Is this really a Pro on eBay?

https://m.ebay.com/itm/2015-Toyota-Tacoma-TRD-pro/232627869946

This guy insists this truck is a pro. Looks like it has off-road stickers and a chrome bumper. Is he full of , or am I missing something?

 

Doing a search through google, the quick answer is no. But something I found interesting. The VIN number listed shows a truck with 175k miles on it. But the listing is showing 41k.

 

WTH?

 

175K on a 2015 sounds pretty unreasonable. I didn't realize there was a Gen 2 PRO.

RZ Rob

 

I’d say it’s an SR5.

 

The Pro was released in 2015.

 

There are gen 2 Pros, just not every year.

 

2015 only I believe.

 

Definitely not a pro, unless he removed every part that made it identifiable as a pro (grille, TRD exhaust, pro badge on the tailgate).

 

Well according to vincheckpro.com it’s a Pro. I don’t know anything about the website though.

https://www.vincheckpro.com/free-vin-check/VIN-5TFLU4EN5FX140638

 

Not even close close to a Pro. Unless he downgraded all of the parts on the vehicle it is clearly not a pro. I reported him to eBay for vehicle misrepresentation.

 

That vin is different than what is listed on the ad. But I could have been wrong in my search.

 

Damn I copied and pasted from the eBay listing. I didn’t double check, just Googled the VIN.

 

It’s a straight up TRD Off-road.

Has a rear locker, chrome grille surround and rear bumper. Also the rear bed inverter. Only missing photo is a shot of whether it had ATRAC or not.

And then the off-road decals are only confirmatory with all the other features.

 

Far from a PRO.

Chrome grill
Chrome headlights
No hoodscoop
Chrome rear bumper
No PRO grill
No color matched mirrors
No TRD PRO badges
No TRD shift knob
No TRD exhaust
No TRD PRO suspension/reservoirs.

 

Probably a case of the seller not even knowing what a Pro is.

 

https://www.edmunds.com/toyota/tacoma/2015/st-200708617/review/

It could be. From the looks of the Edmunds reviews the '15 Pro might not have been as tarted up as the new ones.

But with an unspecified lift and dubs.............. it seems to be in prime mall condition.

 

That website you posted used the same imagine for all models.

If you actually google what the 2015 Pro looks like it has the pro grill, hood scoop, badging and painted rear bumper. Only the Off Roads and Limiteds come with chrome caps.

 

This is a common thing, for some reason the vin’s come up as a pro on some off road and SR5 models. Dealerships list them as pros also because they look up the vin and just copy and paste. This guy may have been trying to scam someone or just didn’t really know any better.

 

Perhaps it's a case of Pro Bro-coma syndrome?