The 2024 Toyota Tacoma: Here's Everything You Need to Know

Expect Toyota to come out with a new Tacoma by the 2024 model year. The current-gen Tacoma debuted in 2016, which makes it the youngest of the Toyota off-roaders; hat means it may be the last one that gets an overhaul. Reports about Toyota product planning suggest that the Tacoma will debut in 2024 after the Tundra this year, the new Sequoia in 2022 and the next 4Runner in 2023.

Yes. Toyota debuted its new body-on-frame TNGA-F platform on the new J300 Land Cruiser, and then revealed it'll be the basis for the all-new 2022 Tundra, as well. That platform is expected to underpin new versions of the Sequoia, 4Runner and Tacoma trucks and SUVs in the American market.

Yes. Toyota has announced that every Toyota and Lexus model — except the hydrogen-powered Mirai — will have at least an electrified option by 2025 at the latest. If we accept that Toyota doesn't plan to kill off the Tacoma (which would be a shocker, since it's one of their most successful cars in America), we can presume it will have at least a hybrid powertrain option. It's possible the hybrid could be the only option, even. And we'd expect the hybrid will be the more powerful engine choice, given that's the case with the new Tundra's I-Force Max powerplant.

Toyota brought us out to its headquarters for a week. Here's what we learned.

LEARN MORE

Unclear. Toyota announced it will build an electric pickup truck, but there has been no clarification yet about whether it will be a Tundra or Tacoma or a new truck altogether.

Almost undoubtedly. The major knock on the current generation Tacoma is the dated six-speed automatic; the Tacoma's midsize competitors all feature an eight-, nine- or 10-speed automatic transmission. Moving to one would offer benefits Toyota will be looking for in performance and fuel economy. It would be shocking if Toyota didn't upgrade from the six-speed.

Unclear..but we suspect the next Tacoma will lose the manual. Toyota has been phasing out manual transmissions from its product lineup, and the Tacoma is one of only two pickup trucks (along with the Jeep Gladiator) that still offers a stick shift on the TRD trims and the take rate for it is low. Getting rid of the manual to save costs would be really tempting, especially if the Tacoma is adding a hybrid.

As the Magic 8-Ball says, all signs point to yes. The 2022 Tundra (pictured here) saw its interior receive a mighty upgrade from the aging past model, complete with new tech, more (and larger) screens and a much fresher design. While the Tacoma won't be as large or as expensive, we fully expect it to receive many of the same sort of updates as Toyota's new full-size truck.

Because you should give your 4Runner or Gladiator the fancy rubber it deserves.

LEARN MORE