Know I'll get flamed for this, but gotta vent. Was REALLY planning on getting 07 Tundra. Waiting, watching. 5.7L engine - 6 spd trans. Nice. About same gas mileage. OK. 4 real doors in both versions. Standard safety stuff note even available on competition - Excellent.
But then couple little things added up:
1. NO sunroof on DoubleCab. Not EVEN on limited. While not a big deal to some, hard to spend 40k+ on a truck and NOT get options I want. Also, no power rear window on 2007 DC either... While this makes sense for a 20k work truck, makes NO sense for a LIMITED luxury truck.
2. No full-sized bed in CrewMax. Thought a CrewMax might be the answer, but a 5 ft bed just isn't cutting it for me and my kayaks and bikes. Could get a longer bed than this on a DC Tacoma.
3. Couldn't get 5 stars on GOVERNMENT safety crash test. Alone, not such a big deal, but come on - what kind of engineering does this reflect? The test hasn't changed in YEARS, Toyota's engineers should be ashamed ...
Three strikes. 2007 Tundra is OUT (for me at least).
Will hang onto my 2005 Tundra until they get it RIGHT, or get beat out of the market by big three. Beat? Yes - it might be possible for 2007 Tundra to be a huge, expensive and embarrasing flop.
Why?
Street price for 2007 Tundra V6 Reg Cab 2WD work truck is now 23K. Same level truck from Ford, GM or Dodge is 16-18k (with "incentives'). At that rate, I'm just not seeing 100-200k / year. No matther how much more reliable it might (or might not) be.
Sure, they'll sell 20-40k / year CrewMax and DC Limiteds to those that can afford them. About same market size as honda ridgeline. But to sell 200k / year the Tundra has got to get a LOT cheaper, and has got to compete with Domestics on a STANDARD crash test...
But then couple little things added up:
1. NO sunroof on DoubleCab. Not EVEN on limited. While not a big deal to some, hard to spend 40k+ on a truck and NOT get options I want. Also, no power rear window on 2007 DC either... While this makes sense for a 20k work truck, makes NO sense for a LIMITED luxury truck.
2. No full-sized bed in CrewMax. Thought a CrewMax might be the answer, but a 5 ft bed just isn't cutting it for me and my kayaks and bikes. Could get a longer bed than this on a DC Tacoma.
3. Couldn't get 5 stars on GOVERNMENT safety crash test. Alone, not such a big deal, but come on - what kind of engineering does this reflect? The test hasn't changed in YEARS, Toyota's engineers should be ashamed ...
Three strikes. 2007 Tundra is OUT (for me at least).
Will hang onto my 2005 Tundra until they get it RIGHT, or get beat out of the market by big three. Beat? Yes - it might be possible for 2007 Tundra to be a huge, expensive and embarrasing flop.
Why?
Street price for 2007 Tundra V6 Reg Cab 2WD work truck is now 23K. Same level truck from Ford, GM or Dodge is 16-18k (with "incentives'). At that rate, I'm just not seeing 100-200k / year. No matther how much more reliable it might (or might not) be.
Sure, they'll sell 20-40k / year CrewMax and DC Limiteds to those that can afford them. About same market size as honda ridgeline. But to sell 200k / year the Tundra has got to get a LOT cheaper, and has got to compete with Domestics on a STANDARD crash test...