whats up with toyota

[toyotafan]

Whats up with not being able to buy a tundra with a V8, 5spd and 4wd???????? and its not just toyota .... nobody makes a full size 1/2 with a V8, 5spd, 4x4 anymore. whats up with that????? I mean its a truck!!!!!! not a 4 door sedan

[reb]

Apparently their market research indicates there aren't enough people interested. 4 door sedans were available with stick shifts in the 60's. People are just getting lazier and are willing to accept the greater inefficiency of the automatic.

[toyotafan]

there should still be a base model for people like me ....... I just bought a 2003 F-350 fx4 and only paid around 35K for it ...... new tundra 4x4 trd was chasing 45K..... looks like my wife is not getting a new 4x4......