Originally Posted by
rob_s
Seems like a pretty reasonable comparison; Gladiator:Taco.
My last truck was a Tacoma, and while I liked it there were definitely a lot of shortcomings for my uses (distance between wheel wells, and back seat space/legroom in particular) that led me to a fullsize pickup. My guess is that the Jeep hasn't improved either of those over the Taco.
Ironically, going off of just looks alone, the Jeep appears squattier/lower-profile than the current Tacomas, without looking doofish. Toyota seems intent on making up for small-truck self-esteem issues with the Tacoma year after year by puffing it up in weird ways, then making the basic truck (which i'm assuming they don't even offer anymore) look like some kind of apartment maintenance man's beater truck. Not sure why they can't seem to find a middle ground.