- Toyota teases the 2024 Toyota Tacoma with a picture of the mid-size truck’s tailgate.
- The teaser image confirms the pickup will once again be available in TRD Pro guise.
- The photo also reveals the company’s plan to offer the next-gen Taco with a hybrid powertrain.
A new Toyota Tacoma is coming. Alas, it’s not coming today. Rather than fully show its next-generation mid-size pickup, Toyota has opted to send out a teaser image instead.
The photo shows off the truck’s tailgate and right rear taillight. A smidge of the 2024 Tacoma’s rear bumper also makes an appearance. What can we glean from this image, though?
Well, we see the next-gen Taco’s rear-end design will largely mimic that of the full-size Tundra, with the two trucks sharing similar tailgate and taillight treatments. The tailgate in this teaser also tells us a bit more about the 2024 Tacoma’s trim and powertrain offerings.
For instance, the “TRD Pro” stamping confirms the most off-road-ready variant of today’s Tacoma line is due to return. Like the current Tacoma TRD Pro, the 2024 model is sure to separate itself from the rest of the Tacoma line by way of various off-road goodies. We wager the new truck will once again employ Fox-branded shocks, feature a bevy of underbody skid plates, and benefit from additional ground clearance—as well as improved approach, breakover, and departure angles—by way of a suspension lift.
Expect power to come courtesy of a gasoline-electric hybrid setup, as noted by the iForce Max badge pinned to the lower-right corner of the Tacoma in this teaser. Note that Toyota precedes the Max designation with iForce and not Hybrid.
The latter—Hybrid Max—is the designation Toyota uses for the 340-hp gasoline-electric powertrain it fits in the Crown sedan. (It’ll also find a home under the hood of the upcoming Grand Highlander where it’ll push out 362 horses.)
Although Toyota may offer the four-cylinder-based Hybrid Max as an option in lesser Tacoma trims, the automaker’s first teaser for the new truck appears to indicate the Tundra’s six-cylinder-based hybrid powertrain will motivate the next Tacoma TRD Pro. This setup produces 437 horsepower in the Tundra, though it’ll probably make a bit less in the Tacoma. Regardless, the hybrid TRD Pro ought to give the forthcoming Ford Ranger Raptor a run for its money in the world of high-powered off-road-oriented mid-size pickups.
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