Quoted from dung:

The reliability of this years frontier has yet to be seen. New engine and its gonna be a one off body/drivetrain combo before they move to the new body style. Might be a pain for parts down the road. Upside is more power and better mpg than the old setup.
The 17+ haven't really changed since the bush administration. They are reliable, but they are ancient. I considered it before buy my 17 colorado. If safety isn't your top priority and you don't care that its ancient its not a bad truck. Colorado is a poorly buit unreliable pos (owned 17/18 both lemons). Tacoma is overpriced for what you get. Currently have a 19 ranger and liking it so far, but the crew cab bed is short. If you want to fit three pins upright you have to take the head off two of them.
As for best truck on the market for the value? Depends on what you value. By the time I added the features that I cared about it wasn't much cheaper than the competition and was a dinosaur.

Quoted from dung:

Do love that the taco comes with a stick but the price killed my interest. Ranger didn't have everything I wanted but 4.5k off and 0 percent for 84 months were nice. Ended up with a 4x4 fx4 supercrew.
From a drive train perspective the Colorado with the v6 and 8 speed auto is best. It will scoot if given the throttle and mpg is middlr of the three. Ranger 10 speed auto is a bit better but the turbo 4 doesn't have the same throttle response. Tacoma was the worst. Transmission felt dated. Engine has to be revealed and just doesn't have the oomph of the others.
That said manual is still most fun to drive and the bed on the taco is awesome.