Toyota Tundra Stepside...ugliest truck in history?

Post by **MinisterofDOOM** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 7:48 am

So UGLY in fact, I felt it warranted it's own thread.I've only seen them a couple of times, but every time I see one I have to fight the gag reflex. I just got back from dropping my driver's license renewal application at the post office, and on the drive back I got stuck behind one of these ugly beasts. I sincerely can not fathom how anyone could think it is anything but horrendously ugly. Why on earth would someone design a truck like that? Why on earth would someone produce a truck like that? Why on earth would someone BUY a truck like that?!

The tailgate actually bulges out on the top, the tail lights sweep forward "artfully", the fender bulges, and the step is STILL just a hole in the fender with a rubber pad on the bottom. It's horrible. It looks like someone left the clay concept model in the sun too long and went ahead with the results anyhow.

Unfortunately, I can't find any decent-size photos of the monstrosity. The ones I CAN find are dark and hide the horrible ugly tailgate and the nasty Pontiac style bulging.

And the bulging ugliness is accentuated when viewed from directly behind.

Tell me...why not just cut a hole in the side of the regular cab and stick a step-pad in the bottom of it?

So they took the crappiest "full size truck" ever concieved and made it even uglier than it was to begin with? Wow.

Only Toyota...

Post by **SeVa-S13** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 7:55 am

Ugly, yes -- but it can't touch the Ridgeline.

Post by **dickie** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 7:55 am

it is extremely ugly. always hated the design, rather have a t100 myself. sat next to one that was apparently supercharged in traffic last night. it was pretty sweet.

^^ the ridgeline isnt a truck, I thought everyone knew that by now?

Post by **MinisterofDOOM** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 7:56 am

The ridgeline isn't a real truck, so it's out of the running for this award.

Post by **s0m3th1ngAZ** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 8:01 am

uh, hauls and carries more than trucks in it's class...other than the chassis, what doesnt make it a truck? your closed mind?

Post by **HashiriyaS14** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 8:03 am

Ugliest Truck Ever:

........................................

Just Kidding.

Post by **SeVa-S13** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 8:04 am

Ha, yes I know it's not a "real" truck. It's still marketed and used as a truck, has a bed and more ground clearance than a car. Its hideousness trumps semantic insults.

Post by **MinisterofDOOM** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 8:05 am

Uh...it hauls and carries more than trucks in it's class because there AREN'T any trucks in it's class. It's a damn ACCORD with a bed. The El Camino could make the same claims the Ridgeline does (even moreso! since it was body-on-frame and had a big V8 option!), but wasn't lame enough to try. If there's no boxed frame, no body-on-frame construction, and the bed is attached to the cab, it's not a truck. It also only offers a 3.5 liter V6. Even the crap Tundra offers at least a 4.7 liter V8. Honda calls it a HALF TON pickup. That means they're saying it's competition--not for the Tacoma, Frontier, Colorado, and Ranger but for the Silverado, F-150, and Titan! And it's got a TRANSVERSE MOUNTED V6 as it's biggest engine option!! There's no dual-speed transfer-case. No locking diffs. No real 4WD. NOTHING about it makes it a real truck.

It DOES NOT out-haul or out-payload the Titan, F-150, or Silverado. Anyone who says otherwise was paid to.

Post by **dickie** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 8:05 am

ScorchedNX2K wrote:uh, hauls and carries more than trucks in it's class...other than the chassis, what doesnt make it a truck? your closed mind?

our opinions arent the issue. a pickup by definition is a separate bed/cab on frame design, the ridgeline is of unitary construction and qualifies as something more akin to the explorer sporttrac or subaru baja.

Post by **One_Love** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 8:05 am

Id give up my left nut for a brand new Titan

EDIT- make that my right nut.

Post by **MinisterofDOOM** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 8:06 am

Even the Sport Trac has a seperate bed, though.

And I want a No Fear Edition Titan. Some magazine put one up against an Xterra, FJ Cruiser, and Hummer H1 Alpha in an offroading competition, and awarded the NF Edition Titan first place.

Post by **Sil40_Mayhem** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 8:12 am

MinisterofDOOM wrote:Why on earth would someone design a truck like that? Why on earth would someone produce a truck like that? Why on earth would someone BUY a truck like that?!

Perhaps they're utilizing both the engineering team AND customer base from the Aztek?:

Talk about a face only Hellen Keller could love.

Post by **~4N~** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 8:24 am

Sil40_Mayhem wrote:Perhaps they're utilizing both the engineering team AND customer base from the Aztek?:

Talk about a face only Hellen Keller could love.

Haha, it's a grounded Jumbo Jet!

Anyway, are there actually any trucks and SUV's that look good?

