With overdrive locked out, the Tacoma easily handled the 3,700-lb. During the preview we pulled a 20-foot bass boat on a trailer behind a V-6 Double Cab. A factory model with the higher limit arrives next year. Payload capacity drops by 45 kilograms/100 pounds, but tow ratings rise to a maximum 2,268 kilograms (5,000 lb.), or an impressive 2,948 kg/6,500 lb.
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Transmission choices are a five-speed manual or four-speed automatic.
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It has variable valve timing, like the V-6, plus a pair of balance shafts. and 183 pound-feet of torque at 3,800 r.p.m. Succeeding the former 142-h.p., 2.4-litre base engine is a 2.7-litre four-cylinder rated at 164 h.p. The six can paired with a new six-speed manual transmission or five-speed automatic. of last year’s 3.4-litre V-6 and, Toyota boasts, more power than some competitor’s V-8s. and 282-pound-feet of torque at 3,800 r.p.m. Double Cab and 4X4 Access Cab trucks get a new, 4.0-litre V-6 engine rated at 245 horsepower at 5,200 r.p.m. Powertrains have also had serious upgrades. At least the cane-style, hand-operated parking brake remains for manual-transmission models automatics get a step-on-step-off pedal. Purists will be disappointed by the loss of the floor-mounted 4WD lever, replaced by an electronic selector on the dash. Most truckmakers leave at least some steel exposed in their bumper designs - this SUV-like treatment may be a tough sell for the famously traditional pickup buyer. Diluting the message, however, is a new, moulded plastic shroud that hides the front bumper.
The square-cut wheel openings, protruding grille and creased and bulging sides reveal strong ties to the 4Runner sport-utility, source of the Tacoma’s frame and other components. “Our reputation has been built around the world as trucks that never quit,” national advertising manager David Brimson told auto writers gathered here for a press preview - “never quit” being the theme of the campaign.Īlso talking tough is the Tacoma’s styling. Article contentĪnd it’s launching TV commercials with rapid-fire images of Toyota trucks and their even tougher Land Cruiser cousins working around the world as ambulances and United Nations carriers and mining support trucks (but no Mogadishu-style “technical” with 50-calibre machine gun in the bed). This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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