95.5-2004 Tacomas & 96-2002 4Runners 4th gen pickups and 3rd gen 4Runners

Official Toyota Info on 2005 Tacoma!

Old Oct 15, 2004 | 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by BT17R
I've seen invoice prices on them. Gross profit margins seem to be cut, dealers will need to take skinny deals and make it up through planned increased volume. If incentives arrive this year (doubtful, but crazy things happen in December), they'll be small. There's not much dealing headroom, and at least on the West coast, expect "market adjustments" for awhile.
Don't Toyota dealers get a generous "holdback" from Toyota to offset the reduced gross profit?

Toyota will be getting competion in midsize trucks from Nissan and GM and Dodge, and that will moderate prices to some extent. And with big rebates, the full size trucks from Ford, GM, and Nissan seem to have prices comparable to the Tacoma's.
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Old Oct 16, 2004 | 06:19 PM
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drive train

Originally Posted by CynicX
bah...if you need too use premium I might as well get the TRD S/C for my 3.4 and be happy for the next 10 years...i thought you could run the cheap stuff in these?
At least your 3.4 is built in Japan and not mexico with the rest of the truck.I bought the last 2004 the dealer had.To each his own.The 2005 are ugly no matter how you look at it.Im not paying jap price when I can buy a ford ranger built just as good.I had a 2002 tundra with nothing but problems.It takes them at least one year to get the bugs out.
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Old Oct 17, 2004 | 04:51 AM
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Originally Posted by 03TRDBlack
I find it interesting that the new 05 Tacoma's have 9.5" of ground clearance and my '03 Double Cab had 11.2" stock. The extended cabs had 12" from the factory. Boooooo on lower ground clearance!
It could just be the smaller tires they're using. The "big" tires from
the factory are now 245/75's instead of 265/70's

They may have done this to improve the gas mileage rating.
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