4th Gen Tacoma (2024+)

dont sell them here but I love this truck! , still have it (not in the US), 1998 hilux 22RE , Manual

 

May 16th is my birthday so Toyota needs to put some respek on my name and release it on May 16th.

 

Nice!

It is a shame that they deviated from the HiLux chassis, could have had a boxed frame and torquey diesel all those years ago. Took them what near 30 years to fix it with this new 4G. Finally getting a boxed frame, and a torquey engine. Will be a gasser with hybrid, guess that will be close enough to a diesel. Good gawd does Toyota drag their feet. Guess what burns is they already had the tech, just refused to bring it here.

it looked like the early 2000s HiLuxes had a similar cab to the Tacoma. Was going to try and import some doors so could get wing windows on my 1st Gen. Just never had enough gumption to put the effort into it.

 

I think a lot of folks following this truck were frustrated with uncertainty of when to expect something. They felt let down on 4/4.

Unlike you, they've had to swallow the extreme uncertainty factor and as a result, PTSD from the 2022 Tundra drip feed (LOL) is probably factoring in big time. One of you in this thread, wisely deduced that Toyota might be doing this teaser campaign again, but in learning their lesson from the Tundra, have a much shorter time window.

The reveal date is something you know about obviously and it helps you keep your composure much better than someone who has no idea what Toyota is doing.

I've thankfully learned from a few of you, including one person out of Saline R&D center, you specifically, and a dealer GM, when it will be revealed. Thank you for your helpful contribution, as you've helped clear up a lot of uncertainty for everyone on this site by your recent posts.

When it comes to discussing this truck, I'm mostly just a keen observer and truck enthusiast, so I love it when any of us bring new info to the forefront.

Sadly, yes. Toyota has totally left many people here in the dark and since it's just discussion, it gets derailed out of understandable frustration with questionable teasers, perceived as leading to nowhere. The suspension shots were understandable, as were some exterior shots, but I think some people wanted more of the interior and since they didn't get that, all hell broke loose I figure out of extreme disappointment. Others, are just pissing around as usual until things become more ironclad.

@JTacoma4life and @It's a TRD Thang have brought to our attention, when to expect reveal. I logged in early than usual, to chime in on it and back up these assertions, as fact, from more own discoveries. Media personnel are hinting at this date too, which I first saw last night verbatim.

Exactly, that's ridiculous to someone who is totally in the dark and wants to know more. Now that a date has been identified, I think things might cool down in this sub-forum for once and people won't be as pressed, in having a known quantity to work with.

I get your annoyance, but I also understand anyone beginning to lose it with Toyota causing PTSD from past drip feeds that ran so many weeks. Toyota thankfully learned their lesson from the Tundra and 6 weeks of teasers is much better than 4 months with Tundra from May 2021 to September 2021. Some of the discourse in here at times though, can definitely get to be too much.

Trivia: I've noticed that the teasers of the TRD Pro were photographed on March 16, 2023 and that the 2nd Gen Tacoma took a long time to be revealed in August 2004, possibly due to photoshoots requiring serious advance time for the press release. Much of the summer of 2004, was spent doing that (even though X-Runner was at Chicago in Feb 2004)

Haha, interesting. You didn't tell me that!

You are dead accurate, great guess! It is May 16th from what I've heard last night and trying to confirm with at least 3 more sources, but you two have helped a lot more.

I understand why they wouldn't, but from what I've heard over the 24 hours, it is May 16th. When you told me this privately over the last week or 2, I didn't check the calendar to be certain. After different mentions yesterday regarding May 16th, this answered a lot of my questions. I hope I'm making sense, but between a Toyota engineer who mistook me for a fellow Toyota colleague (LOL), a dealer GM, and then internet chatter, it all fits perfectly.

