88 Corolla FX hatchbacks. All North American models were made in the NUMMI plant in California, next to the Chevy Nova; while all Corolla (E80) coupes and sedan/liftback models were imported from Japan.

Now being the car geek and info geek that I am, I used to live near a library that had the Ward's Automotive Yearbooks in their reference section from 1973 until 1997 (which covers specifics from 1971-1996 model years). These books cost about $500 each, and basically the auto industry bible for information and statistics. I have copies of most of the pages from the US market, and they broke down the Domestic models from the Imported models.

So I'm going to start with information about the Toyota Camry:

1983-1988 models - All imported from Japan

1989-1991 models - US production of the sedan starts at the end of 1988 for the 1989 model year. All wagons are Japanese made.

1989: Japan-made 126,279 - US-made 131,187
1990: Japan-made 72,008 - US-made 212,587
1991: Japan-made 72,807 - US-made 191,011

1992-1996 models - Sedans were both US and Japanese made, Wagon production switched to US only, Coupes introduced in 1994 were made in the US and Japan.

1992: Japan-made 78,425 - US-made 207,177
1993: Japan-made 89,791 - US-made 209,246
1994: Japan-made 96,227 - US-made 225,752
1995: Japan-made 80,412 - US-made 248,188
1996: Japan-made 79,412 - US-made 213,059

My old library stopped carrying the Yearbook after 1997 (I'm sure due to budget cuts), so I don't have the later models info. So at least through 1996, North American Camrys sedans and coupes should be marked as "Made for USA (or Canada)", and not "Made in USA".

One of these day I would like to make it to the Free Library of Philadelphia, which has a large Automotive Archive room. According to their website, they have continued to carry the Yearbook, and have a lot of other automotive info.

I'll go through some other popular models later.