2016 Tacoma social media leak

Thank you goodsir!!!! People were starting to get me a little scared even thoiugh you can clearly tell its a hilux if you know anything about tacoma's!!

 

http://www.minbcnews.com/m/news/story?id=1134749

Could this be it by chance?? Really putting her through her paces. And it's somewhat difficult to assess the front end after a wreck! Also hard to cross check the tailgate with the one from the leaked photo. Looks similar from the side anyway.

 

That link sucks.

 

Doesn't work? Maybe it's a mobile link only.

 

TashcomerTexas you we told exactly what I was told by my friend who owns a dealership here in Northern CA. Dealers were in Vegas a while back and were shown several pictures of the new Tacoma which he descried as aggressive as well as the other things you mentioned. I cannot wait.

 

I don't think Toyota will shell out that much money into dropping an engine like that into a Tacoma, and plus the Tacoma was meant to be long lasting and durable, and I don't think they will change that for a few mpg.

 

Sorry I meant to be responding to Tunngavik's comments.

 

This.

 

The Atkinson engine that is.

 

looks like a tundra

 

Its called a hyperlink and not a 'c/p address' for a reason

F'n mobile.

 

Just remember guys the hilux tacoma is a mirror image of ours but with a diesel.

 

Crashed truck is a Canyon - everything matches. Maybe a Diesel tester or ZR2 suspension - who knows.

 

no, that's like saying the toyota prado is the mirror of the us. 4runner

 

Of course. It bothered me too, there's a land cruiser prado right behind it too in the original picture so there's no way it would be a tacoma. Picture was taken in New Zealand I believe.

Now comes the wait! I think it'll end up taking down every other truck in the segment just like that.

 

^X2. Too big (even vs the F250 in the background) to be a Taco.

 

One less gm on the road....yessssss.

 

Typically there is no starter involved. Wife drives a 2010 Honda Hybrid, it has a starter but it is not used to start the gas engine during stop-start situations unless the battery pack is almost depleted, or the ambient temp is below a certain criteria.

How it works, is there is an electric motor in place of a conventional flywheel. Under start-stop scenarios the the electric motor starts the gas motor via the battery pack. I'm pretty sure most if not all cars that are soft hybrids (not full hybrid like a Prius) use this method.

Otherwise yeah, a conventional starter would be toast in short order.