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One guy did get in the back, he got in trouble and asked to get out (nobody from TRS) Not having a feel for how the front seat was set it looked similar to my mom's old '94 Explorer for rear legroom.It'll be interesting to see how things go. Even the ads are saying only a 10 speed automatic and that's on the Ford site. I'd hope they would give a manual option, pretty boring truck without a manual transmission....and who the heck needs 10 gears, damn transmission will take-up the whole underside of the truck LOL.
Has anyone been able to sit in the back seat of the 4 door? Is it roomy enough for adults?
Are we just getting another Ford Explorer Sport Trac? Looks to me like that's exactly what's going to happen just by seeing the pictures, it looks like the Explorer with a truck bed once again .
Trans isn't that long, they don't have the extension housing on the trans (they are now part of the t-case) but the trans wasn't that big, I don't think it would be much bigger than a A4LD/M5OD.
If as in a small truck with an optional four door seating and a smallish (5' bed) with a solid leaf sprung rear axle like a first gen Sport Trac yes. But this Sport Trac also has an extended cab sibling with a 6' bed.
Only some trim levels have the manual as an option, I just tried a TRDOR double cab shortbox and they show it as an option.The Tacoma still has the manual option but very limited in certain configurations. This ended in 2017 apparently as I just tried every configuration on the Toyota site and no matter what you chose you are stuck with an automatic. Also, they released a TRD Offroad Pro model this year and its $40k+...totally ridiculous for 1/2 a truck...this is exactly the reason I bought a 2008 Toyota Tundra in 2008 rather than a Tacoma, the price difference between the 2 was only $1800, and the Tacoma only offers a V6, and gets dismal fuel economy and they didn't have anything other than the 5-1/2 foot bed in the Tacoma available on the lot, at least with the Tundra I got the 5.7L V8 a 6-1/2' bed and the same fuel economy that 4.0L V6 was getting. These 1/2 size trucks are so ridiculously priced they don't sell as many which is done purposely to get people to buy the full size trucks.
The Pro is pretty a loaded offroad truck. It is not anywhere close to a comparable fullsize. Think Raptor type trim level.