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"Valued Corporate #120,345 Employee (B A R R Y)"
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> 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 don't think C.E. White has ever been near one. He calls it a monster, yet
it is really no larger than the other Trucks in its class, and while Toyota
markets it as a fullsize, it is technically and officially a mid-size pick
up.
I think he is just rambling inane xenephobic blah blah...
>
>>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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