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Photoshop of what the Sport model could potentially look like...



Leaked advertisement...

http://vimeo.com/26562077

I like it, but I want to see a double cab version in both TRD Off-Road and TRD Sport before I make up my mind.

There are also supposed to be a ton of interior changes/enhancements that I'd like to see.

Regardless, I love my 2011.

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Love it! but no back picture!? its still looks great (of coarse its a Toyota!)
but i thought they would of changed it more!

Thxs for the preview Fink!

 

If you watch the video, you can see the back of it - looks identical to me.

I do like the front bumper redesign...a lot...but once I get an aftermarket bumper, I won't care.

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thinking of trading in the 2011? :o 4wd model this time?

 

Hell no. I am thinking about an aftermarket bumper, though...

I will wait for the full redesign in a few years or for the Tundra redesign.

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Which one is this?
http://vimeo.com/m/#/23164154


Embedding may or may not work from my phone.

 

would be sweet if it had a DIESEL!!!

 

I want those rims.

 

That's a 2nd Gen (current body style) with the T/X Pro package.

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It definitely would, but the word on the street is no changes to the drivetrain for the 2.5 gen. I imagine they will do a full redesign in 2014 with a new/redesigned drivetrain.

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Front end looks like a transformer toy

 

well at least they changed SOMETHING since 2005 but hey, why reinvent a proven vehicle I like it, but it looks like the designers at Toyota are starting to try a little too hard to please the eye than they are making them more of a "truck" with that nose, if you know what I mean...

 

Add a 4.7 v8 preferably TRD S/C'd and this truck would be one sick beast. But even then I like it.

 

hey, Fink whats the word on the street for When would the Tacoma get the 4.0 Dual VVi engine or the 6spd automatic?

 

That thing seriously looks like an American bulldog, now. I didnt like the 2nd gen when they first came out. But now I love 'em. This isnt much different. More squared off, right? Looks more like the 5th gen 4runner.

 

Word on the street is everybody is expecting the Tacoma to fly when it debuts.

Nobody really knows but the way I look at it, they have no reason not to put the Dual VVT-i 4.0L in the Tacoma now, the 4Runner has it...I can't imagine they would need to re-engineer anything.

My expectations are that they will rely on the minor exterior redesign and fairly extensive interior redesign (Entune, leather, navigation, etc...) for the next 1-2 years and then fully redesign it with a new drivetrain come 2014-2015. Who really knows, though?

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Same body, new front end.

Still waiting for the (entirely) new Tacoma, which it seems like it's never coming.....

 

been to a few new model classes where we test drive new models like when the new tundra came out. its funny that the guy that did the presentation said that toyota designs their vehicles so they look their own. lmao, its not like we cant see and compare. all the cars toyota makes look similar in the front end, bumper and grill on the rolla and camry. now the taco looks like the runner. starting to do what mitsu does now, how their front end all look alike, from evo to suv using similar front bumpers.... toyota only has a few engines that are all shared anyways. not hating on toyota but its just funny. due to the econmy, the taco should have a new model design by now but it looks like they gonna run it longer. just adding more features than anything else. bet the next gen taco is gonna look alot like the newest runner with similar/same features

 

yea i was hoping it was going to get a whole new body like the fifth gen 4runner all square and tank looking i dont think the square frontend looks good wth the round body

 

We can only hope.

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