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Living the 5' bed/auto life for the past 3 years with my '21 has me realizing that I want/need a 6', but I also really miss rowing my own gears. I'm pretty much dead set on the 4th Gen for my next vehicle since none of the other mid-sizers even offer a 6' bed any longer, but coupling that with a manual would be a dream come true.Obviously the 6' bed was not offered with a manual in the 3g, so my optimism level for it appearing on the 4th Gen is low, but I'm still holding out hope that maybe, just maybe Toyota will decide to offer this.
Any thoughts on why Toyota wouldn't offer this option when the only difference going from a 5' bed manual to a 6' bed manual would be a longer driveshaft?? For such a simple part, why not offer this??
DAT84,Sep 24, 2023
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Sep 24, 2023 at 8:28 AM
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If it was a highly sought after sku, they would offer it.
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Sep 25, 2023 at 7:38 AM
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It's a shame the double cab long bed is not offered with a manual. Since double cab started as an option back in 2005 it has never been something that Toyota has built. I always get one guy on these forums who says "but my brother-in-law's cousin's sister's husband had one!". No, Toyota has never paired a manual with a DCLB config. Maybe somewhere someone has made one in a custom shop but it was never offered by the manufacturer.
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Sep 28, 2023 at 5:28 AM
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Not true, you can still get a 6' bed in the new Frontier, just FYI. But no manual.
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I’m with you. Really torn between a 6ft bed and getting a manual!
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Its amazing they offer it, but it looks like its a special order. Takes bargain buying off the table.
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No such thing as an "order" with Toyota. They make (or made?) few vehicles in this configuration because sales are low. The few that get made will typically be shipped to dealers with a good track record for selling them. Sometimes a dealer may request a "trade" with another dealership and get one allocated to them, but that involves a salesman doing extra work. Not an "order."
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This is one of the few things I don't like about Tacomas. I had the access cab with the 6 foot bed for my first gen, and loved it.I'm not willing to give up the manual transmission, so I decided to sacrifice the 6 foot bed for the double cab on my second gen, but I would have bought the double cab with the 6 foot bed in a heartbeat, if it was available with a manual transmission.
Two months with this truck, and I really miss the longer bed.
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To each their own but the logic I use is that I use the manual transmission everyday, I don't use the truck bed everyday.
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The 6 foot bed manual has been available in 3rd gen, I have 100k on my 2016. Those were my two requirements. They dont make 3g DCLB in manual if that's what you ment.
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No, but I like to sleep in the truck bed when I go camping, or on road trips. At 6' even, I had to sleep diagonally with the 6' bed. With the 5' bed, I have to sleep with the tailgate open, which means I can't just put the topper up if it starts to rain.It's an unfortunate compromise either way. It just doesn't make sense that Toyota doesn't offer the option.
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That graphic on the website only gives overall options. That does not mean that those options will be available in combination with one another. I hope you are right, but I doubt the 4th gen MT will be available in a 6 foot bed.
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The Xtra Cab, which is only available with a 6' bed, might be available in a manual. Can't order it from dealers yet, because production isn't slated to begin until mid next year.It's interesting we're still talking about manuals when the combustion engine is going away in 7 years in some jurisdictions. Hyundai has stopped R&D on combustion engines.
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Oct 17, 2023 at 11:41 AM
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Only the hybrid is mid next year, everything else is this year.
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^Source? I recall reading the Xtra Cab will be available later in 2024.The leaked Canadian ordering guide omits both hybrid and Xtra Cab models.
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I haven't seen anything regarding XCab however. I would think since they are just turbo they will be sooner? ish?
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