Considering a 2025 Tacoma??????

My 2024 SR5 DCLB, including the ‘cold weather package’, was 47k. It’s plenty of truck for me, the little turbo engine runs like a dream. Ignore the naysayers…

 

I paid 43k for my SR5 longbed 4x4 with cold weather and upgrade package.

 

Nice!!

Mine is a company truck. When we traded in my 2019 with 225k on the clock the dealer gave us $21,500. These trucks are great and hold their value substantially.

Merry Christmas!!

 

The CRV is a MUCH better riding vehicle. You will also go from ~30 MPG down to about 21 MPG. If I were not in need of a 6-ft bed and moderate towing capacity, I'd be driving something else. That said, I have no idea what I would replace it with, LOL. Looking at an EV daily and keeping the Tacoma forever.

 

Test drove a 2024. Didn't like it.
1) Interior felt like it was made by playschool in that all the knobs were huge.
2) Too much nanny state. Eh hem, I mean tech.
3) Body design is too square. Toyota is trying too hard and it shows. Looks like a cool truck when I was 20 years old.
4) It's a 4 cylinder and accelerates like a 4 cylinder. It may be quicker than my V-6, but you can feel that 4 banger struggle throughout the drive train. I don't give a damn about quickness, I care about feel.
5) The price: WTF!? F*** you Toyota!

 

Sounds like it’s not the truck for you. Enjoy your search for the vehicle that is

 

My 4 cyl feels much more powerful than either of my 3rd gens, especially when ECT is on - it’s not even close. You can feel the power with just a little bit of throttle, where the 3.5 was pokey up until 3500 rpms.

 

I had a '23 CRV Hybrid for a spell as well. I loved it for what it was and how I was using it (and the fuel economy). But my needs abruptly changed and I had to combine my daily driver and my old full size truck into a single parking space, LOL. So I eventually ended up in a '24 DCLB SR5.

You asked if the 25's have addressed any issues found in the 24's. Is the fair answer to say "partially" (?). Just yesterday a recall for the rear brake lines was issued, and some folks reported a 'stop sale' on the SRs, SR5s and OR's on the lots (trucks with 17" wheels). My truck falls into this recall so waiting until April apparently for the fix to become available. The front shock bump stop issue seems very limited, but it doesn't appear any widespread "fix" was made to improve the design or the quality of the parts involved, and I believe I have only seen these failures on OR's (not the SR5's yet). The transmission TSB has likely been addressed in the new trucks rolling off the production line, so I suppose that is a definite improvement vs earlier 24's. The radio knob on the trucks optioned with the 14" screen still seem to break off occasionally, but plenty of replacements on Etsy that seem to be of higher quality.
My truck personally hasn't made any indications that my transmission is in need of attention (good!) but I have had some build issues for my dealer to address - front door panels rattle like crazy with any moderate radio volume, and my drivers door started squeaking and groaning like an old 80s squarebody in need of door hinge bushings.

I'd agree with most that have already posted - pretty decent launch for the new truck overall.

 

Good grief. This new generation smokes my old third gen. No more gear hunting, a lot more power while towing.

 

Should be fine short term. Long term we'll have to wait and see.

Generally being a Toyota, you can expect reliability. The 4th gen should be no different. At least it's not on the shit list so far. Only the 2016-17ish Tacoma is.

https://youtu.be/EDU5CNpCXUE?si=tiQq_sRixG6DPeH-

 

Absolutely, and include my 2nd Gen (4.0L V6 - although still a good truck)

 

Well, you have a 2023.

 

To say Gen4 is a revelation to drive regularly versus Gen3 would not be an overstatement. Basically a great truck that was in desperate need of a nice, big discount. Which, we now have.

Taking the leap should really only come down to whether you give Toyota the benefit of the doubt on reliability. Many of us who know Toyota trucks very well (and recall how bad 2016 was comparatively) actually like those odds.

 

I was just looking at the NTSHA website and noticed there is a TSB for the Tacoma equipped with the 14" display. The NHTSA ID Number: 11011639.

https://www.nhtsa.gov/?nhtsaId=11011639

 

Shitty designed radio knobs.

 

Power knobs are deadly.

 

They have a 14 foot display?!

 

1. You like tiny knobs? *snicker* In all seriousness, they're easy to see, easy to get ahold of, and — importantly — easy to use with gloves on. Except the 8" display's volume knob. It's just dumb.
2. You can turn a lot of it off. Also, it's 2025. Basically everything has that. Every manufacturer's focus groups indicate that their customers want more tech. Never mind that research indicates that most people never use most of it, but ya know. The way you escape it is by keeping your old car.
3. People seem to like it. Looks are subjective.
4. That's not true at all. It's got plenty of torque, available early and fairly quickly. I've never felt like mine struggled, even on a long incline where I forgot to turn off hippie mode (ECO) and I've got a damped throttle and transmission programming that thinks downshifting is a violation of the Geneva Convention. I find it weird that you think a fairly peaky V6 "feels better," especially when behind a transmission widely considered to be "indecisive."
5. They're not more expensive. A base 2025 TRD Sport has an MSRP of $39,400. That's $29,528 in 2016 dollars. The MSRP of a 2016 TRD Sport was $29,665. It's almost exactly the same.