2001 toyota Tacoma Double Cab
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Thursday, May 17, 2018
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Toyota Tacoma Double Cab
2001 Toyota Tacoma Double Cab
2016 Toyota Tacoma TRD Off-Road Double Cab review
The resemblances (to place it gently) proceed under the skin. The wheelbase is identical, as well as general length is simply a couple of inches better on the brand-new vehicle. The bed is an inch deeper, however the same size. And so on.
On the other hand, you ought to recognize that Toyota had a pretty darn good truck to begin with in the outward bound Tacoma. Was it revealing its age, particularly compared to up-and-coming midsizers like the born-again Colorado and Canyon? Visually, maybe, but the Tacoma's stout underpinnings needed refinement, not reinvention. There's lots of value in the transformative technique.
The powertrain on this specific Tacoma TRD Off-Road is one shot of old-- a six-speed manual transmission-- and round of brand-new-- a scaled down 3.5-liter naturally aspirated V6. As with the larger, V8-powered Toyota Tundra, and the 2015 Tacoma before it, everything plays along with wonderful, unanticipated smoothness. You would certainly never know the engine is down half a liter, as well as there's a great deal of extra pizzazz over the 3,500 rpm mark. The six-speed is actually fun to row with, and also just like the manual on the Wrangler, it seems like a great fit for an enthusiast-oriented truck.
Naturally, I really did not have the chance to take the TRD Off-Road off-road. Thing is, I in fact intend to see how it manages itself off the pavement since I've invested time in the vehicle. I'll look for opportunities to do so once things warm up. And I did pack on the miles in comfort-- as well as tackle a truly unpleasant slog with the season's worst ice tornado to date with confidence. The truck really did not even throw a traction control caution.
That's the day I found one notably old-school facet of the Tacoma: its 4x4 system. Neglecting to de-power the front wheels prior to transitioning from slushmaggedon to a dry, protected vehicle parking framework, I located the truck carrying, binding as well as-- to my humiliation-- delaying as I tried to make a tight transformed into a vehicle parking place. So you'll definitely intend to change it to 2WD, which you have to do manually through a console-mounted dial, prior to on-pavement handling.
Well duh, you will tell me, most likely in a disparaging email. This is fundamental 4WD stuff. Real enough, yet it's very easy to obtain accustomed to the automatic 4WD setting discovered on a boosting number of vehicles (consisting of the GMC Canyon). Critics will certainly hold this against the Tacoma, confirming that it's behind the technical curve; followers will certainly claim this bolsters its hardcore off-road cred.
For what it deserves, the gas economic climate estimates appear confident. With minimal 4WD use, I returned 16.0 mpg. I wasn't precisely flogging the truck, which consisted of substantial variety of traffic-free expressway miles.
Like the modestly resculpted outside, the indoor benefits from a series of somewhat refined upgrades. The functional designs are a little rickety in the beginning, thanks to a seat that really feels either a tad too high or a little too near the pedals. However the cabin does really feel fresher, much more exceptional, much less oppressively plasticky.
If the Tacoma has your passion, but the $36,630 sticker label (including faux-beadlock wheels and also various other rewards will improve that even further) is a stumbling block, keep in mind that this is for the tricked-out TRD Off-Road version. The base SR starts at $24,200, and the Limited begins at a soaring $38,720. Between those two extremes, I make sure you can configure the Tacoma of your desires.