A new GM Billboard for the Duramax...

[Semicrazy]

A new GM Billboard for the Duramax...

 

[surfbeetle]

That just goes to show you that Toyota was too cheap to step to a semi to tow their race rig and got the cheapest truck they could find. I would rather push my Cummins than drive a maxipad...

 

[Mundgyver]

Toyota is pushing their TUNDRA as the truck of choice Hmmmmm, me thinks they are not so sure about their product. They say it can take on an American truck but they appear not to tow their own race trailer with one



Ohhhhhh, how saaaaaaaaaaaad:-laf

 

[dpuckett]

Arent Toyota's full size trucks only half tons? The trailer weighs more than the GCVWR of the Toyota.



DP

 

[TFucili]

I've seen a Toyota race hauler roll through town several times, and it was a full size(much taller than the trailer pictured)hauler towed by a big-rig. That trailer probably hauls show cars/trucks or souvenirs. Nevertheless, if that is not a photoshop, they should have used a non-competetive rig to drag it around.

 

[rbattelle]

Man, I gotta hand it to GM - that's a great billboard. :-laf



Ryan

 

[Crash&Burn]

A new GM Billboard for the Duramax...

PHOTOSHOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[JFaulkner]

Arent Toyota's full size trucks only half tons? The trailer weighs more than the GCVWR of the Toyota.



DP

Don't point out the obvious, it confuses the people who can't see past the end of their noses.

 

[PToombs]

Don't point out the obvious, it confuses the people who can't see past the end of their noses.

Yeah, like the Ford owns Cummings guys! :-laf

 

[steved]

Arent Toyota's full size trucks only half tons? The trailer weighs more than the GCVWR of the Toyota.



DP

The boast a payload as high as my 2500, and a towing capacity of nearly the same...



steved

 

[JFaulkner]

The boast a payload as high as my 2500, and a towing capacity of nearly the same...



steved

So from what I'm understanding from all this the term "1/2 ton" doesn't mean anything? The ignorance is amazing.



Someone should tell these guys they should be using a Chevy to tow their trailer. Oh wait a minute chevy doesn't make a semi. Just as Toyota doesn't make a 1 ton pickup.

#ad

 

[MStrain]

This is a goof right, there is no way that that is an actual advertisement of any kind, I got a buddy that works for the advertising agency that has the

GM account. He told me that that is a cheap photoshopped pic. Why would you claim that this is a billboard, that is just dumb.

 

[steved]

The tundra has a 2k payload rating IIRC... and a towing of just shy of 11k...



I'm not sure what they actually rate it as, but in MY definition of a 3/4 ton truck they are not... although I don't think they actually place a "1500"-ish tag on it since they really don't have a multi-level rating system.



steved

 

[Semicrazy]

You guys are correct... it is not a Billboard. The words are photoshoped. But the website did say that the picture was real, taken in Texas at some fair if I can remember correctly.



I just enjoy how everyone, Dodge, Ford, and GM are all trying to get their jabs in on Toyota, thus the reason I posted.

 

[AKaiser]

That there's funny! Don't care who ya are.

 

[JFaulkner]

You guys are correct... it is not a Billboard. The words are photoshoped. But the website did say that the picture was real, taken in Texas at some fair if I can remember correctly.



I just enjoy how everyone, Dodge, Ford, and GM are all trying to get their jabs in on Toyota, thus the reason I posted.

I appreciate the post. I'm not trying to shoot the messenger, just point out what those others don't appear to realize. You know that little fact that currently Toyota doesn't make a truck rated to tow a trailer that size. But to some facts are irritating because they get in the way of their opinions. :-laf

 

[steved]

But...

If Toyota ever gets into the heavier end of the light-duty truck business, and offers a diesel... you can bet they will be VERY competitive...

I know a lot of guys are brand loyal to Cummins alone... and even though it wouldn't be a Cummins-powered offering, it would have the "Toyota" toughness quality that the world has come to know.

steved

 

[JFaulkner]

But...



If Toyota ever gets into the heavier end of the light-duty truck business, and offers a diesel... you can bet they will be VERY competitive...



I know a lot of guys are brand loyal to Cummins alone... and even though it wouldn't be a Cummins-powered offering, it would have the "Toyota" toughness quality that the world has come to know.



steved

I totally agree. And what disturbes me the most is the people who should hope the most Toyota does, are the people who don't intend on buying one. Anytime a competitive product comes out it just forces the brand you prefer to raise the bar.

 

[AKaiser]

I totally agree. And what disturbes me the most is the people who should hope the most Toyota does, are the people who don't intend on buying one. Anytime a competitive product comes out it just forces the brand you prefer to raise the bar.

To keep things in perspective, TDR members are only a percentage of all diesel pickup owners, and the same can be said about the websites of F/PS and C-GM/DMAX owner groups.

 

[JFaulkner]

To keep things in perspective, TDR members are only a percentage of all diesel pickup owners, and the same can be said about the websites of F/PS and C-GM/DMAX owner groups.

all of which should be hopeful that another company steps up to help improve the brand you prefer.