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I looked at all small trucks last year wanting a four cylinder for gas mileage. I chose the gmc canyon twin of Colorado. The Toyota automatic with the four cylinder was painfully slow and the gmc is quite torquey for a four. I get 18 - 24 mpg. The 5 cylinder has more power but no better fuel mileage than the six cylinder Tacoma. Also I've heard that year Chevy had problems with the five cylinder head. I would look for a four or eight cylinder Chevy or the v6 Toyota unless you get the toy with a four and manual transmission

Colorado Prerunner

Chevy Colorado Prerunner

What do you want the truck for? Do you plan on hauling heavy items, I think the Tacoma cannot be beat as far as reliability. Normal maintenance and they run well over 200.000 miles.

But, the 4 cylinder is not an engine you buy if you plan on hauling heavy things.

For me, I would go to Edmunds.com and look for your specific vehicle and see what consumers have been saying about it Reviews from others who have nothing to gain, are very beneficial. I do it all the time. and have averaged well over 150.000 miles on each of my vehicles. Good luck and have fun

I have a 2000 v6 toy which has plenty of power but i have driven the 4 cylinder 2002 toy and it is underpowered as a prerunner...on my v6 just a timin belt o2 sensor and water pump and regular fluid and filter changes got me to 180000 miles so far

I prefer Toyota

The Tacoma will last longer.

lol i agree with you about the ford ranger part. if i were you i'd go with the Colorado. it's definately a nice truck and powerful at that. plus you don't have to worry about importing parts to fix it in case anything goes wrong