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What Do You Want To Know About The 2024 Toyota Tacoma?

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“David get in your car and drive to the airport,” my former editor-in-chief Patrick George told me over the phone. “Wait, what?” I replied. “I don’t have time to explain, just go.” So I hopped into my 1996 Jeep Cherokee XJ five-speed and blasted down I-75 towards Detroit Wayne airport. While I was in the car, Patrick called me back. “I just got us an invite to the new Toyota Tacoma press drive. It’s tomorrow in Tacoma, Washington.” Hot damn!

That was an exciting launch for me because it was a vehicle that our readership actually cared about, unlike the car I’d previously written about, my first-ever review: the 2016 Hyundai Tucson. What’s more, it was at the 2016 Toyota Tacoma launch that I met chief engineer Mike Sweers, who informed one of my early Deep Dives, which really helped me make a name for myself in this business.

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Anyway, that review was published on my 24th birthday with the headline “The 2016 Toyota Tacoma: A Spicy Taco That Doesn’t Taste All That New.” To this day I wonder why we didn’t use the word “Fresh” instead of “New,” but in any case, the vehicle — despite its new Crawl Control feature meant to help you get unstuck if you’re bogged in sand or dirt — felt like it was very much a tiny step from its predecessor (in typical Toyota fashion).

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Still, it was a good, capable, and ultimately reliable machine as the world would find out, but it wasn’t perfect, with many folks complaining about efficiency and ergonomics. In any case, a new Taco is upon us, and it does indeed seem “Fresh.” With a new four-cylinder turbo replacing the old V6 and an eight-speed automatic instead of a six-speed (a six-speed stick stays around, thank goodness!), and also a new platform shared with the Land Cruiser, Sequoia, and Tundra — the new Taco seems promising.

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I’m driving the vehicle near Malibu TODAY. In classic fashion not dissimilar to what happened eight years ago, we managed to get the invite only yesterday. I better get up from bed and hit the road! Let me know what you’d like to know about the new Tacoma!

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Stef Schrader
Stef Schrader
11 months ago

YO DAWGGGG. Finally, they put the Tacoma in Tacoma. (Yeah, yeah, I know it is not the first.) That’s all my dumb brain can think about when I hear that name: the town with the gross-smelling paper mill. *The* aroma from Tacoma.

Why did they name it that? Did someone at Toyota also have an off-putting smell? Also, since the drive’s in the Pacific Moistwest, how’s it handle mud?

Kalieaire
Kalieaire
11 months ago
  • What about a Manual Transmission and Hybrid?
  • Honda proved to us that it can be done, especially with the MGU between the Engine and Transmission in the Tacoma, this should be doable
  • When is the Plug-In Hybrid happening?
  • Can we buy a cab only version so we can send the truck to Maltec?
  • Can we buy the IsoDynamic seats separately to retrofit old trucks or upfit lower model trucks or will they be locked into the TRD pro? I have a back injury so this is important to me.
  • Will a front locker ever happen?
Sean H
Sean H
11 months ago

Why the hell isn’t the manual available in the PreRunner?

Stef Schrader
Stef Schrader
11 months ago
Reply to  Sean H

^^^^^ t h a t

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