I was, and still am. The TRD Pro makes up about 1200 mid-sized trucks out of about 275,000 that Toyota sells every year. The ZR2 Bison makes up about 2000-2500 of the 160,000 or so that Chevy and GM sell every year. When comparing the 2, I agree the Bison comes out ahead due to the dual lockers. However for the other 90-95% of the model range, the Toyota wins in the off-road capability duel. If you go look at TacomaWorld, there are a ton of guys with TRD Pros that are putting thousands of dollars in additional mods on their trucks and Toyota acknowledges that fact of life in what they choose to put on the trucks.meggy09 said:
I thought you were talking about offroad ability. What does the interior have to do with that?
That's why I asked what you were basing the taco bring more capable off of. Say a TRDOR vs Z71, then I'm onboard. The Taco would have an actual locking rear where I'd guess the Colorado has the "auto" locking.
You could argue either are good enough for 99% of what people do though. Or your could use your own line of thinking that GM decided people were going to mod it anyway so they skimped..? Actually that doesn't make any sense.
If you want to spend $60k for your truck and never plan to mod it again, by all means get the XR2 Bison and walk away happy. But if you would rather spend 35-40k and have a wide range of models all capable of off-roading well and that can be easily modded with a huge range of available options, the Toyota is the easy choice.
Knowing that the Toyota is in the top 3 Brands for reliability and the Chevy is very near the bottom, and that the Colorado specifically is in the bottom 10 lowest reliability vehicles, also means something for off-roading. When you are dozens of miles from the nearest paved road with no cell service and extremely limited options for assistance, having a low reliability vehicle is a terrible choice.