You better be ready for the new 2017 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro because it is being unveiled at 2016 Chicago Auto Show. It is baffling to see Tacoma unchanged for a full decade, especially now when GM has decided to enter the compact truck game again. Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro 2017 is a third generation model, and thus refreshed, but is it any different in categories that matter? The answer is no.
2017 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro Engine
The base engine has been carried over. 2.7L 4-cylinder still makes 159 hp and 180 lb-ft of torque while being tied to a new 6-speed automatic transmission which is finally an upgrade over 5-speed manual and 4-speed automatic units. 4.0L V-6 has been discontinued, and new Tacoma now gets slightly smaller 3.5L V-6 mill which should be capable of making previous engine’s 236 hp, plus additional 40 to 50 horses. It too can come with 6-speed automatic, but there’s also a new 6-speed manual unit which further raises the efficiency bar.
Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro 2017 Design
Most people have expected completely revamped Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro 2017 after the redesign. What they have gotten, is largely unchanged design with a few tweaks, though. It isn’t that Tacoma is ugly or outdated – it is just plain boring to look at the same pattern over and over again. Grille is basically unchanged but does get different stripes and mesh.
Headlamps are trimmed down which makes them look more modern, and bumper too has been revamped, but its direction is questionable. Wheel arches are now heavier and squared-off which makes Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro 2017 look sturdier, but overall, it’s the same mid-size pickup which it always was; or which it was for the past decade.
Interior of the new Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro 2017
Interior is mostly new, however. Apart from new materials, 2017 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro gets a fresh cabin layout with a new dashboard, middle tunnel, and door panels. Most of the available models, however, still offer fabric cloth or SofTex upholstery, while new Limited grade is supposed to come with leather. 6.1-inch touch screen display will offer Bluetooth, navigation and HD radio, but only in top grades.
In terms of new features, Tacoma TRD Pro will also add dual-zone automatic climate control, wireless charging and optional moonroof. Whether rearview camera and blind spot monitors will be offered in base trims is still unknown. Tacoma TRD Pro, however, still offers a multi-terrain select system which was its forte even before the facelift. This adds to already solid off-road capabilities which have kept Tacoma alive all these years.
New Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro Performance and Price
Fuel economy ratings are up for a raise this time. The even base engine will score more than 21/25 mpg thanks to a new transmission, but V-6 will offer even stronger improvements. Thanks to downsizing and new manual transmission, it is supposed to even surpass the 4-cylinder option. Prices are supposed to rise a little bit and expect them in the range between $37,000 and $40,000 for fully upgraded new Limited models.
New Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro still looks the same, even, after all, substantial changes have been listed. However, it does get some slight improvements in powertrain department, but these aren’t enough to shake things up from their foundations. Even enriched interior with a few new tech options probably isn’t enough to beat GM’s compacts which continue going strong.
2017 Toyota Tacoma Release Date
The release date of the new Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro 2017 is February 2016 at 2016 Chicago Auto Show.
You can also take a look at the other versions of Toyota Tacoma:
2014 Toyota Tacoma
2015 Toyota Tacoma
2015 Toyota Tacoma Diesel
2016 Toyota Tacoma
2016 Toyota Tacoma Diesel
2017 Toyota Tacoma Diesel
2017 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro
Summary
The new Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro rejoins the lineup after a one-year break and it gets some major adjustments design-wise as well as in powertrain department.
MPG: Up to 21-city, 25 highway
MSRP: From $24,200
Horsepower: 278-horsepower
Engine: 2.7L 4-cylinder, 3.5L V6
Price: $37,000
Very nice shade of blue and seems like a great Toyota mechanically, as well. Love this review, it looks great!
Huge alterations within the design for that year 2016 additionally as a multitude of innovations leave no room for renovation in addition to redesign the certain 2017 Toyota Tacoma kinds. Getting pointed out that, the advancement of modern technologies advancement strategy circumstances which cars are utilized. From this web page, you are going to can expect several improvement for the 2017 Tacoma get. 2017 Toyota Tacoma is visiting become largely based upon the newly presented 2016 Tacoma design. The car has a transformative style which was acquired from the Toyota 4Runner types. It genuinely is seen as a notable trapezoidal radiator grill, LED lights front and back, along with the rear fender inside body color along with obvious Tacoma name.
I would love to be driving my 2017 Tacoma Limited today, but still wish it had an arm rest–rather than another elbow rest. Also still want my 3rd windshield wiper in the rear. I think all Toyota’s should have three, not just the ones on the front windshield. Still waiting for Toyota to become the mpg king as well. There is no reason on earth, after the success of their truck line, for them not to get at least 25 mpg city/30 mpg hwy on the Tacomas and at least 20 mpg on the Tundra’s and SUVs. Yes, many people will be looking for the diesel advantage since the Hi-Lux won’t be coming; but where’s the hybrid?
The dynamic of buyers is still changing. Many women are also looking at this line to replace the family car. How about we make the choices a little tighter. Let’s also not forget about that too-short-of-a-bed, truck bed. (I don’t want a Subaru Brat.) We may still need to pick up the kids and the new refrigerator during the same trip.