Post by **Red coupe** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:09 am

SeVa-S13 wrote:Ha, yes I know it's not a "real" truck. It's still marketed and used as a truck, has a bed and more ground clearance than a car. Its hideousness trumps semantic insults.

People get so buthurt about the ridgeline when it fill such a perfect nitch.We all know 85% of truck owns might as well be in a car and now they are....It give people who just want a truck for no practical reason more practicality.It can still do some toing, and carry good amount of cargo in the bed, yet you still get a locking trunk, a car like experiance, better milage ect....

If we were having a conversation about rock crawler platforms, or what truck to bring to the tractor pull, what to buy as a work horse for your ranch...ect ok but we are not! Ridgeline fits the needs of your average truck buyer perfectly offering cargo space, and light towing compacity in a more car like package to people who dont need a truck but insist on buying one anyways.

No one ever really trumped this thing as the next burly offroader, then your complaints would be justified.

Post by **hannibal** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:12 am

That Tundra is disgusting. Theres more taillight visible from the side than the rear. Its a truck for girlie men.

BTW, the Ridgeline sucks balls too...

Post by **jdm_master_X** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:23 am

i would give my left nut for this one.

YouTube · Post by **Jesda** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:40 am

The back looks like it got rear ended.

Post by **bobotech** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:44 am

Those rear taillights just look really retarded.

And not the good retarded like Special Ed on Crank Yankers.

Post by **NSR_s30** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:47 am

Sil40_Mayhem wrote:Perhaps they're utilizing both the engineering team AND customer base from the Aztek?:

Talk about a face only Hellen Keller could love.

Avalanche....you're talking about the FULL SIZE Aztek right? Yeah the Toyota is way ugly. I'd love to have a full size Titan or Ram 2500 Dully.

Post by **eds13** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:04 pm

bobotech wrote:
And not the good retarded like Special Ed on Crank Yankers.

HEY!!! i take that personally!

and that sil/truck is hot!!!

Post by **Bumnah** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:38 pm

i own an s10my next truck will either by tundra or ridgeline

i was looking at picking up a bigger truck sooner, but i decided not to.

when i was looking at bigger trucks i looked at the titan.

i didn't like the plastic interior. felt like the dash was made from the same stuff my portable cooler is. i didn't like it at all. it is huge though.

ridgeline is heavy enough and has enough power to tow a flat bed with a car on it. driving one you can tell it needs more balls. i've heard honda has already planned on putting in a big v8.

to be honest, i use the truck bed often to carry long ladders from work to home and throwing out junk at the junk yard. i don't move barns on the weekend so buying a huge pickup truck makes no sense for me. owning a pickup truck i know i will always have a pickup in the family, they are too useful.

i want a pickup truck heavy enough and powerful enough to tow a full trailer with my project car on the back, and goodies in the truck bed.

ridgeline fits the bill. i like the good gas mileage, and the built in trunk for security.

ridgeline is a great truck in my book, plus i like how honda didn't follow the crowd and built a truck just like the others on the market already.

Post by **JimmyMethod** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:49 pm

It'd still take it over a F-150 or a Ram, although the Titan and the Silverado are tops for me.

Post by **BOOMSHAKALAKA** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:16 pm

I think this truck is teh ugliness...

Post by **BOOMSHAKALAKA** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:18 pm

But I love the good old Nissan XE. A kid at my school has one...it's bada$$...I love his exhaust...nice deep rumble...and he's got a lift kit on it...but it's just right...not the gay monster truck lifts that people don't even use to go offroading on (well at least around here)

My dad plans on getting a truck...he wants a Ford but I beg to differ.

Nissan XE FTW

Post by **onlyzenki** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:22 pm

05 tacomas are the best trucks ever

Post by **Logan76** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:38 pm

whats that dodge truck, like the special edition one u can get thats just a monster, if i were to get a truck i would get that, my dad did work for a profootball player, and he had this massive dodge truck, he said it went anywhere, he sold a hummer h2 because it didnt go good enough.

Post by **Bwana** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:50 pm

NSR_S13 wrote:I'd love to have a full size Titan or Ram 2500 Dully.

Just FYI, dual wheels were/are an option only on 3500 series trucks...

+1 for the tundra being one of the gheyest designs ever, esp the stepside.

If you really want a good looking truck, you have to go back a few years...

Post by **BOOMSHAKALAKA** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 3:00 pm

I also like the Toyota Tacomas from the 90's...besides the Nissan XE, that would be a truck i'd want. Didn't Marty McFly have a black one in BTTF3?

Post by **Oatmealman** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 3:21 pm

i don't know,i thought he drove a nissan?

Post by **BOOMSHAKALAKA** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 3:25 pm

Oatmealman wrote:i don't know,i thought he drove a nissan?

I know it was either a Nissan or Toyota...whatever it was...it was teh hotness.

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