Since we decided not to wait and purchase the hybrid Tacoma it wasn't worth the extra $3700. The only thing we would have really wanted for overlanding was the 2400 Watt inverter. The hybrid would definitely have been better on in town and on trail milage as well, but we didn't need more power and torque.
I also disagree with
@testerdahl on if you're going to spend $54k on an off-road gas model, just get a Trialhunter. While we did really want that truck, spending $65k+, because there will be precious few Tacomas of any build without port and dealership accessories, wed have a cool overlanding truck, but we'd have to sleep in the bed or in a ground tent and wouldn't have any recovery gear, tools and so forth.
Yes you're buying capability, but there is more the spend on other things in life too. I can take my time to build out our Tacoma with just what we need and mine will go 98% of the places the Trialhunter will.
Add on to that the fact that every Trialhunter and Pro are likely spoken for that have allocations and a person would will have to wait till next year before they'll be able get one if they are not on a list, at a dealership who charges MSRP.
With $10000 down at 5% interest the payment on my truck $54k would have been about $937 a month. The Trialhunter at $65k, $1161. That's a pretty big difference for people keeping their truck for more than a year.
