Factory Turbo Toyota pickups are a thing again

Kreb (Forum Supporter) said:

Fupdiggity said:

 

 

Side note, excellent truck. I had a '90 exactly like that (only black) about 15 years ago. definitely one I wish I'd held on to.

I gave mine to my sister when I made the jump to a 4runner. Two years later she sold it without offering it back to me. I'd love to still have that truck.

My mom bought a 93 brand new. I told my parents that I wanted it if they ever decided to replace it. The sold it without asking me to someone who drove it for a year until the transmission crossmember broke and he sold it 10 hours away. I was so sad.

https://www.motortrend.com/news/toyota-4runner-trd-surf-concept-first-look-review/photos/

Judging by the past feedback I may be the only person on here to think this is super rad but I would love to have one of these. Turbo open top 4 Runner just like 1986? I hope these get made.

Thanks to crankwalk, i just picked this up.

crankwalk (Forum Supporter) said:

https://www.motortrend.com/news/toyota-4runner-trd-surf-concept-first-look-review/photos/

 

 

Judging by the past feedback I may be the only person on here to think this is super rad but I would love to have one of these. Turbo open top 4 Runner just like 1986? I hope these get made.

You are not alone.

That truck takes me back to the 1970's and 80's when people chopped the tops of cheap, small trucks in SoCal and it's land-locked suburb, Las Vegas, where my sister lived/lives.  I thought those trucks were cool, and this one brings back that vibe.  Thanks for posting.

In reply to Racebrick :

Congrats!

In reply to crankwalk (Forum Supporter) :

I really like that Surf concept.

Maverick AWD Hyrbid seems like the cheapest "trucklet" you can get with power to four wheels and still get decent MPG. So perhaps the cheapest in terms of cost of ownership. 

The Frontier is the cheapest body-on-frame truck available. 

The Gladiator 4xe looks interesting but I think many wish they'd offer the single cab with a longer bed. The bed on the Jeep's is kinda useless, but no more useless than the Maverick or 5ft options on the Tacoma. I think the cool thing about the Gladiator is there is some amount of modularity available.  See the Gladiator Overlook concept:

As a 06 Limited Crew 4x4 Tundra owner with 225k, I've been pretty disappointed with what I've heard about the new Tundra. Even with the hybrid powertrain it get abysmal fuel efficiency. Is unreliable and the suspension still sucks. If I had to buy a full-size truck today I think I'd be looking real hard at a GM or Ford product. The ZR2 Silverado with 3.0l Duramax sounds like a great truck. The F150 is dialed, as always. Ram is slowly building a better truck around great engines. 

The Tacoma seems to have quickly avoided some of the issues of the Tundra, but the turbo is no fuel sipper, the 6' bed is limiting in terms of options,. and it's still not a "small truck" in terms of price or size. 

Good thing nobody is forcing me to a buy a new truck!