4th Gen Tacoma (2024+)

I was thinking the same thing.

 

I was thinking the same thing.

 

It looks like part of an off-road test area with man-made obstacles to me. The dirt road doesn't look natural either.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb6Zk6KueZA

 

Everybody does this nowadays, just look at press events for the Bronco and Gladiator, except those courses were tougher. Toyota thinks off-roading is inherently dangerous and doesn't want the sliders scratched.

 

Same, I like my truck and all, but a Tacoma is a compromise vehicle that does nothing well. There are days that I curse at it.

If I had endless money my garage would look like Jay Leno’s.

 

Side by side, I think the leaked came in a little high. Take a look…

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a15354714/2016-toyota-tacoma-prices-leak-ahead-of-fall-launch/

 

The article from 2015 is invalid.

 

These days that is a goal for some. Can’t say I blame them, the daily grind is awful.

 

Roads are inherently artificial. Beavers may build dams, and prairie dogs may build towns, but roads are a human thing.

 

And we’ll soon see if this week’s leaks are validated.

More interesting than the article itself might be the comments below, regarding that “new” truck’s appearance & powertrains. Familiar voices from the past?

 

It is not a deer in the middle of the road, it is a road through the middle of the forest

 

I like how the part of the rocks that the trucks are driving on is like a cobblestone paved hill then they stacked big loose stones along the edges so it looks like extreme rock crawling.

 

lol! Pretty much! Sounds like me, “it is ugly, and where is a diesel!?”

 

For some reason that reminded me of the old Lincoln f150 (aka Mark LT):

 

Lol!

 

I don't mind a little chrome, but that's way too much for me. It reminds me of Houston, Texas for some reason.

 

It gets worse the closer you look. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2008-lincoln-mark-lt-2/

 

Every rock is perfectly placed by Toyota marketing. Just like every objective opinion from the content creators invited to drive. Outside of the Toyota engineers themselves, not many signs of intelligent life at these events…

I’m actually far more interested to hear unfiltered opinions from people here, when they (eventually) can go out and finally beat on these trucks unsupervised.

 

Well it is just for show, they really don’t want to push it the limits. The Ford dealership here has one built for the Bronco. Used to go to a backcountry mountain outfitter when I live in Tucson, they had a little sample rock section (river rocks glued to a piece of plywood) so you could test out hiking shoes. Thought is was cute, as you really don’t know if hiking shoes are going to work for you until you had them for months and have a bunch of “real” miles on them. Same goes for trucks.