Toyota Needs to Step Up!

a starbux conversation that wont make corporate boardrooms

Tacomas have outlasted every flaccid point

the graveyard is full o contenders

this being the 4th try for bronco

the 3rd try for the jeep p/u

gmc has tried many times to keep a blazer type afloat

aint NO wind in thwm sales

when Isuzu/volkswagen have tried yet failed with mid sized p/u

 

say what ??

if per chance toyota decided that dominance is not being nice(????)

decided to STOP making Tacomas

essentially leaving a gaping hole in the market

what would U buy

cuz out of ALL the also rans

id walk if not run away from

 

Is this a haiku?

 

I love these threads. People always want more. Then when a new truck costs 50k they bitch about it. Honestly I don’t want more. If I want more I’ll add it myself. I really want less. $800 a month car payments are ridiculous. That’s what I pay for my mortgage.

 

I have no idea what any of those posts mean.

But for real insight into they way Toyota actually thinks this article is a very good read:
https://hbr.org/2007/07/lessons-from-toyotas-long-drive

Summary. The Toyota Way is continuous, slow and constant improvement.

 

Perhaps Toyota does not want to be selling $100k+ pickup trucks?

 

there will always be buyers

saw a $65000 tacoma sitting on showroom floor

talked to a guy $56000 tundra

real nice guy ......nice truck

 

Who’s paying that much?

 

How many 25-35 year old trucks of anything you metioned do you still see on the road. Toyota makes the longest lasting trucks for a great price. Spend some extra money to customize it to your liking and drive it til you die.

 

$65000 tacoma didnt sit there 2 weeks

of course i dont know the out the door deal ....................

 

what was added to it to make it worth $65,000?

 

The 65k conversation is not a result of toyota doing ABC and XYZ. It is a reflection of what people are willing to spend money on, not what the vehicle is capable of.

Perfect example is a Ford raptor. Some places I saw before I got into a Tacoma had a market adjustment of 20k.

I laughed my ass across the street.

 

Sliders ...

I kid ... I kid ...

 

☝True story

 

guy i didnt waste my time

i looked at it in passing.................

it looked the business snorkel

decals & all

there is a chevy dealer up the road that gets them jack sooooooo high U can almost walk under them

look impressive just sitting there..........fom the factory i guess

someone is throwing the book at em

nor unusual seeing in the 60k range new

 

Ive only ever seen one be 51 and it was a Pro with a color match topper and snorkel

 

You don’t want a Diesel engine developed for the U.S. market

 

I just wish there was more flexibility in the current lineup.

Give me a DCLB V6 SR 4X4 M/T and I'm happy as a clam.

Nope.

 

probably spot on with this.