Is there a way for Taco people to borrow Honda’s new hidden, in-bed, recessed lockbox? Can’t wait to get my Limited. Don’t know how I’m going to pay for it yet, but I know this will probably be one of the last vehicles I buy. The only other new vehicle I ever bought (1987) wasn’t a Toyota and it turned out to be a lemon. I deserve this beautiful truck. Give me my leg/lumbar adjustable heated leather seats, tow package and the rest of the bells and whistles. It’s time to rest my 2005 Corolla with a new primary vehicle. (p.s. Toyota, Let us choose our own exterior and interior color combos. Thanks.)
In creating the vehicle, TRD designers began with the Tacoma TRD Off-Road 4×4 Double Cab Short Bed version. They after that included points like 16-inch black blends with Goodyear Wrangler All-Terrain Kevlar-reinforced tires; aluminum skid plates; LED fog lights; black outlining; and also color-coded bumper inserts.
For the off-road efficiency, they included FOX 2.5 Internal Bypass shocks with personalized adjusting; brand-new front springtimes that give a 1.0-in lift; as well as custom-tuned progressive-rate fallen leave springtimes at the back.
Missing out on from the schedule was the remarkable TRD Pro off-roader when Toyota upgraded its Tacoma last year. This brought about worries that the car would not be returning. It ends up it was just taking a little break as a brand-new Tacoma TRD Pro has actually merely rolled right into the 2016 Chicago Auto Show.
The vehicle will certainly attack display rooms this autumn, as a 2017 design, and also it will certainly come total with a complete collection of factory-installed off-road devices developed by the designers at Toyota Racing Development. Purchasers will certainly have 3 shades to pick from (Cement, Barcelona Red Metallic, as well as Super White), along with the selection of a six-speed handbook or six-speed automated.
Additional aiding to locate the optimum hold off-road, all Tacoma TRD Pros come conventional with an automated limited-slip differential, as well as digital securing back differential. Automatic transmission-equipped versions likewise profit from a crawl control tract that immediately changes throttle and also stopping, so vehicle drivers could concentrate on browsing via difficult scenarios.
Along with the increased look from the off-road suspension parts and also meatier tires, to look the component the Tacoma TRD Pro additionally uses an unique heritage-inspired Toyota front grille, a blacked-out hood scoop, an aluminum front skid plate, LED fog lights, black bezel overfenders, taillights as well as fronts lights. The indoor obtains clothed with black TRD Pro natural leather seats, a TRD change handle and also TRD flooring mats.
While the 3.5-liter V-6 engine is the same, the actual job is available in the highly remodelled suspension that includes Fox 2.5 inner bypass shock absorbers, brand-new front springtimes giving a 1-inch lift and also progressive-rate off-road fallen leave springtimes out back. The vehicle trips on 16-inch black TRD wheels covered with Kevlar-reinforced Goodyear Wrangler All-Terrain tires.
For those curious about truly venturing off the ruined course, Toyota has actually presented the most up to date participant of its TRD Pro household at the 2016 Chicago car program. Based upon its brand-new Tacoma, the 2017 Tacoma TRD Pro improves the TRD Off-Road 4×4 dual taxi brief bed version, and also will certainly be readily available with either a six-speed guidebook or six-speed transmission.
While manual-shifting variations use a particularly tuned traction-control tract for enhancing hold without reducing throttle input, automated designs obtain all the whistles and also bells, consisting of hill-start aid, a five-mode Multi-Terrain Select traction-control tract, and also Crawl Control (basically low-speed, off-road cruise ship control).
Just what truly makes this Taco a TRD Pro is its suspension as well as relevant off-road devices. A sturdy, 2.5-inch Fox internal-bypass damper rests at each edge as well as changes the strengthened Bilstein shocks mounted on the previous-gen Tacoma TRD Pro.
Just like all brand-new Tacomas, the TRD Pro has a conventional GoPro video camera install for commemorating all your off-road heroics– as well as blunders– along with a respectable quantity of added basic tools: a leather-wrapped tilt-and-telescoping wheel, a TRD change handle and also flooring mats, Toyota’s Entune app-based infomercial tract, rear-parking aid, blind-spot caution, and also back cross-traffic alert. The four-way-adjustable black natural leather pole position are warmed as well as have TRD Pro logo designs on the headrests, as well as the 4.2-inch shade vehicle driver’s display screen in the collection includes incorporated tilt as well as slope evaluates.
Along with the TRD Pro’s unique TOYOTA block-lettered grille as well as black 16-inch wheels shod with Goodyear Wrangler all-terrain tires, a host of various other outside highlights advise you that this isn’t really a common Tacoma. These consist of TRD Pro badges on the front doors and also tailgate, a black hood scoop and also fender flares, blacked-out head- as well as taillight bezels, a TRD Pro front skid plate, as well as unique LED fog lights.
Rates for the 2017 TRD Pro has yet to be launched, however the 2016 Tacoma design on which it’s based (Double Cab, short-box, V-6 Off-Road 4×4) begins at $33,000. An equivalent previous-generation Tacoma TRD Pro expense approximately $37K, so you could anticipate the brand-new vehicle to push up from there. See this area for a down-and-dirty initial drive merely as quickly as we could glide behind the wheel.
tell me if I am wrong the TRD Pro will only come in double cab ? I really favor the extended cab much more AND I read somewhere you can only get the premium audio in a double cab and if so WHY? in the older versions it was possible