100%! Seems like it is supposed to be on display at HQ on June 1st, so I guess give it a separate event 2 weeks ahead of that? Although I've heard late June, May 16th is being passed around as the date. I think some people keep referring to the Austin Auto Show around June 21st and the two sources for that info, was just some arrogant dealer employee and some lady, my cousin alerted me to. Otherwise, I trust what an incognito Toyota employee (Saline, Michigan shared with me a few days ago), plus JT, a dealer GM, embargoed journalist hints, and your own accurate guess completing the puzzle.

 

Best truck I've had. Sure is not fast by any means but reliable as hell, about 400,000 km (250k miles aprox) still works great; those years to me were the greatest as far as reliability goes and also design. Small truck easy to get in and out , for the trail given the size is great. I wish someday Toyota would create something like this or the FJ70 but i don't think that will never happen

 

thats too practical, they need to appeal to the materialistic age

speakers for sure

 

Beautiful!

Identical to my 1996 parked abroad! I use that all over West Africa, to fly under the radar as an unassuming local vs a rich American and etc. A lot less of me needing to pay bribes to local police at checkpoints, when they assume I don't have any money, in being just a poor man in an old Toyota!

A few of the smarter cops know better though and realize an old vehicle in good condition may not be flashy, but hints at someone having money to keep it pristine.

It was very hard finding something like that in great condition over there, but a retired Nigerian-American woman had both my Hilux and her own 3rd gen 4Runner (Hilux Surf), which she had kept after working in the US for 3 decades as a nurse and then moving back to Nigeria around the late 90s for retirement. Her husband had paid cash to the local Toyota distributor and bought his and her Toyotas, plus a 1G RAV4 for their rural village home. Apparently, she wanted the then new 1996/97 Prado, but it was too expensive compared to the 4Runner equivalent.

Living in Maryland, I recall they were a Toyota family and after selling their suburban D.C. area home, later shipped their remaining 2 US Toyotas over in addition to the 3 local spec vehicles. The Hilux was his second vehicle bought during a Christmas 1996 visit and was well taken care of, during his 20+ years of ownership before he died. His primary, was a loaded Land Cruiser 80-Series, he owned in Maryland as a DMV area medical professional and shipped back once he resettled. Hers was a late model Cressida, which she gave to a relative.

It is a testament to how built these vehicles were, for my Hilux to manage as well as it did in that environment for that long and why Toyota can sell just about all of their trucks anywhere globally. The developing world is why some old Toyotas seem to vanish from our shores, not rust like some people would think. They have better use for them than we do.

 

Rather take dead on reliable than fast. My ‘99 Tacoma has 435K miles on it, just blew a head gasket 2 weeks ago, so can’t really complain. Putting a new engine in it soon.

Do like the size of the 1G, kinda on the fence if they should go back to that, after driving it and my 3G back to back…think I like the 3G better. About the perfect Goldilocks size for me. Loved the size of the 1st Gen Tundras, it is close to that, maybe a touch narrower.

Could see them offer something along the lines of a Maverick, guy down the street from me has one. I like it. Only gripe is they don’t make an extra cab 6’ bed version. We have no need for rear passenger seats.

Yeah a 70 series would be the dream rig for me. If I could get an extra cab version of this, would be my perfect rig.

 

For fish stories.

 

73 series LC for me

 

I said May 16th a few days ago here. I must be a psychic like Miss Cleo.

 

I’m digging it

 

One of those too! Tray backs make a lot of sense to me.

Just love this guys setup for camping/traveling. Simple no nonsense. Could get one built for the Taco.

 

Wanna see some bad ass Toyotas this is the place

https://www.youtube.com/c/4WD247

 

I know that channel, those guys are a little too much for me.

Roothy is a more my speed.

https://www.roothy.com.au/

 

You are now my go to source for advanced information on the 4th gen.

Do your tarot cards tell you anything about the fate of the scoop?

 

The hilux in tonight’s episode is pretty sweet. The van around the 11 minute mark is even better though.
https://youtu.be/SjQ8eAl4lM4

 

What are the lotto numbers for this week

 

The scoop on the scoop is that it’s gone.

 

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