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I think this will be really good on a track where you can keep that engine in the 4,000-8,000 rpm range. The stuff they did here to make it better on a track, will probably make it worse in day to day driving, because it won't have the low end torque, but that isn't the point of this car either. For track days I am sure this will deliver what the owners expect. This more of a Ferrari-style or Honda V-tech style rev the hell out of it motor that you have to keep at high rpm, I wonder if Corvette fans will like that or not. I assume GM is trying to attract new buyers with this strategy.

I think they should target 200k. Toyota could be profitable selling zero pick up trucks. But Toyota has the size and resources to compete everywhere so they should.

On the current generation, a fairly loaded Tundra is about $55k, if they price the new one like that, and you can get a well equipped Tundra at that price, that is going to be crazy competitive in a world of $75k trucks.

Well that is why they have Lexus.

First off, Toyota brand doesn't have any $75,000+ vehicles except the Land Cruiser, which they are killing in the USA (I assume for a Lexus Version). Lexus then does have SUVs and the LS/LC up in that $75k+ range. But I can't imagine Toyota brand is really going to lose customers to Rivian, sure a handful, but it isn't like Toyota/Lexus sales are going to drop 10% because Rivian and Lucid arrive on market. Toyota is also a company of 366,000 employees and have $52 billion cash on hand. If the market demands a lifestyle electric SUV, I am sure they can come up with 1 or 7 of them if they want. Toyota is a very low risk taking, methodical company. Maybe that is good, maybe it isn't, but that is how they operate, and it has worked so far for them.

Yes, it is good to be #1 in any segment. Sedans won't disappear from the market. Others will give up, and the Camry and Corolla will still be there. Plus Toyota has 5 crossovers, 1 minivan (another segment most are giving up on) and depending on what happens with the full size SUV's, lets assume 2 BOF SUVs. 7 SUVs 2 pickups and a van seems like enough to cover the growth segments. And look at Ford, they wanted to focus on just SUVs, now they are killing the Ecosport due to slow sales because that market is flooded. Edge is dying in another year too. Stuff like the Venza, Sorrento and Santa Fe are better options.

Toyota has penetration in a lot of global markets. But just looking in the USA, the Rav4 is the #4 selling vehicle in the country. And when you go by segments, the Camry is the best selling car, Rav4 the best selling SUV, the Highlander probably is the #1 selling 3 row SUV, if it isn't it is close, the Civic beats the Corolla, that is an area Toyota needs to improve but the Corolla Cross is now there, so maybe that is their answer. But then Toyota has the #1 selling mid-size truck, the 4Runner still sells decent despite being ancient. The Lexus RX is the best selling luxury SUV, the ES350 still sells pretty strong. Toyota is strong in a lot of key segments, and much of the competition is giving up on some of those segments. Mazda dropped the 6 and the CX-3, Ford has dropped all cars but Mustang, and they are dropping Ecosport in 6 months, GM seems to be dropping every car they have at the end of the life cycle except for Corvette. I feel like a lot of car companies are giving up on segments and making Toyota's job even easier.

I think Toyota will still be #1 in 2030, maybe VW overtakes them and Toyota is #2, but they'll be close. And assuming there isn't more merging, and something like Honda and GM merge to make a real big company or something. Hydrogen isn't going to catch on, maybe that works for trucks in a shipping port or something in a specialty use, but not for general public, because there isn't a hydrogen fueling infrastructure. BEV is going to replace fuel, end of story. Toyota will need to get more EV's going in the 2020s, they hybrids will be good til 2030, but after that they better have BEV's or else they will start to get over taken by VW, Stellantis, Renault/Nissan, GM, etc.

Those articles talk about European batter production, which of course these car companies are going to need a lot of battery technology and capacity to get economies of scale and cost down. And I'd imagine after VW, Stellantis and Daimler are the next 2 biggest car companies in Europe. And Because Mercedes has the resources they can buy up these battery companies, where as a Tesla or Lucid or Rivian can't do that.

Fleet sales usually mean a discount, doesn't matter if it is Enterprise car rental or Verizon buying the vehicle. Ford is probably the biggest fleet sale brand there is, I think they usually run like 25-30%. Where as a Toyota or Honda usually are single digits. The Tundra is obviously aimed at the middle of the truck market, less worry about the fringes. They have 2 cab sizes and 3 beds, I think that is good. Cheaper and more fuel efficient engine I think would be the thing they could add to really round it out.

It is also year 1, maybe a 2 door regular cab will follow as they expand to more markets. Toyota is biggest, richest car company on the planet, they have the resources to do anything they want. Toyota typically does not like fleet sales though and that is what the commercial market is.

