Off-Roading EVERY Toyota Tacoma!

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0:00 Intro
1:39 1st-gen Taco
7:55 1st-gen Off-Road
11:40 2nd-gen Taco
17:14 2nd-gen Off-Road
21:01 3rd-gen Taco
28:04 3rd-gen Off-Road
32:16 4th-gen Taco
39:32 4th-gen Off-Road
43:02 Verdict

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[jacobhoell]

2nd gen with a 4.0 is peak Tacoma. I had one and loved it. Pulling a trailer was a breeze. So much power down low too.

[cartopia]

2nd gen is my favorite. Simple design that still looks good.👍🏽

[dqxqeol]

I still own my 1st gen, 21 years later and almost 500K miles with minimal maintanence and repairs and original motor and tranny and not pampered. I have to say this is the best gen of Tacoma.

[stevekam]

2001 TRD extra cab 3.4 engine was the best truck I've ever owned. I didn't offroad that much but I did a lot of carpentry side work with it. Great in the snow

[YerBoyTroy]

From a tuning perspective. I preferred gen 3 out of all. I get the 4 litre has the reputation and all, but after getting the shift logic sorted, the 3.5 is way smoother and peppier, has been my favorite truck to drive. We've had a JDM Hilux surf (diesel), Land Cruiser Prado (diesel), 97 T100 with the 3.4, 04 Tundra with 4.7, now a 2024 Tundra. So I've driven all types of Toyota's

The 2GR may not be loved in the Tacoma community but it's been a highly praised platform on the Lexus side and has been just as reliable as the 1GR considering how many more vehicles it's been in. Shame that Toyota never did a better job with the Trans tuning on the 3rd gen because it had way more potential IMO.

[dannylewandowski]

3rd gen manual 22’ owner here. Probably one of the most fun and exciting little trucks I’ve ever driven. 3.5 wakes up really quick.

[canyonero]

Andre, you live in Colorado. Near Boulder at that. Having all 4 generations of Tacomas in one place at one time happens literally multiple times a day. 😊

[imagreatguy]

ive had a 2012 tacoma for 6 years now. got it when i turned 16 and plan on keeping it till i die

[alvaroromeromelgar]

2nd Generation was a revolution for 2005!

[tylersrubar]

My dad had 93' Toyota Pickup. Pre Tacoma. It was beautiful and I really wish I was old enough to get it at the time! I like how similar the 1st gen Tacoma's look to it.

[A-Brax]

2nd is everything we ever needed with a great price. 3rd gen is cool and fix some things but not needed. 4th gen is just excessive

[JT-Fuel]

The 2001 Tacoma w/the V6 was by far the best Tacoma I've ever owned. Currently I have a 2012 Tacoma which gets the job done but apples to apples the 1st Gen is my favorite.

[Danzilly]

All owners thanks for the use of your trucks for this video!

[boomstickpd]

The ECT button is good for going up steep hills which prevents the transmission for up shifting when you want to stay in lower gears. For normal driving it just holds the gears longer. Doesn’t necessarily give you more power.

[PrepperDawg]

I still have a 2004 double cab Off-Road. 256, 000 miles and still going strong

[lukemarks]

I love the Tacoma. But after owning my 1995 toyota t100 for 10 years i can honestly say i think its better. A little bigger. More roomy. Can still fit down pretty tight offroad trails. Abit beefier suspension and payload capicty. Its not a V8. Little more slow then the tacoma due to the added weight. But overall still feels compact. I like the look of the t100 better to. After owning one for so long i got into a first gen Tacoma and realized the t100 is superior. At least for me and my needs.

[stewartj]

I love my 3rd gen. Never gotten stuck, 33s, plenty of power. I pull a pop-up camper up steep dirt slopes and it just rolls up the hills effortlessly.

[jaymoar]

2nd gen is the best. Modern safety features and the reliability of the 4.0. A real truck engine that has more torque than HP unlike the engine in the 3rd gen mini van Tacoma engine.

[steelshooter]

I’ve had every generation of Tacoma, and I’ve felt that it’s lost some of its character with each iteration. I just got my first 4 runner last year

[kylesummers]

I have a 2002 Taco TRD manual V6 (my first Toyota V6) that is bone stock (that I bought new), other than a couple sets of KO2s since then, and I live about 20 miles from CO (as the crow flies). I live in the four corners (San Juan County NM), and it has never been stuck that I couldn't unstuck myself without a winch. I've yanked many a friend in bigger vehicles out of bad situations thanks to that locking rear diff. I swap between it and my 2023 Tremor Coyote as far as daily driving goes. The Taco has almost 200k miles on it and has never stranded me or burned oil. That is my 5th small Toyota truck, and all the others were 4-bangers (which were bullet-proof but underpowered). It was used as a work truck quite a bit and will probably retire as an overlander when I find the time. I bought a new 2013 Tundra Rock Warrior to replace it and wound up selling that to my company last year for a work truck. The Tundra was a great truck, but the lack of a locking rear was its Achilles. In spite of being the oldest truck in our local fleet, it is the best overall...just needs a locker (and better mpg).