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Toyota introducing 40 mpg Tundra 4WD by 2014
This might just be my excuse to go from Jeep to Toyota (like David K). Imagine the long-range knobby-tired possibilities!
http://www.tundraheadquarters.com/blog/2010/09/27/toyota-pri...
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I doubt it but I'm open to being wrong. 
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Soooo....it will cost nine bucks to go forty miles in 2014. That still sucks.
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Ken Cooke
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| Quote: | Originally posted by ateo
I doubt it but I'm open to being wrong. |
I read it in FOURWHEELER Magazine. Sorry, you're wrong.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Cooke
I read it in FOURWHEELER Magazine. Sorry, you're wrong. |
And....who would question such a sacrosanct publication? 
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Cooke
I read it in FOURWHEELER Magazine. Sorry, you're wrong. |
And....who would question such a sacrosanct publication?
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The website is wrong. I just read it in FOURWHEELER Magazine.
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Automotive News (Aug 2011): "The A-BAT concept is not dead; Scion wants it. This would be the nonhybrid version of the A-BAT, while Toyota would get a
less stylized hybrid under the Prius banner... Expect it in the 2014 model year."
http://www.autonews.com/article/20110801/OEM04/308019979
Pickuptrucks.com: "the A-BAT was originally intended as a Scion vehicle, according to its designer, Matt Sperling."
http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2011/08/report-scion-pickup-com...
Photo gallery of 2008 Toyota A-Bat concept vehicle:
http://www.autoblog.com/photos/detroit-2008-toyota-a-bat-con...
Autoguide.com (November 2011): "(Scion VP Jack) Hollis has mentioned his interest in bringing a mini-truck to market; something compact and car-based,
a size down from the incredibly popular Toyota Tacoma.... Initially, he says, he wanted to see about bringing over a small truck from Toyota
subsidiary Daihatsu, but with all the necessary regulations it was impossible to make a business case for it. Instead, Hollis suggests he’d like to
see a collaboration with Daihatsu..."
http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2011/11/beyond-the-fr-s-i...
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Cooke
The website is wrong. I just read it in FOURWHEELER Magazine.
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What page, which issue? I just got the May 2012 issue a few days ago.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Cooke
The website is wrong. I just read it in FOURWHEELER Magazine.
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What page, which issue? I just got the May 2012 issue a few days ago. |
Page 16 - Quick Hits
May 2012 FOURWHEELER Magazine
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Cooke
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Cooke
The website is wrong. I just read it in FOURWHEELER Magazine.
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What page, which issue? I just got the May 2012 issue a few days ago. |
Page 16 - Quick Hits
May 2012 FOURWHEELER Magazine |
Okay... wow that was so tiny, I missed it... but it wasn't my interest being Tundra stuff. Thank you!
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I read about all of the different vehicles
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Okay... wow that was so tiny, I missed it... but it wasn't my interest being Tundra stuff. Thank you! |
It is a small article. Maybe reading glasses will help.
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I'm ready to buy a new Tacoma but am waiting for a bit better mpg.
[Edited on 3-19-2012 by Bajaboy]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajaboy
I'm ready to buy a new Tacoma but am waiting for a bit better mpg.
[Edited on 3-19-2012 by Bajaboy] |
I am also looking for better mileage - have a 2005 Pre Runner and really like it but the mileage could be better - plenty of power though. Rear wheel
disc brakes would be nice also. Jim
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The news is full of reports that we have enough oil to power us at current levels for 200 years. There is no "green" energy that will get a jet into
the air or power at train or a ship....or a decent 4X4 pickup truck. We desperately need to replace the pandering poltroons in WASHDC who prevent the
use to that latent power. Our economy...and the world's economy...is powered by hydrocarbons...oil, gas and coal. There ain't no way around that
with any tech presently available or on the horizon except nuclear which those same "leaders" oppose.
I sit here in Baja with a very fine solar system. But the cost of that and its power shortcomings will make it non economic in the USA for a long
time....it's nice here but it won't power air conditioners and all the other hi amp stuff we demand up there at a price people will pay....unless
forced to pay by politicians and pressure groups.
The USA population has a serious case of ignorante and adolescent "wannas" and "dumbs" ginned up and based upon propaganda in the press and by the
"green" pressure groups who don't care about our economy or our liberty which is based on that economy....they, in fact, hope and press for the
collapse of both.
We need to wake up before we discover that our options includes only environments and tyrannies that we can't even imagine now.
BB
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It might get decent mileage, but, man, that truck is UGLY!
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bonanza bucko
The news is full of reports that we have enough oil to power us at current levels for 200 years. There is no "green" energy that will get a jet into
the air or power at train or a ship....or a decent 4X4 pickup truck. We desperately need to replace the pandering poltroons in WASHDC who prevent the
use to that latent power. Our economy...and the world's economy...is powered by hydrocarbons...oil, gas and coal. There ain't no way around that
with any tech presently available or on the horizon except nuclear which those same "leaders" oppose.
I sit here in Baja with a very fine solar system. But the cost of that and its power shortcomings will make it non economic in the USA for a long
time....it's nice here but it won't power air conditioners and all the other hi amp stuff we demand up there at a price people will pay....unless
forced to pay by politicians and pressure groups.
The USA population has a serious case of ignorante and adolescent "wannas" and "dumbs" ginned up and based upon propaganda in the press and by the
"green" pressure groups who don't care about our economy or our liberty which is based on that economy....they, in fact, hope and press for the
collapse of both.
We need to wake up before we discover that our options includes only environments and tyrannies that we can't even imagine now.
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Nuke powers ships and subs, and indirectly bullet trains(and some spacecraft but don't tell anyone!). Don't forget about hydrogen fuel cells which
can power almost anything (hmm, not sure about planes...) and can be made from any power source. Wiser to keep all our options open, especially since
solar/wind/nuke ($100/bbl equivalent) is cheaper than gas right now....it may be that ultimately what does gas in is the price, not supply.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob H
It might get decent mileage, but, man, that truck is UGLY! |
I was wondering if I was the only one who thought that.
On another note, the Scion FR-S is a very nice vehicle. but the baja roads would destroy it.
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Something like 90% of hybrid buyers would not buy a hybrid to replace their vehicle.....I read it on the Internets so I know it's true.....and if
Toyota makes it......I will not come....nor will I buy it......hybrids are a bigger waste of resource than the mogas they save.....read that on the
Internets.....too!
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When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I\'ve never tried before. - Mae West
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That is good new Ken. I look forward to it cautiously. There are many reasons why this is good news.
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