{"id":1212563,"date":"2023-12-18T12:24:48","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T17:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1212563"},"modified":"2023-12-18T12:24:48","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T17:24:48","slug":"not-all-pickups-are-work-trucks-toyota-aims-the-2024-tacoma-off-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1212563","title":{"rendered":"Not all pickups are work trucks\u2014Toyota aims the 2024 Tacoma off-road"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_8542-800x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"A red Toyota Tacoma TRD seen on a trail\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_8542-scaled.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"1920\" data-width=\"2560\">Enlarge<\/a> <span class=\"sep\">\/<\/span> Yes, pickup trucks are used in work situations, but they&#8217;re also bought by people who want to drive them off-road.  (credit: Kristin Shaw)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"pullbox sidebar fullwidth\">Toyota provided flights from Austin to Los Angeles and accommodation so we could drive the new Toyota Tacoma. Ars does not accept paid editorial content.<\/aside>\n<p>Between a new platform and the model&#8217;s first hybrid powertrain, the redesigned 2024 Toyota Tacoma is full of interesting tidbits and both off- and on-road enhancements. The refresh has been a long time coming, as the last time Toyota updated the Tacoma was for model year 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The Tacoma line began in 1995 as a US-specific version of the global HiLux. Even <em>Back to the Future<\/em>&#8216;s Marty McFly coveted a black 1985 Toyota HiLux SR5 Xtra Cab, and it appeared in his garage, complete with a kangaroo bar, off-roading lights, and more.<\/p>\n<p>By design, the new Tacoma is larger than the last generation, sharing a platform with the full-size Tundra. Today, the 2024 Tacoma is more fuel-efficient than its smaller predecessor, notching between 20 and 26 mpg (9\u201311.8 L\/100 km) in the gas-powered versions\u2014a 1995 HiLux ranged from 14\u201322 mpg (10.7\u201316.8 L\/100 km). We&#8217;re waiting to see what the hybrid powertrain earns from the EPA; the difference in mpg may be modest, but the horsepower quotient is impressive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1991756#p3\">Read 12 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1991756&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1991756\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Not all pickups are work trucks\u2014Toyota aims the 2024 Tacoma off-road<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge \/ Yes, pickup trucks are used in work situations, but they&#8217;re also bought by people who want to drive them off-road. (credit: Kristin Shaw) Toyota provided flights from Austin to Los Angeles and accommodation so we could drive the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1212563\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1212564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,110],"tags":[73],"class_list":["post-1212563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ars-technica","category-unfiltered-rss","tag-ars-technica"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1212563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1212563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1212563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1212564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1212563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1212563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1212563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}