The high hybrid numbers are misleading a bit. The battery is small. So the extra power is for about 45-60 seconds max. It's good for 0-60 and the quarter mile. But it won't help on anything like towing or driving up mountain passes. In those scenarios you've got 275hp. The turbo 6 is a much more powerful engine at steady state. Highway cruising for example the ttv6 has the same power at 1400 RPM as the turbo 4 at 2500. So it'll still be the preferred engine IMO.
I don't understand how they'll market the LC. The TRD pro Tacoma has basically everything I can think Toyota will put in the LC except maybe a front locker. And it's probably priced under 55k. (Ranger raptor with 400hp is 57k and more extreme everything so I think that's effectively a ceiling for the Tacoma). Assuming 4r gets all the Tacoma parts, what does the LC bring that would justify another 10-15k? 37s?
I don't understand how they'll market the LC. The TRD pro Tacoma has basically everything I can think Toyota will put in the LC except maybe a front locker. And it's probably priced under 55k. (Ranger raptor with 400hp is 57k and more extreme everything so I think that's effectively a ceiling for the Tacoma). Assuming 4r gets all the Tacoma parts, what does the LC bring that would justify another 10-15k? 37s?