I could see 2 door regular cab being a real small seller, so maybe that is why they didn't do it. They probably looked at the percentage of Ford, Ram, GM trucks are are regular cab and didn't see enough volume. They do have a base/SR trim, I guess that is like their work truck. I agree on a low price engine option, either the corporate V6, or a 4 cylinder hybrid, some sort of value option. Unless they plan to start the Tundra under $35k and get aggressive on pricing, because if their 479 lb-ft engine is priced like a 290 lb-ft V6s from Ford and Ram, then the Tundra is going to make an impact.

I think double cab in Toyota speak is the extended or super cab, so it is like a half door in back, thus you can get the longer bed. A Crew cab and an 8 foot bed would be a super long vehicle, I think most domestic trucks in that configuration are the 2500/3500 type trucks. Ford doesn't make an F150 crew cab with an 8 foot bed for example.

Worldwide and in the USA, Toyota is the mid-size truck champion. I don't see why they can't take on the full size segment. Toyota knows reliability, they know resale value, they know how to build quality. Their problem is leaving Tundras on market for 15 years without much improvement, and not having a lot of powertrain options or configurations. I made a mistake before, I thought it was only crew cab, there is a double cab option like they have now, 3 bed lengths might be better than the current truck, and there are 6 trim levels. So it seems like finally they have a variety of configurations they need. Price is the question, how much are these going to cost with the turbo V6 as the base engine? If they price it like a Pentastar V6 or GM 2.7 liter 4, that will deliver a big middle finger to the Detroit trucks, but if the Tundra is priced like a 6.2 V8 Silverado, I think Toyota prices a lot of people out.

The Tundra’s engines are pretty inline with the Ford 3.5 Ecoboost and Hybrid F150, but even the base Tundra engine puts out more torque than the Ram 5.7 Hemi or the Silverado 6.2 V8 and those are upgrade engines. Toyota could and should do an NA V6 base level to compete with the Ram V6, the Silverado and Ford 2.7 liter engines. I think Toyota is looking for more than 100k sales, Toyota has beat Detroit in every market segment except full size pickup truck (and full size van which they don’t even make). I am not saying Toyota is looking for a sales crown but you have to think they want 200k units a year out of the Tundra.

It’s about time they redesigned the Tundra, hopefully they don’t wait 15 years to do it again. This truck looks very competitive, lot of power, especially the hybrid, engine a and transmission combo looks strong. The different trims and off road stuff looks good. I think what is missing is a super cab version and a cheaper engine option, perhaps the regular corporate 3.5 V6 with 306 hp. If your base truck starts on par with a quad cab Ecoboost 3.5 F150, I feel like you are missing an entry level model.

They'll have to do a sedan, unless they too will be an SUV only brand. EQS will probably outsell all of them globally. Although I am not a fan of the EQS or EQE looks, I much prefer the S-class or E-class looks.

Wind tunnel is a factor, which I think they need to throw out the window. Also their lead designer says traditional 3 box sedans will die with EV's because of how thick the floor is with the battery, it makes the vehicle taller and the sedan look doesn't work. Although I am not a fan of jelly bean cars.

It has awesome range and horsepower, average styling and interior and it costs too much. And doesn't have a dealer or service network, probably will be hard to find parts if it is involved in an accident. I like that interior more than a Tesla with the yoke steering wheel, but the Tesla looks better on the outside I think. I also thought it was interesting that the 730 hp EQS is badged "53" because AMG always does a "63" so there must be more coming.

Best video of the week. He totaled his car for sure, because the repair cost will easily eclipse the value of a Gen 4 Camaro. What a moron. And you couldn't out race a Tesla anyway, what is the point? A Tesla is made in the USA. There is a Model S I think that did 1 million miles, Tesla claims the Cybertruck is designed to do 750,000 miles. So assuming a Model 3/Y is build in the same way, it should be able to do 500k miles which would be probably triple what a Fusion or Impala will do, thus making it cost effective.

I actually liked the 98 Seville interior, the Zebrano wood trim was the same thing used in 80s S-classes. But my car is not the all black interior as that base E350 appears to be. E550's have real leather seats and leather inserts in the door. And mine is 2 tone sand beige and black. I was going to upload a picture but the file upload wasn't working, so oh well. But if those GM interiors of the 90s and 2000s, or even 2010s were so good, they why do their customers keep leaving?

This is the worst console in years, this is like 80s GM level bad. Even worse is the option with only 1 screen, and you just get a big chuck of black plastic at the top.

Correct, it is as GLS580 now, I saw a GLS550 on a car lot earlier today and that must have been what I was thinking of. They should have just left all those 550's as 550's to keep things simple.

The GLS550 has rear heated, ventilated, and massage seats too, with pillow headrests. Can get heated rear arm rests and 3rd row heated seats too. So nothing new in the Navigator, unless they are just comparing their segment as Escalade and Grand Wagoneer.

And that probably won't move the sales needle, if anything I think Navigator sales will drop with the Grand Wagoneer out there now. The Maybach GLS already has massage rear seats and level 2 semi-autonomous driving, so Lincoln has nothing new there, just what is expected in that segment.