New 2024 Toyota Tacoma

[Astro14]

The truck looks great. The styling is overwrought but that’s the trend these days. The interior is nice and uses nice materials.

The TRD Pro has some nice suspension upgrades. Serious off road. The Trailhunter is nicely equipped as well and would be my pick. The expanded model line seems to have a truck optimized for every purpose. Street. Dirt. Overland camping. Towing. Sporty driving.

If the tow capacity was just a bit higher, I would have a Tacoma.

 

[Dave1027]

I guess I'm old school but I would never want a vehicle with a huge wide screen sitting on top of the dash. Way too distracting.

 

[The Critic]

Does it use the same chassis as the current gen? If so, I think there will be serious limits to how competitive this truck is.

 

[thunderfog]

Does it use the same chassis as the current gen? If so, I think there will be serious limits to how competitive this truck is.

It's now fully boxed and uses the Tundra platform.

 

[CarDoc66]

Looks like the SR5 turbo 4 only has 228/243 hp/lbft. I wonder what the difference is? Smaller turbo? Less boost?

It will be interesting to see what they did.

 

[Oliveoil2]

My 96 taco 5sp manual, 3.4l v6, 293k, is all I need. Front brakes, spark plugs, filters and fluids. It’s becoming old school.

 

[buster]

Wait til you hear about the 3” wider track and the extra “suspension” travel.

It's not a "home run".

 

[Majsmith]

Had a 2010...V6, 2wd, crew cab, long bed. Reliable as hell, performed like crap, rode even worse. 35k wheel bearings out, 65k out again. Got rid of it and will NEVER own another Tacoma. If Toyota can't figure out how to put a half way decent suspension in the most popular small truck, I'm done with them.

 

[BLND1]

Looks like the same thing, just evolved to not look out of place in the 3rd decade of XXI century.

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This is on a whole new platform.

We’ll see if major components are backwards compatible like the 1st through 3rd gens.

 

[E365]

TFL’s new 2024 Tacoma broke. A big pop/snap sound in the front end and the 4WD system was dead.

 

[Graham Piccinini]

Nah... I'll take one 2024 Nissan Frontier Hardbody edition please. And please include fries with my V6, thank you.
I think that Frontier is the last of working man's midsize trucks.

 

[Elkins45]

Nah... I'll take one 2024 Nissan Frontier Hardbody edition please. And please include fries with my V6, thank you.
I think that Frontier is the last of working man's midsize trucks.
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Agreed. There’s not a single truck on the market today that appeals to me as someone whose first new vehicle was a 1981 Toyota 4x4 regular cab. I actually don’t need to specify “regular cab” because at the time it was the only cab. Your options back then were basically bed length, 2 or 4 wheel drive, and which of the three transmission options (4M, 5M and auto) you liked. My truck didn’t even have AC or power steering. I would have liked AC but I could still live without power steering even today.

If I had to buy another truck today the Frontier would be my closest choice, but I really wish there were a 4 cylinder option.

 

[edyvw]

TFL’s new 2024 Tacoma broke. A big pop/snap sound in the front end and the 4WD system was dead.

It follows the trend of recent Toyotas when it comes to quality.
The Taco crowd will somehow blame the turbo engine.

 

[Skippy722]

It follows the trend of recent Toyotas when it comes to quality.
The Taco crowd will somehow blame the turbo engine.

“It’s not Toyota’s fault, the turbo is from a third party manufacturer!”

 

[edyvw]

“It’s not Toyota’s fault, the turbo is from a third party manufacturer!”

 

[blueglide88]

DO NOT BUY the first generation of any vehicle!!!!

 

[goingplacesanddoingstuff]

My third gen spring a transfer case leak in 26,500 mi. Gotta sell it now lol.

 

[edyvw]

My third gen spring a transfer case leak in 26,500 mi. Gotta sell it now lol.

My buddy went through water in 2016 Taco TRD off road. Fr and R differentials and TC got hydration treatment.

 

[02SE]

My buddy went through water in 2016 Taco TRD off road. Fr and R differentials and TC got hydration treatment.

Your buddy is an idiot.

Every vehicle has a maximum fording depth. Clueless individuals that don't realize that, or raise the breather height as high as possible, will have issues. Of course people who think their vehicle is a submarine, will eventually likely have issues even with raised breathers.

 

[edyvw]

Your buddy is an idiot.

Every vehicle has a maximum fording depth. Clueless individuals that don't realize that, or raise the breather height as high as possible, will have issues. Of course people who think their vehicle is a submarine, will eventually likely have issues even with raised breathers.

i do agree. But this is kind of same thing as with Subaru. They jack up marketing, and people really think Taco is Puch G.