It’s bizarre, but I spoke with the Tacoma’s Chief Engineer Sheldon Brown, and he explained his company’s rationale. And replacing it is a lookalike with not only no rear doors, but also no rear seats. That’s right, the Access Cab Toyota Tacoma, which followed the same formula of extended cabs that have existed for decades - that formula being that the front doors open normally, and the shortened rear doors hinge from the rear like suicide doors - is dead. See the truck in the image above? Its rear doors aren’t actually doors.
