You have some good points.

I wouldn’t buy it not on that basis. But I do end up swapping around pretty frequently. I do have 4 seats to keep two cars we normally use ready. And then swap into our truck whenever we drive it. But I don’t know anyone else who does it like this

Do you know anyone with two kids that has more than one car? Do they have 4+ car seats so they can leave one for each kid in each car? I don’t know anyone who has multiple kids with more than one car seat per kid.

One of the engineers said it was about 10.25. I assumed that was the 10.5 but the ring gear was a little smaller on account of it being the 3.31 ratio (if it shared the same carrier the bigger pinion means a smaller ring gear). But who knows? Maybe it’s something new?

I6 is a packaging problem. It’s too long for many vehicle configurations. Like the lc300 once you add the hybrid system the rear propeller shaft gets really short.

Consider multiple cars and multiple kids. I’d need 8 car seats to leave 2 kids seats in all of our cars with back seats.

Depends. But often yes. Dropping off kids at school, then other parent picks up. Or if you have multiple cars. We have 4 cars and 2 kids. I don’t really want 8 car seats. Not to mention the nanny, and the grandparents. So seats get switched around a bunch. And yes it sucks.

Weirdest part to me is that they're using the 10.5 in the hybrid. So they ended up building both. 

Apparently, hybrid models will have the 10.5. non hybrid have the 9.5. Weird. I don't see a reason not to go 10.5 on all of them. The 10.5 is as bulletproof as it gets. 

Like this? Only in silver color.

Funny you say that. My dealer wanted $500 non-refundable deposit to get on the wait-list for the new tundra. And we don’t know how much it costs. But the deal was to buy at MSRP. So... Nope. No way I’d do a non refundable deposit on a truck I don’t know when I’ll get, if I want it for sure, or how much it costs.

Toyota almost always produces some derivative of their real concepts. They rarely produce anything from their sema type marketing stuff. It’s just for fun. In other countries with less regulatory red tape they do offer a lot of bolt on stuff derived from similar builds. Australia for example has a ton of cool stuff…

I’d start by just showing us how it works for basic stuff. Like:

It’s easy to drive almost any ice SUV or truck through the courses without outside support including fuel. Let’s not pretend otherwise. It’s not possible in an EV yet.

Very cool concept!

It has to just be late in release. Next gen 4Runner gets the same hybrid treatment as the tundra, but not until 2024. And the next gen GX 550 also gets the 3.5 turbo hybrid. So the LX must get it too. Unless they’re really going to offer the TTv8 they designed. But I doubt it.

Best choice imo is the Maverick.

I think next closest is the mini at $27.5. then the bronco at $28.5k. 

IMO it looks a ton like the old Highlander

But sales keep going up. Seems to be correlated. More grill = more sales. What else are they gonna do?