Bronco or Tacoma?!?!

[basetaco2.7]

So i currently own a 2018 base model Tacoma with the 4 cylinder engine and i am torn between trading it in for a 2 door Bronco or just wait and get the 2024 Tacoma thats coming out, which apparently will be using a turbo engine as well. I truly would love to get a Bronco but i have never had a turbo based engine before and i would like to know if any of these Bronco engines are worth it?

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[Headsong]

You got a stick?
And are you getting a stick?

The Turbo isn't really an issue....

 

[basetaco2.7]

You got a stick?
And are you getting a stick?

The Turbo isn't really an issue....

No its an automatic and will stick with automatic. A door Bronco just seems like a fun vehicle so thats why i would like something different lol

 

[PSUTE]

Have not had issues with the turbo (knocks on wood), both are proven engines...

 

[BlueOvalBandit]

What do you want/need because as someone who had a Tacoma before my Bronco, they are wildly different vehicles. It's apples to oranges to compare and SUV to a truck.

 

[Designkid]

Kinda comes down to if you need a truck bed. That’s really the only thing I miss from my Tacoma. Bronco is better in pretty much every way other than that.

 

[Bruzer22]

A Bronco is not a pickup. If you use your Taco in any capacity as a pickup, you will not like the Bronco. There are a few folks here that ditched a truck for a Bronco, then went back to a truck.

 

[djp]

So i currently own a 2018 base model Tacoma with the 4 cylinder engine and i am torn between trading it in for a 2 door Bronco or just wait and get the 2024 Tacoma thats coming out, which apparently will be using a turbo engine as well. I truly would love to get a Bronco but i have never had a turbo based engine before and i would like to know if any of these Bronco engines are worth it?

I had both a 2016 Tacoma Manual Transmission and then also a 2017 Tacoma Automatic Transmission.

(within 2000 miles the 2016 had it's transmission replaced as the shift stick would just go totally limp, after much time at the dealership, Toyota replaced the transmission.... I then sold it back to the dealer.... With the 2017 automatic (my first automatic in my life) it shifted like hell. Super clunky, after 1500 miles i took it in and the transmission fluid from the factory was 2 quarts low... So I sold it.)

Regardless of the above I truly hated the lagging and slowness of the tacoma motor. Jump in a Bronco and it will be a bullet compared to the tacoma...seriously !!

 

[HotdogThud]

To echo what others have said here, the engines in the bronco (2.3 or 2.7) are really really good. in fact, the single biggest reason I didn't get a Taco a couple years ago when i was shopping was exclusively because of the engine in them. Utterly atrocious and underpowered engine to put into what is otherwise one of the best trucks you can buy.

Try the bronco, you'll love it.

 

[basetaco2.7]

What do you want/need because as someone who had a Tacoma before my Bronco, they are wildly different vehicles. It's apples to oranges to compare and SUV to a truck.

What do you want/need because as someone who had a Tacoma before my Bronco, they are wildly different vehicles. It's apples to oranges to compare and SUV to a truck.

Well i use my Taco as a daily driver and would probably use the Bronco for the same reason. Im not really into all that off roading stuff lol but a Bronco is a Bronco and i would love something different.

 

[basetaco2.7]

Kinda comes down to if you need a truck bed. That’s really the only thing I miss from my Tacoma. Bronco is better in pretty much every way other than that.

Oh no i could care less about that lol the Taco is just my daily. I just wanted a small truck with a lift. Will do the same with the Bronco if i get one.

 

[basetaco2.7]

A Bronco is not a pickup. If you use your Taco in any capacity as a pickup, you will not like the Bronco. There are a few folks here that ditched a truck for a Bronco, then went back to a truck.

I actually dont use it as a truck lmao it is just my daily.

 

[basetaco2.7]

I had both a 2016 Tacoma Manual Transmission and then also a 2017 Tacoma Automatic Transmission.

(within 2000 miles the 2016 had it's transmission replaced as the shift stick would just go totally limp, after much time at the dealership, Toyota replaced the transmission.... I then sold it back to the dealer.... With the 2017 automatic (my first automatic in my life) it shifted like hell. Super clunky, after 1500 miles i took it in and the transmission fluid from the factory was 2 quarts low... So I sold it.)

Regardless of the above I truly hated the lagging and slowness of the tacoma motor. Jump in a Bronco and it will be a bullet compared to the tacoma...seriously !!

Yeah thats what i hate about my Taco, the transmission is pretty crappy lol i feel like that will be the only issue i will have in the long run but hopefully not.

 

[basetaco2.7]

To echo what others have said here, the engines in the bronco (2.3 or 2.7) are really really good. in fact, the single biggest reason I didn't get a Taco a couple years ago when i was shopping was exclusively because of the engine in them. Utterly atrocious and underpowered engine to put into what is otherwise one of the best trucks you can buy.

Try the bronco, you'll love it.

Yup ive heard good things about the 2.7 and thats what i would like to get in a Bronco.

 

[djp]

Yeah thats what i hate about my Taco, the transmission is pretty crappy lol i feel like that will be the only issue i will have in the long run but hopefully not.

In all honesty if they add the turbo that motor may be pretty sweet !!

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