Watch out - Toyota's new pickup truck is coming

[MagicMtnDan]

Toyota will pull the wraps off the highly anticipated Tundra pickup truck, which will be built in a plant in San Antonio, Texas. The Tundra replaces the first-generation truck, which hit the market as a 2000 model. Toyota promises it will be bigger, more powerful and will offer a new body and engine.

[sorry dog]

I wonder if there will be a diesel option

[Hardly Satisfied]

I hope a make it with a diesel

[Sleek-Jet]

I hope they fixed the ball joints... :rolleyes: :D

[cc322]

Yeah I dont think the big three have much to worry about when it comes to trucks. Wondering if the new toy will be offered in a 3/4 ton, 1 ton, dually, I dont think so :yuk:

[Tom Brown]

I wonder if there will be a diesel option
Maybe it will be a Toyota with an Isuzu engine.

[Stoneman]

Got this off a trundra board.
A guy over at Toyota Nation has confirmed more info about the new Tundra. He will be working for Toyota at the new plant when production starts. Toyota will offer it in 3 different configurations, if not 4:
"B-Cab"= most likely a traditional extended cab with suicide doors and standard box
"C-Cab"= a Traditional Crew Cab with 4 doors, no word about bed length.
"D-Cab"= very similar to a Dodge Ram Mega Cab. Will be like a Sequoia (new model) with 16 in. of the tail cut off and replaced by an 8 ft. bed. This is likely what was up with the pics of the "box" thingy on the rear of the cab of the test mule that was posted. Apparently the cab will actually be that big.
We'll have to wait and see if an "A-Cab" is offered (regular cab)
Oh yeah, did I mention that he said a new 380 HP V8 will be offered?
Displacement should be in the 5.5 - 5.7L range. A while ago a guy said the top engine would be a 5.7L. I have also heard from a few that there will likely be 2 - 3 different V8 engines offered this time around. The 4.7 may or may not be carried over as a base engine, and either this 380 HP will be the second or there will be one in between(maybe 5.4-5.5L?). The new Hybrid will likely be launched in '09 and a diesel is reportedly in the works. Edmunds Inside Line has a short article about it. http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=108724
Also, he confirmed that TMMTX, San Antinio will begin production of the B and C-Cabs in October and the Indiana plant will begin production of C-Cabs and the D-Cabs in January '07. still no word about the A-Cabs. Makes me think there will not be any. I think they would sell well.
Anyway just thought I'd share my find. Sounds like Toyota has pulled out all of the stops for the new Tundra this time around. The big 2.5 and Nissan had better hold on to their hats, because 2007 will be a very interresting year. The 2007 TOTY test will be interresting too.
later

[MikeF]

If I remember right, the diesel will be a Hino.......w/ LOTS of torque.

[Sleek-Jet]

If I remember right, the diesel will be a Hino.......w/ LOTS of torque.
Be interesting to see if a half-ton pickup can handle that...

[MikeF]

Be interesting to see if a half-ton pickup can handle that...
I believe it will be larger than all of them. :boxed:

[cdog]

Got this off a trundra board.
A guy over at Toyota Nation has confirmed more info about the new Tundra.
Oh yeah, did I mention that he said a new 380 HP V8 will be offered?
Displacement should be in the 5.5 - 5.7L range. A while ago a guy said the top engine would be a 5.7L. I have also heard from a few that there will likely be 2 - 3 different V8 engines offered this time around. The 4.7 may or may not be carried over as a base engine, and either this 380 HP will be the second or there will be one in between(maybe 5.4-5.5L?). The new Hybrid will likely be launched in '09 and a diesel is reportedly in the works. Edmunds Inside Line has a short article about it. http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=108724
Good! Now they can catch some shit for crappy gas milage too!

[MagicMtnDan]

Yeah I dont think the big three have much to worry about when it comes to trucks. Wondering if the new toy will be offered in a 3/4 ton, 1 ton, dually, I dont think so :yuk:
Don't bet anything you don't want to lose on this bet. You've already lost that bet. The big three (especially Ford and GM) have a LOT to lose - they depend on trucks for sales and revenue to keep their car lines going. When Toyota takes a bite out of their truck sales they're going to be in big trouble (more trouble than they're in now). Keep your eyes open and don't bet what you don't want to lose. :boxed:

[Sleek-Jet]

Good! Now they can catch some shit for crappy gas milage too!
Naahhh... don't you know that everything from Japan get's good gas milage?? :rolleyes:
We won't mention that fact that my neighbors Titan get an average of about 2 mpg less than my Chevy... worse than that in town...

[FreshTracks]

Be interesting to see if a half-ton pickup can handle that...
The 1/2 ton chassis can handle it, the problem is EPA standards on light duty trucks. Ford has a 4.5L Powerstroke Turbo Diesel they can put into the F150 but they have to make it more compliant to these standards.
BTW-- With job cuts, plant closures,etc. we all should be buying AMERICAN manufactures' trucks. Yeah,Yeah,... Toyotas are built in America.... blah blah..., but it is still a Japanese Corp. What country do you live in?

[Sleek-Jet]

The 1/2 ton chassis can handle it, the problem is EPA standards on light duty trucks. Ford has a 4.5L Powerstroke Turbo Diesel they can put into the F150 but they have to make it more compliant to these standards.
BTW-- With job cuts, plant closures,etc. we all should be buying AMERICAN manufactures' trucks. Yeah,Yeah,... Toyotas are built in America.... blah blah..., but it is still a Japanese Corp. What country do you live in?
ahhhh... I'd heard rumors about both GM and Ford introducing diesels in the 1/2 tons, but no real reason as to why they weren't on the market yet.
Personally, with diesel being more than premium these days, if I was looking, and didn't have a need to pull something around all the time, I wouldn't even consider an oil burner.

[riverracerx]

A 4.4L diesel with 330 HP is rumored to be in the '07 F150. Which now also has a 6.5' bed available.

[cdog]

The 2008 3/4 ton GM and Ford trucks will have Twin Turbo Diesels.

[Cole Trickle]

The Tundras have always been OK trucks but the motor has always been the worse V8 in the class.(Easily 40-50 HP behind the Chevy,Dodge and Nissan)
If they got there power up to Titan levels they will sell alot of them.

[2Driver]

Yeah I dont think the big three have much to worry about when it comes to trucks. Wondering if the new toy will be offered in a 3/4 ton, 1 ton, dually, I dont think so :yuk:
I remember people laughing at them in 1970 as a non-competitor, then again when they entered the truck market in the early 80's as nothing to worry about. US manufactures better wake the f' up

[rivercrazy]

The Tundras have always been OK trucks but the motor has always been the worse V8 in the class.(Easily 40-50 HP behind the Chevy,Dodge and Nissan)
If they got there power up to Titan levels they will sell alot of them.
Huh? Toyota is by far the best engineered and most technological engine in the field. quad overhead cam 4 valve per cylinder engine with variable valve timing. And its proven to be a bulletproof motor.
Toyota 4.7L V8- 271HP with 310lb of torque at 3,400rpm
Ford 4.6L V8 - 231 HP with 293lb of torque at 3,500rpm
Chevy 4.8L V8 - 285hp with 295lb of torque at 4,000rpm
Dodge magnum 4.7L V8 - 260 hp with 310lb of torque at 3,500rpm

[HCS]

Nissan is developing a diesle for the Titan also.