Here ya go. Get the Nissan Frontier with 4 doors. This is my truck, my brother has the 4 door we love these trucks.
Seems like Nissans are always cheaper than Toyotas. For the price of a 4 cyl 4x4 Tacoma I can get the equivalent in a Nissan with a V6.
But.... I generally hold onto vehicles until the wheels fall off, a 270,000 mile and a 360,000 Corollas currently sitting in my driveway.
Nissans don't have the rep for holding up quite that long.
I will say I have always thought the Nissan XTerra rocked, and would be tempted to buy one if they still made it.