Hello team,
Scout should be looking to the new Tacoma for inspiration. Tacoma has long stood for durability, off-road-ability, and spartan, non-luxury, utilitarian trucks. This is what IH, Jeep, and Bronco stood for, for decades. It is what Bronco and Wrangler have tried to emulate with varied success (mostly requiring an expensive package to achieve). Toyota has had Tacoma and 4Runner models that my wife would call “basic” and “a decade behind” but always made me jump at the chance to drive. Despite this, they have been extremely successful.
Press trucks of the new 2024 Tacoma are out and reviews are coming in. They have brought the new Tacoma into the modern era with hybrid options, a big, useful screen, and modern electronics. However, they kept the locking differentials, big, mechanical switches (with extras for auxiliary power), tough interior fabrics and panels, etc.
This is a truck that I can be excited to drive to the ski slopes or camp site and my wife can relax and use her Apple CarPlay and feel comfortable.
They will sell a lot of these trucks. I’m holding out for an EV/Plug-in hybrid (Like the new Scout) to replace my Subaru daily, but this is tempting.
Ryan
1975 IH Scout II XLC
Scout should be looking to the new Tacoma for inspiration. Tacoma has long stood for durability, off-road-ability, and spartan, non-luxury, utilitarian trucks. This is what IH, Jeep, and Bronco stood for, for decades. It is what Bronco and Wrangler have tried to emulate with varied success (mostly requiring an expensive package to achieve). Toyota has had Tacoma and 4Runner models that my wife would call “basic” and “a decade behind” but always made me jump at the chance to drive. Despite this, they have been extremely successful.
Press trucks of the new 2024 Tacoma are out and reviews are coming in. They have brought the new Tacoma into the modern era with hybrid options, a big, useful screen, and modern electronics. However, they kept the locking differentials, big, mechanical switches (with extras for auxiliary power), tough interior fabrics and panels, etc.
This is a truck that I can be excited to drive to the ski slopes or camp site and my wife can relax and use her Apple CarPlay and feel comfortable.
They will sell a lot of these trucks. I’m holding out for an EV/Plug-in hybrid (Like the new Scout) to replace my Subaru daily, but this is tempting.
Ryan
1975 IH Scout II XLC
