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I’ve hoped the same. And the 2.3L/10 sp drivetrain has been in Rangers since 2019. So in theory should be better out of gate. The tiny 18 gallon tank has been a deal-killer for me though.

Colorado offers good payload and 3 gallon larger fuel tank. All the midsizes are new, so I don’t trust the reliability of any brand right now in that segment. Or F150 crew cabs offer standard 36 gallon fuel tank. I’d just get a full size if talking long bed crew cab midsize. As you point out...

I just tell them I want to check it out and test drive before signing. I would be suspicious of any dealer that wasn’t perfectly willing.

Yeah, it's weird, looks like its route was Sparrows Point to Baltimore, which is only a couple miles apart. The only manufacturers I can see with port operations at Sparrows Point are VW and BMW. Maybe that's why also going to Baltimore's other ports, which are upstream of bridge. Interesting to...

If there is a new roll off location for Toyota at the old Sparrows Point steel mill location then I could see that, but the port page doesn't list one there. Everything else I can imagine is upstream of the former FSK bridge, and passage is closed. Perhaps that ship was already upstream of the...

"Designed to fail in a good way." Also known as the weakest link in the drivetrain. Nice spin.

Here's the break-in recommendations I found in manual covering the first 1000 miles: From their initial road trip, which was over 1000 miles, the only violations I see are starting to tow a 2500 pound trailer 277 miles too soon, and towing above 50 mph for ~777 miles. All the exercises after...

Really disappointing that they decreased the size by 3 gallons when fuel economy only improved by 2 mpg.

I’ll be curious to see real payload numbers on hybrid - particularly 4wd crew cabs. The non-hybrids are still pretty low. I’m seeing ~1200 lbs from reviews that show door sticker. If hybrid system cuts into that number then wouldn’t have much payload left for towing or hauling.

I thought they had been stating TRD Off Road would be around 1500 lbs payload. Looks like ~1200 for all double cabs trims. Lower capacity and the shrunken fuel tank (18.2 g) are deal killers to me.

There is a battery to propel the vehicle. It's just not an only-battery electric vehicle. I never said it's all new technology. I said it's complicated. Not sure why you're so defensive.

All of it put together, which is largely inherent to a hybrid system. Some things that stuck out to me: Inherent presence for a hybrid of both an ICE and BEV powertrain Twin turbo, dual cam, dual injection V6 Electric motor with clutch Transmission with 2 oil pumps Multiple cooling systems/fans...

Yikes, very complicated.

If I get a new Tacoma it would likely be the SR5 4x4, but double cab. If you have no need to seat more than 2, the extra cab seems good- and would be good to not have useless rear seats taking up space. Only downside, IIRC, is no rear access doors on that configuration.

The redesign is clunky to me. Looks like built with Legos. But at least not overly rounded, so whatever, not a showstopper to me. That air dam is preposterously large however. Hopefully easily removable and not too big an impact on mpg.

Seems decent. '24 Tacoma is kind of ugly to me with all those creased body panels and giant chin spoiler, but oh well, that just seems to be Toyota's style anymore. The little rear window needs to just be a larger manual window. That cab spoiler seems like a hassle if you want a canopy.

Was wondering same. It is comically huge - like a mini snow plow. Even if not off road I could see it getting caught on curbs when parking.