Saw My First 6th Gen In Person

Funny how many of the states differ with their plates/sales tax/renewals, etc. In Missouri, if you buy a new vehicle you take the dealer paperwork to one of the local DMV branches. There, you pay the sales tax and receive the new registration. They also hand you the new plates at the same time. They keep the plates at the local branches. (You need two plates in MO). You can keep/transfer your old plates if there is any time left on them (you can get a one or two-year registration in MO). But then they will have to be turned in when they eventually expire.

 

At least exterior-wise, I think the 2025 looks good. Toyota did a good job with the exterior look considering they had little room for error with their enthusiast following. LOL

 

Yeah cuz we wouldn't want someone to pick and choose the laws they follow like doing 100 and staying in their lanes. Lol

 

Regular plates on CA don't have the state outline hologram and usually follows 1abc234 format for cars and suvs if it is a white plate.

Those are temp dealer plates, in CA temp plates have the state outline shape with 7 characters with different letter and number placements

example from image search

 

They went to red turn signals? That sucks.

 

Our permanent plates do not have the CA outline in the middle. I’m from CA so I had the temp ones too.

Example above, image is temporary plate.

 

I still don’t understand this choice of body line Toyota

 

i just thought since the letters being blue and the small lettering above the plate number was red and the whole plate in general, it looked like a perm plate.

 

No one knows what’s going on there. It’s some weird side spoiler thing for the bumper. Someone needs to try cutting it off like a viper cut.

 

For that price you could buy top trim used sequoia with fat V8 in mint condition

 

I'm sure in some focus group the respondents said it "looks modern" and they just ran with it.

 

its just a more pronounced version of the rear lower quarter panel of the 5th gen

its there on the 5th gen, most people just dont notice it

 

this is what i mean, there is a slight upward angle to the 5th gen but they really made it more pronounced on the 6th gen.

but if you dont look at the extreme up angle, the area covered is about the same as the 5th gen vs the 6th gen if you convert the angles, dips and what not to flat surfaces

 

The 5th gen version looks like the designers checked their work before releasing the injection mold spec.

6th gen looks like they threw something together monday morning before the 8AM deadline after a weekend bender.

 

if you remove the ridge/cutout and made it a flat surface, it would look exactly the same as the 5th gen

 

Yeah Nah

 

Not even close. If you are speaking without sarcasm, please seek care from an ophthalmologist and don't operate motor vehicles before being treated.

 

Now I want to see the rear bumper area disassembled to see what's under neath those giant codpieces, electronics or just empty puff to look bulgy.

 

I don’t know where to even begin for clearance cutting the 6th gen bumper covers, honestly. They’re wack

 

I dunno bout that. The 6th gen angle chunk is on growth hormones. Trimming for steel bumpers will be interesting. Just look at the double moustache in the front corners and think how will that look with a steel bumper that doesn’t have these pronounces contours.


Huge difference, front and back, to the simple 5th gen:

 

And if my Aunt had nuts she’d be my Uncle..

I’m biased, but:

 

or 8 1st gen sequoias and play bumper cars
or 4 2nd gen sequoias and play bumper cars

 

@NoDak Maybe I’m being harsh, and a d*ck.
It doesn’t look that terrible on the black ones

 

Black is the ultimate cheatcode for all bad designs when you can't see the lines, even the Aztek looks less bad in black

 

Not sure a viper cut is meant to be, on the 2025’s
Been trying to visualize the best line to cut for steel

 

With how busy the front is, I would just bite the bullet and do a Taco grill swap and call it a day

 

yeah the black hides it very well, but then you can really see how the rear lower panel in essence looks the same area wise as the 5th gen. especially in your angle of the the pic

 

well i see an advantage on the 6th gen as the body panel crease fits more in line with aftermarket mods. that sharp body panel crease upwards helps vs the 5th gen L shape body panel crease.

but its subjective on the person and the mod on how it takes advantage of the body panel lines.

 

Weird, in Massachusetts you keep your same plates. Doesn't matter what type of vehicle.