The funny part of all this is it doesnt matter if its Bugatti, Ford, or Toyota.. each has all their own problems and if you questioned every owner you'll find as many complaints as you do praises.. whether thats from the Dealer level or the manufacturing level. Trust me I worked for both Toyota for 3.5 years, and Nissan for almost 3 years, and I also worked at Ford Dealership and you hear it all. Nothing differentiated other than the badge on the front. Toyota guys act like their shit doesnt break, you should visit their forums and LOL at the repair questions and troubleshooting issues.
The Tacoma just seems to have a wider range of enthusiasts because of the way Toyota plays it on the world market. If you havent noticed, our Rangers even when in production are QUITE different from what the rest of the world got. But knowing what I do in all aspects of the production, sales, and aftermarket support as I do [yes theres always more to learn too], I'll be dammed if id pay more for a Tacoma than I would for a like equipped Tundra despite the Tundra going away now.
I think Ford failed the ranger platform in 2011 where instead of taking it away from the market, they should have introduced it as a full four door model, AS THEY DID everywhere else in the world and grab their balls to offer it in a like diesel trim as well. They would have cornered the market in the States at least for the first couple years until the other makes wined about the tariffs and taxes implemented on their units to be allowed despite nearly all of their units being made in the States for the most part.
And JEEPs.. I cant help it, I am totally biased on these vehicles.. for two reasons. (1) the things are whored out like PT Cruisers, Ford Escorts, and the coveted Honda Civic. (2) the amount of people shelling out top fucking pound me in the ass sideways to buy a near $54k vehicle shod with another $18k worth of eye popp'n, attention whore, mall-crawlin, Look I have a JEEP - ME too crowd... And 1/2 of them the only dirt they see is a dirt driveway.
Id be less biased if it didnt seem like the only offroad vehicle in Vegas but for the money they want, id buy another Xterra 2nd Gen or an FJ over a JEEP just to say I DIDNT fall victim to the ME-TOO craze. I might actually giggle tremendously if "Great Wall Motors" of China actually succeeds in their Bid to Fiat/JEEP/Chrysler.
http://jalopnik.com/china-s-great-wa...eep-1798151116
http://www.motortrend.com/news/china...ants-buy-jeep/
http://www.autonews.com/article/2017...ll-to-buy-jeep
I cant say I beat the crap out of my Ranger but I'll tell you what, its never ever got me stranded or left on the side of the road and I know my Xterra wont either.