not wanting to sound as daft as a brush but straight axle front ?? if you meant a solid axle as opposed to a ifs front end then we still have new trucks being made/sold over here with the solid axle.
Oh man, I haven't heard that expression in ............. wait, I've never heard it! Yea, straight axle, solid axle, apples and apples man. As far as toyota, it's only the landcruisers and their truck versions that get a solid front axle, correct?