Taco vs Frontier: Your Thoughts, Please

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I own a 2012 Frontier SV Crew Cab 4x4 and I love it. My only complaint is that the turning radius sucks. I'd recommend driving both because they are fairly different aside from the Taco being grossly overpriced for what you get, new or used. I bought my Frontier new for less than I'd get a comparable used Tacoma for.

Frontier Pros
- Fully Boxed frame vs C-channel for the Taco.
- Metal bed vs plastic for the Taco.
- More powerful than Taco.
- Truck like seating position vs car like in Taco.
- More affordable

Taco Pros
- Better aftermarket
- Slightly better fuel economy

The Frontier has a decent aftermarket though, even if it is smaller than the Tacoma. Nisstec Lifts and Hefty Fabworks are both Colorado companies and two of the larger aftermarket vendors. Boulder Nissan is also one of the biggest proponents of the platform, to include the Xterra, in the off road community.

The only real issue with the X and Frontier was called the strawberry milkshake of death. It was radiator and transmission cross contamination but that issue was fixed for the 2009 model year.