What would it take?

V8 backed with a MT in a no frills truck.


Or an in-line 6 Turbo diesel with a H55F 5 speed.

 

Hybrid option, 35 mpg.

 

Screw hybrid... just jump straight to full electric... Tesla motor and send it.


And then Toyota will have the honor of selling the fastest production pickup on the market.

 

Their 2020 TRD OR DCSB V6 Auto Premium Package and $5000 of their dollars!

 

But then it wouldn’t have a M/T

 

I can make this compromise...

 

Yeah I was gonna say full electric but im afraid with current tech for a vehicle this heavy we'd only see a 150- 200 mile range. Unacceptable. Electric is coming I'm sure.

 

Honestly, as long as there is plenty of fast charging stations between here and utah Im okay with 200 mi range in exchange for ridiculous acceleration and saving 150 in gas a month...

 

Just imagine if Toyota moves it to the TNGA platform...and a hybrid...

 

May aswell have the slogan "The new Tacoma... just another Ridgeline"

 

or we could all wait and get the new Heritage Edition Landcruiser..https://www.toyota.com/upcoming-vehicles/landcruiser/

 

Fully armored with high clearance bumpers and front and rear lockers on 35's under $35,000. That's all i would need. totally doable

 

We joke but both of those have been alluded to by seatbelt mike.

 

I hope not...

Who the hell is mike? And why does he go by "seatbelt mike"

Driver safety advocate?

 

From when the 3rd gen was released, chief tacoma engineer Mike Sweers he claimed that only the seatbelt bracket was carried over from 2nd to 3rd gen, which is laughable. He was then forever dubbed seatbelt mike here. He actually pretold of powerseats in an interview on the 16 saying it would become available in later models.

 

If the 2020 Tacoma was available with:

Regular cab
4.0L inline 6cyl engine
4x4 twin stick transfer case
5spd standard transmisson
Solid axles front and rear
2000 lbs payload
20 mpg combined
All for under $30k











I wouldn't trade, I'd be celebrating because hell has frozen over and that can mean only one thing.
















The Buffalo Bills have won the Superbowl.

 

wow.... only one mention of a diesel option. I would trade for that w/ a 6spd M/T while maintaining all the bells and whistles of a TRD (don't like to give us options and M/Ts in Canada)

 

Learn something new everyday... however insignificant.

Heres to the public flogging of seatbelt mike in the event that he succeeds in moving the Tacoma into Unibody territory!

 

...

 

Man TW was a dumpster fire January 2016...