I coulda posted this in the trucks nuts thread but it's Tacoma-specific so might get more traffic here...
We're starting to look at cars for my soon to be 16yo son and he's mostly been interested in the sportier cars-- Toyota GR86, Mustangs, Camaros.
But lately he's really keen on the idea of a pickup, and specifically the Tacoma. I don't know much about them, but I can see the various trim packages. He's most likely going to want the one that looks the coolest, but I'm interested in the various engine options. We'd be looking at 2020 or newer, and it looks like the engine options are a 2.7L 4-cylinder or a 3.5L 6-cylinder? Any thoughts on them? He doesn't need to be racing this thing and won't be towing anything. He might want to haul some stuff in the bed but nothing really heavy.Is the 4-cylinder okay or for general use, or is it under-powered? I don't really have a preference but for me, safety is the main concern. I've driven some under-powered cars that make them difficult to merge onto freeways at speed, that's the type of thing I want to make sure it has the power to do.
Open for thoughts and ideas on the matter.