2008 toyota Tacoma Double Cab
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Friday, May 11, 2018
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Toyota Tacoma Double Cab
2008 Toyota Tacoma Double Cab
2016 Toyota Tacoma TRD Off-Road Double Cab review
The resemblances (to place it lightly) proceed under the skin. The wheelbase is identical, as well as total length is just a few inches greater on the new truck. The bed is an inch deeper, but the same size. And more.
On the other hand, you should certainly recognize that Toyota had a very darn good truck to begin with in the outgoing Tacoma. Was it revealing its age, especially compared with up-and-coming midsizers like the born-again Colorado and also Canyon? Visually, perhaps, but the Tacoma's stout supports needed improvement, not reinvention. There's a lot of advantage in the transformative method.
The powertrain on this certain Tacoma TRD Off-Road is one shot of old-- a six-speed manual transmission-- and also round of brand-new-- a scaled down 3.5-liter normally aspirated V6. Similar to the larger, V8-powered Toyota Expanse, and the 2015 Tacoma prior to it, it all plays along with fascinating, unforeseen level of smoothness. You 'd never ever know the engine is down half a litre, and also there's a great deal of extra oomph over the 3,500 rpm mark. The six-speed is really fun to paddle via, and also just like the guidebook on the Wrangler, it seems like a great fit for an enthusiast-oriented truck.
Normally, I didn't have the chance to take the TRD Off-Road off-road. Thing is, I actually want to see just how it handles itself off the sidewalk now that I have actually invested some time in the truck. I'll look for opportunities to do so when points heat up. As well as I did pack on the miles comfortably-- and deal with a really unpleasant slog through the season's worst ice storm to date with confidence. The vehicle didn't so much as throw a traction control caution.
That's the day I found one significantly traditional facet of the Tacoma: its four-wheel drive system. Forgetting to de-power the front wheels before transitioning from slushmaggedon to a completely dry, protected parking framework, I found the vehicle hauling, binding and also-- to my shame-- delaying as I attempted to make a tight turn into a vehicle parking place. So you'll certainly intend to switch it to 2WD, which you need to do manually via a console-mounted dial, prior to on-pavement handling.
Well duh, you're about to inform me, most likely in an insulting e-mail. This is basic 4WD things. Real enough, however it's very easy to obtain accustomed to the automatic 4WD establishing discovered on an enhancing variety of vehicles (including the GMC Canyon). Critics will certainly hold this against the Tacoma, verifying that it lags the technical contour; fans will say this boosts its hardcore off-road cred.
Wherefore it deserves, the fuel economy estimates appear positive. With limited 4WD usage, I returned 16.0 mpg. I wasn't specifically flogging the vehicle, and that included significant number of traffic-free expressway miles.
Like the modestly resculpted outside, the interior benefits from a series of rather refined upgrades. The ergonomics are a little wonky in the beginning, thanks to a seat that feels either a bit expensive or a little bit too near to the pedals. However the cabin does feel fresher, more exceptional, less oppressively plasticky.
If the Tacoma has your rate of interest, but the $36,630 sticker (adding faux-beadlock wheels and also various other goodies will enhance that also further) is a stumbling block, bear in mind that this is for the tricked-out TRD Off-Road variation. The base SR starts at $24,200, and the Restricted beginnings at a lofty $38,720. In between those two extremes, I'm sure you can configure the Tacoma of your dreams.