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ok, i've got to jump in on this. I would have bought a tundra instead of a T100 except for one reason: Toyota failed to offer the v8 with a manual transmission!!!

Really, I hope toyota comes out with some freakishly powerful diesel that will blow the doors off anything Dodge/GM/Ford makes, but like others have said that's somewhat unlikely anytime soon.

Frankly, I'd like a new cummins with the six speed after seeing a coworker pull a double axle trailer loaded with tools and steel up a steep gravel road in first gear without touching the gas. Toyota's got their hands full in order to match something like that.


The sad thing is Toyota makes all of this stuff through their subsidiary Hino. Its starting to become more commercially available in the US, but not marketed to consumers at all.

You know what's saddest... they market diesel trucks w/ manual tranny's in their products to consumers in every other country but ours.

The statistics drive the sales in the US, and unfortunately those of us griping here (including myself, cause I want a diesel LC and Hilux) are the minority.

Joel

1998 Toyota T100 SR5 ExtraCab 4WD