2013 toyota Tacoma Double Cab
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Pusahma satu
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Friday, June 8, 2018
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Toyota Tacoma Double Cab
2013 Toyota Tacoma Double Cab
2016 Toyota Tacoma TRD Off-Road Double Cab review
The similarities (to put it lightly) continue under the skin. The wheelbase equals, and overall size is simply a few inches better on the new truck. The bed is an inch deeper, however the very same size. And more.
On the other hand, you should certainly acknowledge that Toyota had a rather darn good vehicle to start with in the outward bound Tacoma. Was it showing its age, especially compared to up-and-coming midsizers like the born-again Colorado and also Canyon? Aesthetically, possibly, yet the Tacoma's stout supports needed refinement, not reinvention. There's a lot of quality in the evolutionary technique.
The powertrain on this specific Tacoma TRD Off-Road is round of old-- a six-speed manual transmission-- and also one shot of brand-new-- a scaled down 3.5-liter naturally aspirated V6. Just like the larger, V8-powered Toyota Tundra, and also the 2015 Tacoma before it, everything plays together with delightful, unforeseen level of smoothness. You would certainly never know the engine is down half a litre, as well as there's a lot of additional oomph above the 3,500 rpm mark. The six-speed is in fact fun to paddle through, and also similar to the guidebook on the Wrangler, it seems like an excellent suitable for an enthusiast-oriented vehicle.
Normally, I really did not have the chance to take the TRD Off-Road off-road. Thing is, I in fact want to see just how it handles itself off the pavement now that I have actually spent a long time in the truck. I'll seek possibilities to do so once things warm up. And I did pack on the miles in comfort-- as well as take on a really nasty slog through the season's worst ice storm to date with self-confidence. The truck didn't even throw a grip control warning.
That's the day I discovered one especially old-school element of the Tacoma: its four-wheel drive system. Failing to remember to de-power the front wheels prior to transitioning from slushmaggedon to a dry, covered vehicle parking framework, I located the truck hauling, binding and also-- to my embarrassment-- stalling as I attempted to make a limited develop into a vehicle parking area. So you'll most definitely want to switch it to 2WD, which you have to do by hand using a console-mounted dial, before on-pavement handling.
Well duh, you will tell me, possibly in a disparaging e-mail. This is standard 4WD stuff. True enough, but it's very easy to get accustomed to the automatic 4WD establishing found on a raising number of trucks (including the GMC Canyon). Critics will certainly hold this against the Tacoma, confirming that it's behind the technical contour; followers will certainly claim this reinforces its hardcore off-road cred.
For what it's worth, the gas economic climate approximates appear positive. With minimal 4WD use, I returned 16.0 mpg. I wasn't precisely flogging the truck, and that included significant variety of traffic-free expressway miles.
Like the modestly resculpted outside, the indoor gain from a series of rather subtle upgrades. The ergonomics are a little rickety in the beginning, thanks to a seat that really feels either a little bit expensive or a bit also near the pedals. Yet the cabin does really feel fresher, extra premium, less oppressively plasticky.
If the Tacoma has your interest, yet the $36,630 sticker (including faux-beadlock wheels and also other rewards will improve that also additional) is a stumbling block, remember that this is for the tricked-out TRD Off-Road variation. The base SR starts at $24,200, as well as the Restricted begins at a soaring $38,720. Between those 2 extremes, I make sure you can set up the Tacoma of your dreams.