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Started by ducatiz, September 01, 2011, 09:37:35 AM

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ducatiz

#825
February 04, 2016, 05:57:22 AM
Quote from: koko64 on February 04, 2016, 03:47:22 AM
Is the Tacoma a US version of our Hi Lux?

No, it's a different pickup that is sort of in the same niche. 

The Tacos are not as sturdy as the HiLuxes, but are a more comfy ride iirc.
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"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

ducpainter

#826
February 04, 2016, 06:03:36 AM
Quote from: ducatiz on February 04, 2016, 05:56:46 AM
Worldwide, except the largest truck market in the world -- US and Canada.
Isn't the Hi-Lux still a small pickup?
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a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
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ducatiz

#827
February 04, 2016, 06:13:38 AM
Quote from: ducpainter on February 04, 2016, 06:03:36 AM
Isn't the Hi-Lux still a small pickup?

Same size as the Tacoma.
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"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

kopfjäger

#828
February 04, 2016, 08:18:57 AM
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Randimus Maximus

#829
February 04, 2016, 10:32:16 AM
Quote from: ducatiz on February 04, 2016, 06:13:38 AM
Same size as the Tacoma.

It actually on a separate chassis and slightly smaller.

Popeye the Sailor

#830
February 04, 2016, 10:38:24 AM
Quote from: kopfjäger on February 04, 2016, 08:18:57 AM


Sir! We have a morale problem! We need something to inspire the men.

"I've got it! Miserably small trucks! They'll get so angry they'll get out and shoot everything in sight!
If the state had not cut funding for the mental institutions, this project could never have happened.

Bick

#831
February 04, 2016, 10:44:07 AM
Quote from: Satellite smithy on February 04, 2016, 10:38:24 AM
Sir! We have a morale problem! We need something to inspire the men.

"I've got it! Miserably small trucks! They'll get so angry they'll get out and shoot everything in sight!

Nope.  Los Angeles Commuter Package.
It's all in the grind, Sizemore. Can't be too fine, can't be too coarse. This, my friend, is a science. I mean you're looking at the guy that believed all the commercials. You know, about the "be all you can be." I made coffee through Desert Storm. I made coffee through Panama while everyone else got to fight, got to be a Ranger.

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ducpainter

#832
February 04, 2016, 02:44:10 PM
Quote from: Randimus Maximus on February 04, 2016, 10:32:16 AM
It actually on a separate chassis and slightly smaller.
So...closer to what it was when it was available here?
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent.”


Randimus Maximus

#833
February 04, 2016, 03:35:23 PM
The last Hilux here in the states was in 1994, known simply as Toyota Truck or Pickup.

DRKWNG

#834
February 04, 2016, 05:01:23 PM
Quote from: Randimus Maximus on February 03, 2016, 10:11:19 PM
Posted without comment:

http://www.torquenews.com/1083/2016-toyota-tacoma-sales-colorado-down-diesel-doesn-t-help

And this is an article quoted within the above article which predicts that the above would happen.

http://www.torquenews.com/1083/how-many-more-tacomas-could-toyota-sell-if-it-offered-diesel-us

Part of the weak sales would likely come down to the fact that the American automotive industry package their vehicles like idiots.  They're only offering the diesel engines in the top trim levels, and then adding a hefty premium on top of that.  I'm not surprised at all that people aren't lining up to buy them when it turns into a $40+K truck.
And the sugar fountain fairy swore so hard when she came to super-size that stale hope soybean; liiiike a homeless German woman. Who is this super-sizing spirit-crushing femme? And tell her I'll break a tree root up in her shrimp.

Being faster than you thought possible…it feels good. No, screw thatâ€"it feels like shotgunning a gallon of adrenaline and chasing it with an all-night orgy aboard a burning Viking boat.

Randimus Maximus

#835
February 04, 2016, 05:04:19 PM
Quote from: DRKWNG on February 04, 2016, 05:01:23 PM
Part of the weak sales would likely come down to the fact that the American automotive industry package their vehicles like idiots.  They're only offering the diesel engines in the top trim levels, and then adding a hefty premium on top of that.  I'm not surprised at all that people aren't lining up to buy them when it turns into a $40+K truck.

True, but that is due in part to a need to recoup their massive investment in diesel R & D costs.

I have no clue how the Titan diesel project makes any financial sense, given the relatively low volume that they sell - based on the old Titan (about 1,000/mo.).  Of course, initially, they will only be available as a oil-burner, so that should help. 

DRKWNG

#836
February 04, 2016, 05:37:59 PM
Quote from: Randimus Maximus on February 04, 2016, 05:04:19 PM
True, but that is due in part to a need to recoup their massive investment in diesel R & D costs.

I have no clue how the Titan diesel project makes any financial sense, given the relatively low volume that they sell - based on the old Titan (about 1,000/mo.).  Of course, initially, they will only be available as a oil-burner, so that should help. 

Completely understand.  I just wanted to pregnant dog about it.   :D
And the sugar fountain fairy swore so hard when she came to super-size that stale hope soybean; liiiike a homeless German woman. Who is this super-sizing spirit-crushing femme? And tell her I'll break a tree root up in her shrimp.

Being faster than you thought possible…it feels good. No, screw thatâ€"it feels like shotgunning a gallon of adrenaline and chasing it with an all-night orgy aboard a burning Viking boat.

ducpainter

#837
February 04, 2016, 05:41:30 PM
Quote from: Randimus Maximus on February 04, 2016, 05:04:19 PM
True, but that is due in part to a need to recoup their massive investment in diesel R & D costs.

I have no clue how the Titan diesel project makes any financial sense, given the relatively low volume that they sell - based on the old Titan (about 1,000/mo.).  Of course, initially, they will only be available as a oil-burner, so that should help. 
They've already done the R&D...they sell diesels everywhere but here.

Add a urea system and go.

I'm not seeing this line of reasoning.
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent.”


DRKWNG

#838
February 04, 2016, 05:43:05 PM
Lots of cash spent to federalize each chassis with each engine/transmission combination to start.
And the sugar fountain fairy swore so hard when she came to super-size that stale hope soybean; liiiike a homeless German woman. Who is this super-sizing spirit-crushing femme? And tell her I'll break a tree root up in her shrimp.

Being faster than you thought possible…it feels good. No, screw thatâ€"it feels like shotgunning a gallon of adrenaline and chasing it with an all-night orgy aboard a burning Viking boat.

Dirty Duc

#839
February 04, 2016, 05:43:25 PM
Quote from: ducpainter on February 04, 2016, 05:41:30 PM
They've already done the R&D...they sell diesels everywhere but here.

Add a urea system and go.

I'm not seeing this line of reasoning.
Plus, they really need a "new" truck... the Titan is basically the same truck that won truck of the year in 2004.
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