6th gen Speculation Thread

That’s a great description, I love it.

It looks fine to me though. Like someone said “make a bigger, more futuristic Renegade” and for what the goal is, I suppose it’ll do.

 

Looks fine to me. I prefer that look over the 6th Gen. What’s it have for a power train?

 

EV platform -- "STLA Large"

 

I missed it, what vehicle is this? Those external hinges look like they are for removable doors. It would look kind of funky without doors.

 

Jeep Recon EV. It'll have removable doors.

 

Guaranteed I hit my knee on that lower hinge as I walk past.

 

No thanks.

 

that's a nice feature to have in the event of a lithium ion battery fire... makes for a quick exit.

 

Those hinge mounts also look like a good spot to put the jeep leg stirrups that seem to be so popular.

The headlights seem like they would take the “angry eye” treatment pretty well.

Not sure about the overall look though without doors. To my eye it only looks good on 2 door wranglers. A 4-door without doors looks mostly looks like a car being sold for salvage. At best, it looks like the tram ride at the zoo.

 

That might be what a lot of potential customers say if the EV incentives go away, which is likely after last night.

 

Probably true.

 

Maybe not with his buddy Elon whispering sweet nothings in his ear.

I'm curious if the prices of new Toyota's will go up with these tariff proposals. 10% tariff on all US imports meaning a 4Runner imported from Japan with an MSRP of $55k would have $5,500 added to the price tag. Imports from Mexico were suggested to have a 25% tariff meaning a $40k Tacoma would have $10k added to the price tag.

 

Elon is going to head up a new agency called D.O.G.E. Department of Gov Efficiency.

He going to be right there by Donny's side. Stocks pumping today including Tesla which is up 15%.

EVs will probably get a fresh push next year.

But I think Toyota still looking really good with their hybrid approach instead of trying to go full EV as Ford and others have tried. But tariff thing could mess everything up of course.

Still don't like look of 6th gen though.

 

Crazy.... those price increases if passed onto the customer would destroy sales. Maybe Toyota could consider moving production back to San Antonio plant.

 

They are planning on expanding the San Antonio plant but even with all their US manufacturing plants, it would be impossible to absorb all the vehicles they import........4runner, Land Cruiser, Tacoma, Corolla, Rav4 prime, Camry hybrid, Prius, multiple Lexus models, ect......

 

The point is not to just pass on the tariffs to the American consumer. The manufacturer will need to eat the costs or move production to the US.

 

Do you think that will realistically happen?

 

Yes. If they want to sell a lot of vehicles. Most people aren’t going to throw away thousands of dollars for nothing.