Former home pick-up of the Year: Toyota Tacoma

The Toyota Tacoma is a pick-up , which was constructed in 1995 and brought to market. For more than ten years, this vehicle model has become one of the classics of the global automaker developed Toyota. Thus, the second generation of this vehicle model was fitted in 2005 with the award of the best trucks of the year. The name Tacoma goes back in origin to the same US city in the state of Michigan. The predecessor of the Tacoma is the pick-up Hilux. Compared to its predecessor, this model has a double cabin.
The launch of the Toyota Tacoma

If the view towards the construction and development history, falling to two generations. The first generation dominates the years 1995 – 2004 and the second generation was developed of 2005. Before the introduction of the model given above all the Hilux – popularly the Toyota Truck – the vehicle image many Americans. In the initial phase, three different engine types of the Toyota Tacoma could be distinguished: the 2.4-liter R4 with a total of 106 kW, the 2.7 liter R4 with a total of 12 kW and the 3.4-liter V6 with 142 kW considerable. The first 2.4 liter engine type consumed per 100 km in total 8.25 liters.

This consumption grew at 2.7 liter engine to 9.2 liters per 100 km and the last model to an impressive 10.9 liters per 100 km.
In the six-hole rims, the Toyota Tacoma had with all-wheel drive compared with most other pickup trucks in its class. According to the specifications of the vehicle manufacturer, there was a new feature: the abbreviation TRD has a limited slip differential in the rear part of a V6 engine through which then became part of the general rule. A five-speed manual gearbox, however lacking. In 1998, the Pre-Runner models were added. These vehicles differed in almost any point of the Toyota Tacoma: But the sales had this vehicle equipped with a special off-road package.
Especially in his early years attracted the Toyota Tacoma to especially younger drivers and could chalk up extremely positive and promising sales figures. In 2001, Toyota changed his double cab model to in this vehicle series and extended in this context, the entire cab. From this point on the Tacoma offered a bed that came to two meters in length.

The S-Runner with manual five-speed gearbox and a gas-filled shock absorbers presented the next new development. In 2008, the car manufacturer Toyota offered all its customers with a fifteen-year warranty on the case of the corrosion of its bodies.
2005 Modernization: increased power and bed lengths

By 2005 a new generation of Toyota Tacoma began its advance and was presented at the Chicago Auto Show. Meantime Toyota created 15 different configurations. These vary to a the cab, the transmission or the motor and the platform lengths. Also in the V6 models in the course of recent years, some improvements have resulted.

So the overhauled engine impressed with a remarkable power of 176 kW. In the following years, minor changes have been added, such as a modernized interior in 2007 and an increased safety potential. So the current model comes standard with ABS and a reliable brake assist. In addition, a rollover sensor and EBD brake force distribution. In the area of side impact crash test and the Tacoma is not among the winners, however, has seen good test results.

The X-Runner is at the present time is one of the special equipment. So exist in this area limited and costly special models. These are annually available in three exterior colors. The differences raise the focus above all on the chassis and on the strength of the frame. In the rear part of the frame is located in this special model an additional reinforcement, which itself refers to the name of the Toyota Tacoma X-Runner.