XPost: alt.autos.ford, alt.autos.toyota, alt.trucks.ford   
   From: DwightSchrute@DunderMifflin.com   
      
   On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 17:17:40 -0400, "C. E. White"   
    wrote:   
   >   
   >The monster Turdra is perhaps the worst thought out investment Toyota has   
   >made in 50 years.   
      
   Unfortunately, it's a nice truck at a bad time.   
      
   >I'll bet the Toyota management in Japan wishes they could send some Ninjas   
   >over to clean out the idiots who convinced them to turn a reasonably sized   
   >truck into the bloated gas sucking pig they are stuck trying to sell with   
   >gas at $4. Oh well, at least they still have the Tacoma.   
      
   The "gas sucking pig" Tundra gets ~ _1_ MPG less than my 4.0L Tacoma   
   in EPA tests, with greater capability.   
      
   >How long before   
   >they start importing the smaller trucks they sell in other markets?   
      
   Like the Hilux, A.K.A the current Tacoma?   
      
   There are no "smaller" trucks sold to other markets.    The only real   
   difference is that the Hilux is available with a 3 litre turbo diesel.   
    I was in Iceland a short time ago, and the Euro-spec Toyota trucks I   
   saw there, along with the Nissan Patrol, etc... looked an awful lot   
   like the North American spec stuff, only with a small diesel   
   powerplant.   
      
   If you don't believe me, Google out the "Top Gear" episode where they   
   drive a Hilux to the North Pole.   
      
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