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Yep. Unfortunately it takes a certain amount of energy to move a certain amount of mass and internal combustion engines can only be optimized so much. Even if we magically achieved a 1:1 conversion from chemical energy to kinetic energy and could losslessly transfer that kinetic energy to the...

They've got 11 inches of ground clearance with the air suspension all the way up and very respectable approach/departure/breakover angles, how much exactly do you want lol.

@Victory_Overland I just don't see how else it would make business sense for them to position it unless they really are just selling the name. The old Defender started at the equivalent of around $47k USD in 2017, and yeah it was sort of like a $30k Wrangler + $20k for the Defender badge but...

It's not that diesel doesn't make sense for most HD buyers, it's that a 6.7 liter twin-turbo diesel putting out 1000 ft-lbs of torque is simply unnecessary for nearly everyone. So then you're picking between overkill but some better efficiency towing with the diesel and a gas engine that's a...

If all that's true then it'll just be a square Discovery 5 with a swing out rear door(so..What we all wanted the Discovery 5 to look like). Personally I kinda like the D5 but what's the point of a Defender model if it is identically capable to the Discovery with the same luxury features as the...

Yeah, but it's losing what made it special. I wish they'd followed Jeep on this one. Let the mass market models keep with the times, as Range Rover and Discovery buyers at a luxury price point and Grand Cherokee and Cherokee buyers at a lower price point want something capable(whether or not...

If you look at OP's photo he would've been at both a steep angle up and to the left(which is effectively similar to accelerating out of a hard right hand corner). Less forces because (did some digging because I'm mildly paranoid now) it sounds like people on the Lotus forums say you need to be...

You pretty much need a baffled oil pan for any non-dry-sump engine that's going to be seeing significant track time on a car with slicks that's going to be regularly cornering well past 1 g, they sell aftermarket pans or baffles for literally every popular track motor from the LS to the Coyote...

@DaveInDenver While we're finding Toyota more applications for their 4.5 diesel it looks to me like there's room for two more cylinders under the hood of my Tacoma..

I think the complaint with the Tundra is that the other half ton trucks have options for more modern turbocharged, hybrid and small-displacement diesel powertrains while in the Tundra you're stuck with two V8s developed over a decade ago. Yea it doesn't cost Ford anything to keep the 5.0 around...

I think the point that we've effectively beaten to death and continually gotten side tracked on the way to: Do you want a medium sized truck with respectable stock capability, a good aftermarket and don't plan on carrying more than a thousand pounds of stuff or tow more than a few thousand...

It's funny, I really like the idea of a GFC or Vagabond for the reasons you don't. I never really spend any time in my tent besides when I'm asleep so as far as when I'm conscious it seems like I'm only ever setting it up or putting it away. Add that to lots of aggressive Friday travel schedules...

That'd be a pretty easy fit in a DCSB, even for me with a tonneau and no proper topper. Keep in mind that you have the exact same amount of space as an ECLB, it's just apportioned differently. I find that for camping where you might have a lot of gear but not a whole lot of particularly bulky...

Huh, this is my first truck and I didn't even know that was something that could happen. I'll have to watch out for that, a topper of some sort is probably in my future sooner or later. Damn you all are spoiled, I have no idea what to do with all the space in my bed. Then again I could fit all...

Yeah, a lot of this comes down to how payload and tow ratings work. Hiluxes and LC70s exactly as they are sold elsewhere in the world would have much lower tow and payload ratings in the US. Thus, the Tacoma is very closely related to the Hilux except the chassis and suspension are designed to...

I was thinking about buying a commuter to slow down wear on my truck.. I bought my rover instead, it hasn't slowed the odometer down very much but now that it's taking part of the trail duty and any hard wheeling it's virtually stopped the wear. Highway miles seem to be pretty invisible. And...

Yeah, I decided to go for the Tacoma instead for a variety of reasons but that's what I was thinking I'd do if I went for the ST. The whole thing just left a very bad taste in my mouth, I overthink these things but I can see how people get taken advantage of. I sat down with the salesman to talk...

Quite a few more than you'd imagine, but mainly the sort of crappy performance cars other enthusiasts had in high school an college(I've taken a hard lean towards off road lately, but I like cars that can handle too). Nothing bigger than a half ton and nothing bigger than my truck off road so...

Right?? I just wanted something that was as much like my 1991 4Runner as possible but without 250,000 miles on the clock. A Wrangler Unlimited had basically an identical footprint. But if we want to talk about questionable value for money.. I live in Washington so a hard top was a requierment...

Ok let's hang on just a second here. First of all, who talks about width on an each-side basis? 4 inches. You mean the track is 4 inches narrower. 67ish vs 63ish(I'm a nerd and looked it up). It doesn't sound like much but that's actually a pretty huge difference when it comes to a width...