Why no Pro's in longbed configuration?

Were any of those 75 ACs a manual?

 

Supply and demand....emphasis on demand. Not that complicated...can't make everyone happy.

 

AC LB and DC SB are the same dimensions and wheelbase

 

yes but most of the people willing to spend the coin want the DC.

ACLB and DCSB are just as off road capable, just not the DCLB

 

Love my ACLB OR,in my opinion the best looking Taco if they made the ACLB in a Pro I would upgrade in a heartbeat!

 

Wish I had one of those unicorns

 

Kept me from buying a pro. I wanted a longbed pro and then found out no long bed in a limited, so I did my own thing. Lift, tires,wheels, TRD CAI, exhaust,leather heated seats, pro grill and pro skid plate and I'm satisfied!

 

Break over angle and turn radius is better on the short bed. (Shorter Wheelbase) That being said, I would have gotten one anyway if they were offered but no luck there so I’ve built my to a semi pro configuration ... all I’m missing is the hood with the Skewp!!

 

Very nice!

 

Because soft suburbanites using their trucks as grocery getters, soccer practice taxis, and family wagons have taken over the market, demanded luxuries, and removed the need for the practicality and utility that light trucks used to be designed for.

 

Sounds more like the demand from divorced guys with no friends has died down. Thats shitty for the hermits.
I should add that I think the older regular cabs are great!

 

Women on Tinder have enough reasons to laugh at me; I didn't need to be showing up to dates in a short bed to give them one more thing...

 

Toyota (along with the rest of the auto manufacturers) have to pass stringent fleet MPG requirements.

It's up to the new owner to be bright enough (hint) to put more aggressive tires on the truck if they're going to be seriously off-roading.

 

Exactly. They wouldn't sell. People forget Toyota is in the business to sell stuff and will make what sells.

 

Again.. it's due to gubment MPG regulations.. https://news.pickuptrucks.com/2013/04/is-the-regular-cab-pickup-doomed.html

 

Personally don’t do any hardcore wheeling. Mostly trails, snow, river beds. I love my DCLB Off Road. I have a topper, At 6’2” I can sleep in the bed comfortably. I never even seriously considered a DCSB-defeated the purpose of a truck and would have just bought a 4 Runner.

 

Just in case you did not know -- the Access cab trucks are exactly the same length/wheelbase as the DCSB's.
I think the reason is more marketability and the simplicity of having the Pro trim level only available on one body style.
Toyota does not care what a few people want -- they only care what a lot of people want. In other words - THEIR PROFIT!

 

Access cab and short bed are same wheelbase

 

They brought back the Tundra TRD Pro in the dbl cab model for 2020. They could make a limited number of access cab pro tacomas. Its not like it would take any new parts. I wouldnt be suprised to see it happen for the last production year of the 3rd gen tacoma.