Taco Tuesday: Toyota dishes new details on the 2024 Tacoma pickup
Toyota's new midsize truck will be a hybrid
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}It's almost taco time.
Toyota chose April 4, known to many truck fans as 4x4 Day, to confirm a major new detail about the upcoming all-new 2024 Tacoma pickup.
The Tacoma has been the best-selling midsize truck in the U.S. for 17 years, which is nearly as long as it has been since its last major redesign.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The 2024 Tacoma will be built on a smaller version of the same platform that underpins the full-size Tacoma, which was new for 2022, and will share a significant attribute with its sibling.
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The 2024 Toyota Tacoma will be offered in a hybrid TRD Pro model. (Toyota)
Toyota hasn't yet shown the Tacoma in full, but released a photo of its tailgate revealing that it will feature "electrifying i-FORCE MAX performance." The Tundra is offered with an i-FORCE MAX powertrain, which is a hybrid V6 that's the most powerful option and rated at 437 hp and 573 lb-ft of torque.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The 2024 Tacoma's design has been revealed in silhouette. (Toyota)
That means the 2024 Tacoma will be the first hybrid version of the model, although its version of the i-FORCE MAX could possibly be based around a four-cylinder engine.
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The Toyota Crown sedan is currently available with four-cylinder hybrid powertrain rated at 340 hp and 400 lb-ft of torque, which would be a lot for a truck the size of the Tacoma.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Trailhunter is a new extreme off-road trim being launched on Toyota's trucks. (Toyota)
The image of the Tacoma also reveals that it will continue to be offered in a high-performance TRD Pro off-road model, while Toyota last year announced that it is launching a new Trailhunter lineup of trucks, which will be outfitted for extreme overland-style adventure driving.
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Toyota has several hybrid powertrains to choose from, so lower-spec versions of the Tacoma may also be electrified more with fuel efficiency in mind, which is something today's truck is not known for.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Computer-generated design renderings of the 2024 Tacoma were posted to a Brazilian patent website. (Toyota)
Toyota did not say when the 2024 Tacoma will be unveiled in full, but computer-generated design renderings of the truck were discovered on a Brazilian patent website in January, which Toyota appears to have confirmed were authentic in a recent social media post.