2024 Tacoma Quick Walkaround: Is any trim worth its price? Let’s find out… 

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yeah totally. the Frontier with the N/A V6 which ppl love and the Pro4x which can compete with the TRD Pro. and the Ranger Raptor is V6 turbo as well... not sure why Toyota didn't offer a 6cyl option, at least on the TRD models cuz $68k is absurd when the competition offers just as much for less. "reliability" excuse is old now.

@@JokerG16 exactly!! People call crazy for wanting the 5th gen 4Runner… I’ll be driving that car by the time those plastic/4cyl/hybrid garbage hits the $100k mark.

@@josealeguinea you’re not crazy at all lol it’s just ppl these days are obsessed with HP/Torque figures and forget that Toyotas have never been known for speed, they’re known for durability. oddly enough, in the future, they may not even be known for durability anymore either with all the hybrid/tech crap they have going on. the 5th Gen 4Runner is like the best vehicle, and was perfected in the last couple yrs since they added all the tech and LED lights that ppl have complained about and still kept the huge V6.

TFL took it off-road and the front differential easily broke, not acceptable from Toyota…

@@imnotusingmyrealname4566 totally agree! they’re taking away their beloved engines and forcing induction on smaller displacements, but charging us a premium for some hybrid 4 cylinder. i remember back in the early 00s, they charged a premium for the V8 4Runner and the Camry V6. whomever is in charge of Toyota right now is deranged. and i too was shocked when i found out the Camry is about the same price

Yep! At least not here, but that’s not too surprising to me I’d laugh myself out of the showroom if I came in to buy and saw those prices.

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Right!? It’s 90% of the surfaces too!!

Agreed!

Could not agree more! And same at looking at other vehicles at the price of a Limited.

Hello! The Prime is great if you have a place to plug it in every night and can do at least 75% of your driving on EV range. The downside is that it’s expensive for the economy car interior. The NX has a much nicer interior but you probably know how I feel about the powertrain’s rather unrefined sound. Overall they’re both great picks and relative to Toyota’s new vehicles LIKE THIS TACOMA, I guess $45K is nothing these days so maybe the Rav Prime isn’t that overpriced. 😂 If you have the cash, what I would do is lease it to get the $6,500 lease cash and then immediately buy it out so you own it and immediately pay down as much as you can of the remaining balance (or all of it if you can) that way you aren’t paying the interest on the lease.

Same here!

Same here, brother.

Yep! Exactly!

My thought exactly! A brand new Tacoma SHOULD be flying off the shelves.

Yes! Exactly my thought. I bought a mid-trim brand new when I graduated from college and it was a great, affordable car. Forget any 21 year old buying that now.

Yep!! And the Canyon/Colorado look so good now too.

I agree, although at $40K USD the CR-V seems cheap compared to some of its competitors. I also think the CR-V hybrid drives way better than a Rav hybrid and I’d take that over some features.

Leasing is never a great financial move though, it’s purely so someone can have a new car at the lowest monthly price possible. Especially if you end up buying out the car, you’ll have spent way more in the end than taking out a loan and paying it off ASAP.

​@@joshjamescarsThat's the lifestyle crowd that Toyota is catering to. Gotta have the newest so they know they will make bad financial decisions to get into one.

$575 for a spray in bed liner for the bed, which is already composite _money grubbing

Hahaha! I know, right??? Sounds like this is typical of many dealers out there with Tacomas just sitting… which doesn’t surprise me one bit. And I’m with you! Total craziness.

Rav4 Prime has already had a huge price increase that I suspect will continue with the next generation. In 2021 it started at around $37K. Today the same trim starts at $43K (meaning that even with the lease cash offer you’re still paying the original price in full). You could wait, but it wouldn’t hurt to get on the list to get a current gen if you want one.

Exactly these are now lifestyle vehicles 😂 lowest payload a d worse towing of the big 3

show trucklettes no longer work trucks at a steep price mights I add

Yes! Totally agreed but you’d think Toyota would realize the bare bones, sub-economy class interior isn’t appropriate for a lifestyle truck.

