I agree with you Robert,
I agree with you Robert, Toyota lost its way years ago when it comes to, "Exciting" cars, (less maybe Lexus). They also seem to have taken a step backwards regarding quality and reliability. I owned a '77 Celica which was a great car, I now own a '04 4Runner, which I purchased new, has about 50,000 miles on it, been mostly garage kept, yet I recently had to sand down, wire brush and repaint the undercarriage and suspension which was just rotting away. So much so that I actually just pulled off the front skid plate, (more appropriately splash shield) by hand. If it came off cruising down the highway, that would not have been pretty. Toyota is aware of this problem, have spoken to them about it and their response essentially was, "too bad, so sad". No more Toyotas for me.