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C. E. White <cewhite3@removemindspring.com> wrote:[color=blue]
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> I mean making huge pick-ups that are intended for people to use as
> alternatives to cars. As far as I cn tell 90% of Tundras ride around with
> empty beds. Toyota wants to compete with the "my truck is bigger than your
> truck crowd." The current size of the Tundra is reasonable for 95% of the
> people who need a work truck. Building a jacked up F150 clone on steriods is
> stupid. It will probably be a big sucess, but it is still stupid.[/color]

For people who need to carry and/or tow a lot of weight, there's nothing
like a full-size pickup truck. I haven't seen the new 2007 Tundra, but
previously Toyota still had not equalled the comfort of Chevy, the utility
of Ford, or the diesel engine of Dodge. Most likely the Tundra is more
reliable than its competitors, but the Silverado gets better gas mileage
and is available in a wider variety of custom configurations. The Cummins
diesel in the Dodge gets 23-24 mpg on the highway, a friend reports.
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> Tundras have always been built in the US. And the awful tax is a thing is
> mostly irrelevant since most "Japanese" trucks are now assmbled in the US.
> In think last year less than a 1000 trucks were imported that had to pay
> the tariff.[/color]

That's news to me, thanks.