2014 toyota Tacoma Double Cab
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Sunday, May 6, 2018
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Toyota Tacoma Double Cab
2014 Toyota Tacoma Double Cab
2016 Toyota Tacoma TRD Off-Road Double Cab review
The similarities (to place it lightly) proceed under the skin. The wheelbase equals, and also total size is just a few inches greater on the new vehicle. The bed is an inch deeper, but the very same size. And more.
On the other hand, you ought to acknowledge that Toyota had a quite darn excellent vehicle to begin with in the outgoing Tacoma. Was it showing its age, especially compared to promising midsizers like the reborn Colorado and also Canyon? Aesthetically, probably, yet the Tacoma's stout bases required improvement, not reinvention. There's lots of merit in the transformative approach.
The powertrain on this particular Tacoma TRD Off-Road is one shot of old-- a six-speed manual transmission-- and round of new-- a scaled down 3.5-liter naturally aspirated V6. Similar to the bigger, V8-powered Toyota Tundra, and the 2015 Tacoma before it, it all plays together with wonderful, unexpected smoothness. You 'd never ever know the engine is down half a liter, as well as there's a lot of extra oomph over the 3,500 rpm mark. The six-speed is actually enjoyable to paddle with, and similar to the guidebook on the Wrangler, it seems like an excellent fit for an enthusiast-oriented vehicle.
Naturally, I didn't have the possibility to take the TRD Off-Road off-road. Thing is, I in fact want to see just how it handles itself off the pavement since I have actually spent some time in the truck. I'll look for opportunities to do so once points heat up. And I did pack on the miles comfortably-- and take on an absolutely horrible slog through the season's worst ice tornado to this day with self-confidence. The truck didn't even toss a traction control warning.
That's the day I discovered one especially old-school element of the Tacoma: its 4x4 system. Failing to remember to de-power the front wheels prior to transitioning from slushmaggedon to a completely dry, protected vehicle parking structure, I located the vehicle hauling, binding and also-- to my humiliation-- delaying as I attempted to make a limited turn into a parking spot. So you'll absolutely wish to change it to 2WD, which you should do by hand using a console-mounted dial, before on-pavement handling.
Well duh, you will inform me, probably in a disparaging email. This is standard 4WD things. True sufficient, yet it's simple to get accustomed to the automated 4WD setting discovered on a boosting variety of trucks (including the GMC Canyon). Critics will hold this versus the Tacoma, showing that it's behind the technological contour; followers will claim this bolsters its hardcore off-road cred.
For what it deserves, the fuel economy approximates appear positive. With limited 4WD usage, I returned 16.0 mpg. I had not been specifically flogging the truck, and that consisted of substantial variety of traffic-free expressway miles.
Like the modestly resculpted outside, the indoor take advantage of a collection of somewhat refined upgrades. The functional designs are a little wonky initially, thanks to a seat that feels either a little too high or a little too close to the pedals. But the cabin does really feel fresher, a lot more premium, less oppressively plasticky.
If the Tacoma has your rate of interest, yet the $36,630 sticker label (adding faux-beadlock wheels and also various other rewards will increase that even additional) 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 Minimal beginnings at a lofty $38,720. In between those two extremes, I'm sure you can set up the Tacoma of your desires.