[cliffsta]

I agree, the Frontier looks more truck-like than the new Tacoma. I want 4x4 since we go to the woods alot riding dirt bikes and just playing around. I'd love a fullsize 4x4 but the pricing just gets too out of hand. I can get a loaded midsize 4x4 (yota or NewDatsun) for the same price as a very basic fullsize of any brand, plus fuel economy. Yeah the V8s make massive power again, but 260hp and 280ft/lbs is mooore than enough to haul the dirt bikes and merge into traffic, or pull out another midsize truck.

Plus its kinda a vanity thing, too. There's 293874832974 Tacoma TRD trucks around town, and I have yet to see a PRO-4X or even a 4WD Frontier period. Only ones I see are work trucks, or the glorified-car luxury LE models. Though I have gotten up close with one at the mall parking lot, and it looked like a solid truck, bed and whatnot.

Thanks so much for these real-world opinions, guys. That's why I love this website and still come back 7 years after joining, even when I don't own a classic anymore.