Introducing, The All New 2024 Toyota Tacoma (Project 920B)

I noticed in one of the vids featuring the blue Sport DCSB that the rear glass has defrost lines.

A small but useful detail.

 

Curious to hear your take on this vs your earlier posts and what changed. I seem to remember V6 staying rumors etc etc.

 

I want to know about this "crankshaft hammering" that was mentioned by the 4G chief engineer, when asked why the M/T version of the powertrain was detuned by 8hp and 7lbs/ft.
Same response in two separate videos, but the "journalists" don't try and drill down for more detail. It may be nothing but a NVH concern, but holy hell it sounds worse lol

 

I'm really skeptical of that claim. Seems more likely that the transmission itself is the reason. Maybe they wanted to avoid the press calling the manual transmission "weak".

 

I get your thinking on this, but why use the words crankshaft hammering lol? That sounds waaay worse!
Anyway, I was thinking it might have something to do with on/off throttle and shock to the thrust bearing in the bottom end?
All just speculation of course, since we didn't get further details. Something must have popped up in their testing.

 

Majorly disappointed that Toyota jumped into the delusional 4 Cyl Turbo market. Though they have not been trucks, I have previously owned 3 4 Cylinder Turbo powered vehicles and they all came way short of the advertised performance. Coupled with that, the overall design looks like Toyota let GMC and Subaru employees take over... ala the offspring of a GMC Sierra and a Subaru Cross Trek. And I am not one who gets the front-end lift that "necessitated" an air dam for most of the trim levels. I can't wait to see the "claimed" MPG and the factual day-to-day numbers (i.e. with passengers and/or cargo).

 

I’m low key digging the new look but don’t know how I feel about the new power plant options.

 

Why? The turbo 4 makes more power and torque than the 3.5, and fixes the low end torque problems of the current gen

 

I believe the T4 makes equal HP in AT form as the 3.5 and less HP in the MT, but more Torque in both.

 

On the design lines, I was intrigued and enticed by much of them, but the quarter-panel creases above the flares really bug my OCD because they dig back into the quarter-panels...

I could have been on the fence with the looks, but I don't know if I could get past the power pant. Yes, the computer model generated numbers may project an improvement; however, I didn't have any issues with my two previous Tacomas ('14 and '18). And the video reviews I have seen all came off as being handled pretty gingerly, so I don't want to place any true value in them. Quite honestly, it seemed they were under some kind of strict testing and commentary guidelines in order to be granted the preview seats. But aside from that, I have family in NorCal, and I live in Northern Nevada, so I have traversed the Sierras in many conditions in several different vehicles; having been an owner of other turbo-4s, the advertised numbers tend to be along the lines of very limited testing such as single passenger and no load... from a GTI VW, an Audi A3, and then a BMW X1, none of them lived up to their published numbers in terms of real world driving. And what I can say, in my experience, is that my Tacomas have had better real world driving than any turbo-4... not to mention that turbos are quite partial to Super Unleaded fuel in order to come close to their projected performance numbers. On the other hand, I am not out drag racing, rock crawling or towing campers on an everyday basis.

All-in-all, I will have to see what the audience has to say once the long-ish term numbers are in... though I may sneak out and pick up a '23 instead.