Tougher styling, impressive standard equipment, and a calculated approach to off-road performance should lure buyers from the Toyota Tacoma.
has received an extreme makeover that has considerably toughened its image, with a bold front end and creased chiseled flanks. The new third-generation example stands in stark contrast to the outgoing unit, which came across as little more than a scaled-down full-size truck. It failed to take advantage of its smaller size in a mid-size segment that was being increasingly defined by perceived toughness and off-road prowess.
A somewhat decontented 2.7 Turbo base version comes standard in the WT and LT, where it makes 237 horsepower, 259 pound-feet of torque and supports a 3500-pound tow rating. The 2.7 Turbo Plus is optional in those trucks and standard in Z71 and Trail Boss, and it's good for 310 horses, 390 pound-feet, and 7700 pounds of tow capacity, which ties thefor best in class. The ZR2 gets the 2.
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