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Depends where you live. And even for those of us not living in communist utopias, I’m not sure the aftermarket even exists any longer for the current crop of diesels the way the EPA has been coming down. The way turbo gas engines pollute NOX emissions they’ll be next on the kill list and we’ll...

All Body on Frame vehicles are priced crazy high right now, it’s no surprise they wouldn’t work on the Tacoma. I was looking at a 2017 with 30,000 miles it was $2,000 less than a brand new truck with same drivetrain/engine/body style, counting yearly price increases it was really only $1,000...

Notice how I mentioned 2006? It’s the last year emissions free, I have no doubts your 2006 diesel has been fantastic, but modern diesels suck if your the one buying them. I love them as a company vehicle, but I also love swiping the company card when those $8,500, $3,100, and $6,900 repair...

But why, it’s not 2006 any more. Diesel have a huge up front cost over gas engine options, the fuel is in many places $1.00 more than regular gas. Then you have to worry about the ridiculous amount of emissions equipment that will eventually require repairs, at times in excess of $5,000. The...

I wouldn’t pay $11,100 for the sport total brand new, let alone pay that much more.

I badly miss the completely removable 3rd rows SUVs used to have. Not a fan of the fold flat mess.

Everything I’m seeing is around 13-15 with tremor package 7.3L and on the normal 7.3L trucks quite a number of people doing 16-17 HWY. Color me insanely impressed with fuel economy on the gasser.

Damn good looking truck, not my engine choice but I love the rest.

I definitely didn’t stutter 🤣 I suppose the heavy feminine qualities of modern vehicles makes the boxier designs from 35-40 years ago seem “cool” or “macho” to younger individuals.

Taking a lame FWD unibody crossover and adding a bed is literally the worst of all worlds.

I’m 99% sure MotorBiscuit is a tabloid site that only exists to attract clicks, no car enthusiasts uses the site and no car enthusiast writes for them. Their articles read as if a blind monkey wrote them, factually wrong at least once every paragraph, I can’t believe anyone uses the site...

We’re literally comparing this to vehicles produced in the last 10 years. Pretending these concerns are immaterial doesn’t make them disappear. Again I point back to my engine bay on page 2 out of a 2017 vehicle with good power, good fuel economy, easy to work on, and more reliable than either...

FWIW that is the messiest and most complicated engine bay of any vehicle I own. My LQ4 is deadnuts simple And the KA24E Frontier I was given is so simple I could nearly wrap my arms around the block unimpeded. Etc

I have to imagine it’s the opposite, the people that don’t have experience working on cars don’t know the difference. Those that have changed an Alternator in autozone parking lot 5 hours from home know the difference.

Regardless if the consumer is a booger eating moron, someone still has to dig into the engine when sensor x or gasket y fails. Instead of charging 0.5hours labor to pop out the old and put a new one in, the owner will notice the change to 3.5hours labor and added charge of coolant that had to be...

No it’s not, but frankly that engine would probably be more off-road friendly with less failure points. Big plus when your away from civilization. I believe this is the main concern (and valid IMO) with those worried over the engine bay, more tubes/hoses means more failure points as well making...

For what it’s worth the engine bay is pretty damn busy, compared to my smaller modern car it’s must harder to identify tubes and wires at a glance. Bronco vs sedan

I’m more concerned about the alternator being down low where it will get submerged while off-roading. That design belongs on a sports car not an off-road vehicle.

Guess they’ll just have to stick a couple carburetors on the first several thousand Broncos. 🤣

I think a lot of these new car shows were getting weak in the knees before COVID. COVID has just become the end all excuse for anything going wrong. Honestly though, as much as I love new car shows they have taken a huge down turn. If you want a unibody crossover, front wheel drive, and a 4...