Tacoma Stalking, er...uh, Spotting, with Charlie™ (4th Gen Edition)!

Same reason I got an off-road over the pro. Backseat usability. I have a 7 year old who can sit comfortably in the backseat of my trd off-road trim but in the pro it’s virtually impossible. I had my heart set on the pro but even if I got the pro I would still get aftermarket wheels and tires because stock pro tires is meh.

 

Exactly my thought. Pay more money than a Pro for less options than a Pro and when you trade, the "book value" will be for a TRD OR - 100% depreciation on those options.

 

To have a Backseat?

 

Why the backseat in PRO tighter than other trims?

 

What exactly is the point of those…things?

 

Shocks for absorbing off road conditions. Think baja. Which is 90% not used by most pro owners anyway.

 

Anyone that buys a Tacoma thinking it will be comfortable for rear seat passengers is buying the wrong vehicle. Ten, fifteen minute drive to drop off kids at school would be no problem. Family road trip? No. Having one inch less leg room for those 10-15min trips? Doesn't make a difference.

 

I have 3 other cars for road trips. One of them is my BMW X5 which has ample room for long drives. This truck is a recreational vehicle for me and my family. Tell me again I got the wrong truck.

 

What does "recreational vehicle" mean to you? How old/big are your kids?

 

It means I want a truck to go off the beaten path on the weekends for hiking, camping, hauling jet skis to the lake / beach. Not my daily vehicle and it’s used occasionally. My son is 7.

 

2023 Tacoma double cab had 32.6 - 33in rear leg room (depending on the source). The 2024 Tacoma double cab has 33.7 - 34in of rear leg room. So a 2024 Pro has the same rear seat leg room as a 2023 Off Road and now that extra inch is a big deal?

 

I sat in a pro, test drove it, got my family in it and it was a no go. Off-road was perfectly fine though.

 

Sometimes that extra inch makes the difference. Luckily the 4G came out, the family never would have gone for a 3G.

 

My Corgi wanted the Pro.

 

Rocket launchers

 

Missed that part of the window sticker... Still wouldn't pay $70K for a Tacoma

 

Mine had an MSRP of like $17K and my dad ended up paying just under $15K. A new 2010 AC 5-lug SR5 at the same dealer that night was like $23K, and there was a new 2009 AC TRD Sport in the showroom with a sticker of like $32K if I remember correctly. My dad thought that paying over thirty grand for a smaller truck was obscene back then, and the most he has ever paid for a vehicle was $53K for a used 2018 GMC Yukon SLT with like 8,200 miles, which he still owns to this day.

 

You are right, but that's not me in 2025. I like the truck it speaks to me, but if I'm not willing buy it who will? Is there a market there? I'd probably go for a Pro over a built OR for the money. I think the truck is the perfect example of buying an already modified truck.

Over the weekend I saw a few regular cab F-250s with the 7.3 and 430 rear axle those listed for more than this DC Sport and were dicounted to about $52k. Those trucks already have two batteries and would support the Ford Performance Warn winch. I know it's not the same customer shopping both trucks. I started looking Xtra cab Tacomas.

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I'm probably wrong, the midsize segment does not seem as strong as it once did. I see a lot of people who might be interested in a 4G Tacoma DCSB going for a CUV instead specifically a Rav4 if they are loyal to Toyota. I wouldn't be surprised if many Tacoma shoppers don't just go for a LC 250 instead.

 

Today if I drove off the lot in a Xtracab 4x4 Tacoma for $40 I'd think I got a good price.