The 2024 Toyota Tacoma Does the Right Things at a Cost!

The Toyota Tacoma is a great midsize pickup, but why have some people been so angry with it upon its release? Today, I will evaluate the Taco to see how it stacks up against trucks like the Ford Ranger, Honda Ridgeline, Chevrolet Colorado, Jeep Gladiator and Nissan Frontier. I also want to find out why the haters have latched onto the 4th gen Tacoma as well. Let's go.

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00:00 Focus Group
00:46 Background
02:20 Features and Capacities
03:45 Powertrain
06:07 Reliability
07:44 Off-road stuff
O8:23 Comfort/Handling
09:49 Interior
12:00 Final Thoughts

[genzigzag]

Taco loyaltist will always hate on the latest version, you cannot escape the price increase, true, there has been a lot improvements but at the end of the day has Toyota deviated from the core reason why buyers gravitated to the Tacoma?

[towelies]

The price is what kills it. But that seems to be for all newer Toyotas asking Lexus prices for a Toyota.

[trxmigz]

You earned yourself a subscriber due to how thorough, informative, and unbiased your reviews are 👍🏻

[donalpoolarana-skiv]

This is not a joke 😐, driving my Tacoma getting onto the freeway and Tacoma not running more than 35mph and big trucks behind you are running around 60mph, THAT COST ACCIDENTS

[tylerengborg]

With the amount of engine and transmission problems being reported in newer refreshed toyotas, it is concerning. Have heard about the manuals failing firsthand in the 2024 Tacoma. Also, having driven a manual 2024 tacoma, it is 'ok'. It drives like a truck. Big and heavy, lot of weight to throw around. Infotainment is huge and in your face, feels small inside despite being a large vehicle.

I'm not in the market for a manual truck anyways even if it was cheaper, maybe if it was an option in the Ranger or Frontier (but sadly it's not). I do prefer smaller lightweight cars anyways, and I'm enjoying my 2020 jetta gli with long gears.

[davidc]

One thing is most important when it comes to truck buyers before anything else: Is it dead RELIABLE? Toyota has lead industry with their truck in this one aspect for decades, and sales prove that it is the most important factor when it comes to prospective buyers. Because let's face it, Anyone who has owned any previous generations of Tacoma knows that they were never that great in terms of quality: It is loud, amenities are minimal, wind noise is terrible, paint will crack if someone farts on it, gas mileage is just as bad as full size V8, engine is underpowered and automatic tranny is more of slush box, uneven panel gaps everywhere and rusts forming on 15 different water trap spots isn't exactly industry leading standards. But people still bought it and loved it because it was... reliable!

Now with both Toyota trucks getting this many complains and recalls due to reliability issues this early, to me Toyota trucks have lost their charms and seem to be just as flimsy as other trucks on the market, but more expensive. Now I really cannot recommend anyone to buy new trucks from Toyota, though I am a Toyota fanboy who owns Camry, Tacoma and the new GR corolla, which has been a fantastic vehicles for many years(crossing my fingers on GRC to not suck on reliability, which I have not had any issues...yet.). They have tainted their brand name in truck segment and this will be hard for them to fix, but they need to do it sooner than later. Complex engines just have no place in pick-up trucks.

[HOON]

The Tacoma is no longer competitive in off-road ability (Raptor/ZR-2), power(Ranger 2.7), or value (Frontier $12k less!).
If this gen eventuallly delivers on traditional Toyota durability all will be forgiven.

[shawnacevedo]

The only new gen Tacoma or Tundra that somewhat holds its value are the TRD Pros and Trailhunter due to their limited production. All other trims price drop like a rock in used market

[theirthereandtheyre]

I saw a neighbor’s brand new double cab long bed. Looked awesome. 50k, 2wd.😮

[normaninsandiego]

Another excellent review, Tyler. I would just get the SR extended cab, and the price is not bad.

[nicholiburkholder]

I live in Indiana and have a 2024 SR 4x4 6MT you are welcome to borrow it to review. Not sure how to message on here, but reply back if you are interested. Based on where your videos look to be filmed, I live very close.

[donalpoolarana-skiv]

My 4gen Tacoma transmission got stuck in second gear ⚙️, and it's not in the TSB vin list.

[Mrplaywell]

It's made in Mexico with cheap labor.. and they expect us in the USA to pay $10k more over the last gen, for lower quality tacos with crappy paint and unnecessary gimmicks

[mikejones]

dealerships are full of tundras they are rotting on the lot

[tanmilne]

Good review! I’m going to order a manual once the 2025s come out.

[jeanclaude]

Junk transmissions already becoming a plague, TFL broke their diff, shock towers breaking, no real bump stops, television slapped on the dash, cartoon body, experimental turbo 4. What a dream for the fanboys to slobber over.

[nicduynstee]

How is the headroom? Tacomas have never had enough headroom for 6’2+ people

[Senbonzakura]

Cool review. It's to bad the prices are crazy and we can't get a truck built the way we want it and are stuck with what the dealers have. Also the interior is cheap.

[alengreen]

it´s not bad and it´s not very good, something between.

[naveenthemachine]

Wrong. Toyota never does anything right 😂

They get everything wrong from day 0 when they unveil their products.

Otherwise the new Toyotas would be setting new benchmarks. But they’re not.