# What small SUV looks like a "Tonka Car?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Buying/Selling\ **Tags:** toyota\ **Created:** [September 13, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-small-suv-looks-like-a-tonka-car/95624 "2016-09-13T18:28:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dnldlackey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@dnldlackey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dnldlackey)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-small-suv-looks-like-a-tonka-car/95624/1 "2016-09-13T18:28:48Z")
My wife keeps telling me about seeing these small SUV’s around town that look like “Tonka Cars.” I have shown her photos of those I have found but none have been the ones that she has seen. Can anyone tell me what these SUV’s might be or where I can go to find out more information? 11/9/16 My wife just called and said that she saw this car this morning on her way to town. She did not get a photo but said that it was a Toyota RAV and was much smaller than my GMC Terrain. I asked her if it was a RAV “4” and she said that it just said RAV. Does anyone have any ideas about what she saw? ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-small-suv-looks-like-a-tonka-car/95624/2 "2016-09-13T18:31:06Z")
Jeep Renegade? Not a very good one, in my opinion… ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/1/18b90b2ba6cb38a4e55dc9523323d22790dad8f1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![dnldlackey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@dnldlackey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dnldlackey)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-small-suv-looks-like-a-tonka-car/95624/3 "2016-09-13T18:36:15Z")
She says that the Jeep Renegade is not the one that she has seen. I’m glad it wasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-small-suv-looks-like-a-tonka-car/95624/4 "2016-09-13T18:39:26Z")
Talk about a question that almost has no answer. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-small-suv-looks-like-a-tonka-car/95624/5 "2016-09-13T20:18:47Z")
Define “looks like a Tonka Car.” When I was a boy my Tonka was a dump truck. Doubt that fits. 😉 We’d need more to go on. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-small-suv-looks-like-a-tonka-car/95624/6 "2016-09-13T20:22:49Z")
Only your wife can show you the ones she’s referring to. When/if she does, post back. I’m curious. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Bugmenot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@Bugmenot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bugmenot)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-small-suv-looks-like-a-tonka-car/95624/7 "2016-09-13T20:55:23Z")
The Nissan Juke looks kinda Tonka-y ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/0/0defaf05d247183763dfc59dfb750121bee32bd1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-small-suv-looks-like-a-tonka-car/95624/8 "2016-09-13T21:08:10Z")
> [@the\_same\_mountainbik](#): > > Only your wife can show you the ones she’s referring to. When/if she does, post back. +1 When one person conjures up a description in his or her mind, it can be VERY difficult for anyone else to understand exactly what that other person is thinking of. As but one example of this phenomenon, shortly after the Chrysler PT Cruiser hit the marketplace, my boss characterized them as “something that looks as if Nazi stormtroopers would come swarming out of it”. 😕 Huh? Knowing what the passenger vehicles in Germany looked like in the 1930s & 1940s–and what their size actually was–I see absolutely no resemblance between the little Chrysler PT Cruiser and a German passenger vehicle of the 1930s & 1940s. However, in my ex-boss’s mind, this vehicle called up that imagery. In a similar manner, it is unlikely that other people have the exact same thought process as the OP’s wife. ---
**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-small-suv-looks-like-a-tonka-car/95624/9 "2016-09-13T21:45:34Z")
This is not a Jeep; it’s a Fiat made in Italy dressed up to look like a Jeep. Don’t look for durability or reliability or long service life! ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-small-suv-looks-like-a-tonka-car/95624/10 "2016-09-13T21:51:09Z")
That is all true, Docnick, but the OP has already informed us that this Fiat masquerading as a Jeep is not the vehicle that his wife has declared to be a dead ringer for a Tonka toy. 🤐 ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-small-suv-looks-like-a-tonka-car/95624/11 "2016-09-13T22:18:44Z")
Maybe she never saw a cube before. ![](http://buyersguide.caranddriver.com/media/assets/submodel/6075.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![sgtrock21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/sgtrock21/32/246_2.png) [@sgtrock21](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sgtrock21)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-small-suv-looks-like-a-tonka-car/95624/12 "2016-09-14T16:45:14Z")
Juke and now Cube. Looks like Nissan’s stylists need serious drug rehabilitation. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-small-suv-looks-like-a-tonka-car/95624/13 "2016-09-14T16:51:07Z")
The sad thing is that the Juke is actually a _really_ fun car to drive. Zippy, almost fast in the R trim, handles well… If only it hadn’t been hit with an ugly stick about 37 times it’d be a great car. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-small-suv-looks-like-a-tonka-car/95624/14 "2016-09-14T16:57:51Z")
> [@sgtrock21](#): > > Juke and **now** Cube Nissan stopped producing and selling the Cube two years ago, so if you haven’t previously seen one of those…things…at least you’re not very likely to see one in the future. ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-small-suv-looks-like-a-tonka-car/95624/15 "2016-09-14T19:46:22Z")
Kia Soul??? ---
**Author:** ![kurtwm1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@kurtwm1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kurtwm1)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 11:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-small-suv-looks-like-a-tonka-car/95624/16 "2016-09-14T23:18:55Z")
It’s all in the eyes of the beholder. You probably get a thousand different answers. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-small-suv-looks-like-a-tonka-car/95624/17 "2016-09-18T21:20:32Z")
It’s been a long time since anyone accused a Jeep of being reliable or dependable, no matter where it was designed and built.