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Tundrav8yamaha · #1 (**permalink**) 10-19-2003, 09:50 PM

anybody know when the new tacoma is coming out ??...

new design from ground up and new v6 engine as well....

tiger · #2 (**permalink**) 11-11-2003, 08:33 AM

Is spring the excpected arrival of the redesigned 05 Tacoma? We knew about the 4 runner & the DC tundra a few months in advance, why not the Tacoma? That is assuming spring is the "due date".

sustainability · #3 (**permalink**) 11-12-2003, 01:45 PM

http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/n...x.cfm/id/37590

See News towards the bottom...

tiger · #4 (**permalink**) 11-12-2003, 01:52 PM

Thanks man! Thats what I had been hearing! Can't wait to see the new Taco!

The Toyota Man #1 · #5 (**permalink**) 11-23-2003, 11:26 AM

I just wish that Toyota would stop leaving us all in the dark about when the new Tacoma will come out. I have hear that March 2004 was a target date now I hear next Sept 2004 will be the date.... I am looking to move up to a new one but also looking at the double cabTundra's which are hot trucks but the price is way out of line!! $32,000 to $39,300.00 is really steep to think that you buy it and not even get a investment on it. So this is why I think I am going to hold out for the new 2005 Toyota Tacoma unless some car dealer really wants to make a deal of a life time on the new Tundra!! I have a 1995 Toyota Tacoma that is really a great TRUCK!! It just keeps running and is a work horse. I had the rear leaf springs redone and the rear does not move it is really tight, new half brass and reg clutch new timimg belt!! All in the 8 years I have had this truck not bad at all. Oh well lets see what Toyota does next. I hope some to Exe from there reads these posts to see that we are all waiting on them!! They do built a great vechile!!

Tundrav8yamaha · #6 (**permalink**) 11-23-2003, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by The Toyota Man #1

I just wish that Toyota would stop leaving us all in the dark about when the new Tacoma will come out. I have hear that March 2004 was a target date now I hear next Sept 2004 will be the date.... I am looking to move up to a new one but also looking at the double cabTundra's which are hot trucks but the price is way out of line!! $32,000 to $39,300.00 is really steep to think that you buy it and not even get a investment on it. So this is why I think I am going to hold out for the new 2005 Toyota Tacoma unless some car dealer really wants to make a deal of a life time on the new Tundra!! I have a 1995 Toyota Tacoma that is really a great TRUCK!! It just keeps running and is a work horse. I had the rear leaf springs redone and the rear does not move it is really tight, new half brass and reg clutch new timimg belt!! All in the 8 years I have had this truck not bad at all. Oh well lets see what Toyota does next. I hope some to Exe from there reads these posts to see that we are all waiting on them!! They do built a great vechile!!

lets just hope the new taco is nothing like that of tundra and has a better setup on brake's...tundra is a joke in the brake deptment but taco has a nicer 4wd setup vs the tundra and will allways be better in that deptment...

tiger · #7 (**permalink**) 11-24-2003, 01:53 PM

You can take a Taco just about anywhere. I would assume that the 05 is gonna be similiar to the redesigned 4-runner. Toyota we want to know whats up w/ the 05 Tacoma...give us a bone

Agent WD-40 · #8 (**permalink**) 11-24-2003, 07:14 PM

Is there any new news on this? Toyota tends to do a good job of keeping new products on the down low until the official release. I wonder if the 4.7 V8 will make it into the Taco. If they use the new 4.0 V6 that will still be pretty potent.

Shite2k · #9 (**permalink**) 11-28-2003, 02:51 AM

Everything I have heard is that the 4.0 V6 in the 4runner will be the new Taco's optional powerful engine and I believe a 4 cylinder will be the base engine.

BenRoethig · #10 (**permalink**) 12-04-2003, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Agent WD-40

Is there any new news on this? Toyota tends to do a good job of keeping new products on the down low until the official release. I wonder if the 4.7 V8 will make it into the Taco. If they use the new 4.0 V6 that will still be pretty potent.

I doubt it, a V8 would cut into Tundra sales.

tiger · #11 (**permalink**) 12-09-2003, 08:33 AM

How many of you guys would go for the V8 4.7L tacoma vs. 5.3L tundra?

Tundrav8yamaha · #12 (**permalink**) 12-09-2003, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by tiger

How many of you guys would go for the V8 4.7L tacoma vs. 5.3L tundra?

the reason why i didnt get a tacoma in the first place was a lack of power and those cheap seat's were paper thin...If toyota raised the bar a little bit by having a v8 and those changes i might review getting one..

scorchy · #13 (**permalink**) 12-11-2003, 08:02 PM

From the spy pics I saw it's going to look a lot like a small tundra

scorchy · #14 (**permalink**) 12-11-2003, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by tiger

How many of you guys would go for the V8 4.7L tacoma vs. 5.3L tundra?

and could you keep ties on it?

tiger · #15 (**permalink**) 12-12-2003, 08:21 AM

Sounds good to me! The taco I drove had good acceleration and decent power. A stronger V6 would be a step in the right direction but a 4.7L V8 now that I would love to drive.