4th Gen resale/trade value

[izzy]

Another note for the Gen4, it's also the generation with the most real competition in a long time. The Ranger needed a few years to get a real foot hold, the Colorado came back at the end of 2023, and nissan has decided to do something other than make trash fleet trucks out of the Frontier. All of them now are rolling out sub models to try and compete with the Pro too.

The 2nd Gen was the last to see any real competition, but the "Big 3" had all ruined their trucks and killed them off by 2012. The only "foreign" automakers trucks were the Frontier which has been basically a boring fleet truck and the Ridgeline which isn't really a truck at all. Which is all the 3rd gen had for competition at the start.

Personally I looked at all of them and did a ton of research before deciding the Tacoma was probably still king of the hill. Which is why I picked it, and also likely the reason that despite all the newcomers hitting the ground running, it still has the best resale by far even though it's reduced.

If the Colorado or Ranger came with turbo diesels, it would have been pretty hard for me to not buy one.

Even with the modern turbo diesel upkeep, it's the type of right engine for a midsize truck.

Almost any turbo diesel 4 banger is a better engine for the Tacoma application than the T24A-FTS is to be honest. I have zero attachment to gassers in trucks.

My gfs grandma has a BMW B47 powered 120D and I guarantee you it would win in a tug of war against a 4G. The torque is unreal.

I just bought a Toyota cuz idk if nobody offers turbo diesels I'll go for the brand I know the best. Not really that attached to the brand at all.

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[maxx075]

If the Colorado or Ranger came with turbo diesels, it would have been pretty hard for me to not buy one.

Even with the modern turbo diesel upkeep, it's the type of right engine for a midsize truck.

Almost any turbo diesel 4 banger is a better engine for the Tacoma application than the T24A-FTS is to be honest. I have zero attachment to gassers in trucks.

My gfs grandma has a BMW B47 powered 120D and I guarantee you it would win in a tug of war against a 4G. The torque is unreal.

I just bought a Toyota cuz idk if nobody offers turbo diesels I'll go for the brand I know the best. Not really that attached to the brand at all.

Still can't get past having to turn the headlights on through the infotainment menus on the Colorado...

 

[izzy]

Still can't get past having to turn the headlights on through the infotainment menus on the Colorado...

I mean yeah, tech is implemented poorly in every manufacture, and in like 10 years the Tacoma headunit and cluster is gonna look really aged and crusty for sure.

Same thing happened to all cars that implemented tech in 2010-2015, when "big screen" headunits started to become a thing. It's all super dated and ugly.

I'd still get one if they sold the turbo diesel lol

 

[Will721]

Well unfortunately the small diesels will never be an option in the U.S. unless we dismantle the EPA. The emissions are too strict.

 

[izzy]

Well unfortunately the small diesels will never be an option in the U.S. unless we dismantle the EPA. The emissions are too strict.

It's mostly because the US focused on reducing NOx and the EU focused on reducing CO2 as a whole.

In reality, even if midsize trucks with diesels were sold here the emissions generated by them would be miniscule compared to overall vehicle emissions when looking at transportation emissions as a whole. Good luck convincing Americans to buy diesel since horsepower number go up seems to be all they care about

That and GM producing some seriously terrible diesel products in the 80s kinda soured the whole deal.

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