I do an online truck or car build beforehand so I know what key items require a special package. That is the case with the 38 gallon fuel tank that requires adding a special options package that adds another $2,000 to $4,000 to the price for the truck on top of the cost for the large tank. Adding navigation used to add $800 to the price for a vehicle but now with most cars and trucks it is part of a $4,000 package and often requires a higher trim level which adds another $5,000 to the price for the truck or $9,000 in total for these features.
One thing that is great about the Toyota pickups is that even the lowest trim level has all the safety features of the highest trim level trucks. ALL the Toyota Tundra pickups come with a full tow package which includes a trailer brake controller with controls on the dash and the larger gas tank.
The way that Ram has chosen to bundle everything into very expensive packages resulted in my "building" a Ram Rebel that had a MSRP of $59,000. At that point my enthusiam for a new Ram truck, that was going to cost $15,00 more than a comparable Toyota Tundra, was greatly diminished.