Yes!!! Entirely this. I think they’re trying to squeeze every dollar of profit they can from the poor people who are willing to buy a lesser car at the high price just because this one says Toyota on it.

No. Tacoma left the US entirely a long time ago, it is now made in Mexico.

@@joshjamescars That is why they are called tacos.

The smart money will go buy something else or wait until dealers are forced to discount.

Got it. That’s annoying. That’ll be $60K at least.

indeed

I’d be surprised if there isn’t an option to do that, or an option to give it the TRD look.

Yeah I was surprised, it’s 90% of the surfaces in that SR5 and maybe 65% of surfaces in the Limited. On both counts that’s way more than is acceptable for the prices, respectively.

@@joshjamescars The SR5 is great a utility truck where you don’t mind sort of closing the door hard on accident (like my 2005 Nissan Frontier). But I recently bought a Lexus ES hybrid for just about this price. I love driving a truck, but I don’t think I could justify using the money for the SR5 (lol). Do you think Toyota miscalculated with the prices they’re putting up? I think at least 1/3rd of their typical buyers would avoid purchasing.

@hipsilantro27 I personally think they miscalculated. The way I see it, there’s going to be a group of people who are smart and will balk at the price and refuse to pay it on principle alone (even though they could afford to), and then there’s another group who would be willing to pay for it but can’t afford to. That only leaves the people who are dumb enough to pay that much for one and have the money to do so.

@@joshjamescars 100% what will be the majority of people buying. It hurts to watch when you know some people will do whatever to convince themselves they can afford it (when they can’t). Thank you for the video!

​@@joshjamescarsso the only buyers left will be the financially illiterate fanboys because even the regular fanboys aren't buying 😂 funny thing watching all taco defenders talking about all the plastic in the domestics when they obviously haven't been in the new taco.

Well you watched and commented so thanks for driving engagement! Pro tip: if something is just going to upset you or you don’t want to support this kind of content, don’t click and don’t watch. Simple as that. As for your notes… if you think it’s worth it, rock on. I think everyone should buy what they feel is worth their money!

Disk brakes?? Welcome to 2010 🤣 all those "upgrades" and payload still stuck in the 1200 lb range and 6000lb towing 🤡 Toyota developed this truck in a bubble where it was only competing against itself.

HAHAHA! Exactly this!

Hahaha!! And yes, exactly! Like $50K out the door for THAT is just not okay. I also keep seeing the new Colorado and Canyon and they’re really quite good looking. I get the feeling Toyota got caught off guard with everyone finally catching up to the Tacoma since up until now there really wasn’t a reason to buy a Colorado or Ranger over a Tacoma.

@@joshjamescars True, because Toyota was the king of the mid-size trucks back in the day, now, we have so much offer that Ion if folks will keep their loyalty to Toyota.

Yes! Which has already had some issues that are unresolved as of now.

Yep! Sadly so.

Have owned Tacoma, 4Runner, and GX. Plastic unto itself is fine but not for the $40-65K that they are charging for this Tacoma.

@@joshjamescars I think it’s just Toyota trying to cash in on its “reliable/resale value” coattails. The plastics in Toyota are usually high quality and don’t break, I’ve seen 5 year old domestic brands lose all its plastic parts because they’re cheap, meanwhile 20 something year old Toyotas don’t even have cracks. They’re just getting greedy like all other companies

I agree, but resale is also dependent upon the product being a good value and desirable in the first place. Lexuses at these prices depreciate hard too even though they’re great cars. I’m curious if we’ll see that with some of the expensive trim Tacomas.

@@joshjamescars yeah I agree 100%… the prices on these are comical, they actually REMOVED some features like the dampened tailgate on the lower models!! And then put it on the sr5 and up and called it an “added feature” Holy smokes… I didn’t even realize they did that till now, that really taints my outlook on Toyota.. that’s dirty pool right there.

Could not agree more!!!

People don’t realize that the Tacoma has been made in Mexico for the past 10 or so years now.

@@joshjamescars No, not all. Made in Baja Mexico or in San Antonio.

Right, made in Baja starting about 10 years ago, and leaving San Antonio in 2020.