2020 Tacoma Teased

Welcome to the real world. Where have you been?

 

The new TRD bull bar is down there.

 

That's the kind of stupid, ugly thing I could see happening.

 

You seem very secret squirrel like....so is the 2020 Tacoma refresh basiclly this?

Exterior-
New Led headlights
Grill
Bumper
New color or two

Interior-
4 way adjustable power seat
Apple car play and Andriod Auto
New leather seat texture

Mechanics-
Nothing ;(

 

Since you seem to know quite a bit, when are we going to see rear disc brakes?

 

Whoa like SContiVT said..... is Carmaker1 Mike Sweers?

 

Key word is “seem”. Lol. We will see soon enough.

 

carmaker1 seems to have a track record....and mildly credible

https://lexusenthusiast.com/forums/threads/planning-designing-development-of-lexus.3303/

Carmaker1 • 3 years ago

Here is a comment he made 3 years ago, calling himself an engineer.

Bogdan Zoltan, I am the one that managed to purchase a copy of Mag X and kindly provided this exact photo tip to Lexus Enthusiast.

"Carmaker1" was watermarked in this photo by me for a reason, since Mag X refuses membership to non-Japanese and that I went through so much trouble to publicise this.

As I have said so many times, it is tiring to see that everyone automatically assumes these auto show concepts directly influence a similar looking production car. There is no such trickle-down theory here, which was the case with the LF-LC and 2018 LC500 coupe.

This clay model photo of the LF-FC at Toyota Tokyo Design Centre, was taken on December 3, 2014. The concept wasn't even finished until September 2015.

The production LS design was shown to Lexus executives in July 2014 and a prototype in October 2014. How would a subsequent 2015 concept car influence an already finished 2014 design? They're not going to change a design, once they get to certain stages of development.

Why can't many of you understand for once, that once a design is FROZEN it is no longer going to be altered in respect to future developments?

As an engineer, I imagine it would be hell for various departments on a model development programme, to be chasing moving targets and nothing would ever get done, if design sign-offs were not maintained and instead changes made whenever anyone felt like it.

Customers would be merely test dummies, if that were true.

 

Mine has been great ever since I brought it up to the service department and they reflashed it. Shifts great now.

 

you're right. doesn't make it right.

 

Thanks for the info mike! How’s Japan?

 

Sorry if I sounded like an ass. What I meant was makers aren't going to include many new things unless they're forced to. Maybe something once in a while so they can toot their own horn but not a lot more until they have to.
I hope this Ranger and all the press and sales it's getting will wake Toyota up a bit.

 

Yep it was the "baby" Bronco that I was thinking about that was unibody based on same platform as the Focus I believe. My mistake.

 

Would still like a PIH midsize that can act as a camp genset. I know, I'm the only one.

 

Translation please.

 

I'm legitimately interested in seeing what this actually is, on the 7th. I've been considering trading mine in, because I want a double cab and the leather you can now get on TRD's. The 2020 is going to have to be more than just LED headlights and power seats for me to wait, though.

 

So do we know if the power seats will allow you to raise the seat HIGHER than the current level, or will it just be lower?

 

Why would they make it only lower? Its already too low.

 

Right, it is too low, but given how low the roofline is on these trucks, I'm not sure they can safely have the seats go much higher.

 

Higher, I want it to go lower, I already hit my head on the roof...