Why? You get more HP and more torque with this engine than our gladiator diesel. To top it off, you also get lower fuel cost (gas vs diesel) and longer range. I don't get it. NO DEF fluid too and all it's quirks.
Everyone is chasing Toyota. If the new Taco is a hit and they gain back market share, everyone will copy or drop out. The Taco went from 60% market share to 40% as it started to age and everyone else brought out new midsize trucks. If it jumps back up towards 60% again, everyone will be forced to react.
Toyota was tops for a long time because they sold the gold standard mid-size truck. However the current field of competition is far more crowded than it once was. If we assume that a large majority of would be buyers lean more toward the lifestyle aspect than actually needing a truck, the options to cross shop include bronco, gladiator, ranger among others including Toyota's own landcruiser. The new model for better or worse will be distant relative of the rock solid older year models still running around on which the reputation of the tacoma was built.
Nope…we need to wait for Stale-Lantus to fcuk up the options a bit more.
This can be said about literally every truck on the market now, and the reason people have been saying "they just don't make them like they used to" for decades. It's a Chrysler Jeep now, not a Kaiser Jeep lol
