Tundra Double Cab: Not Big Enough?

Construction Equipment, September, 2006

By Tom Berg, Truck Editor

Drive one and you'd probably say it's fine, but a larger one's on the way

Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., has achieved lofty status among American automobile buyers, and its compact and now mid-size Tacoma pickups have proved wildly popular in some areas of the country. Customers testify to their vehicles' great build quality and long life, resale values are high, and the company leads the way in hybrid power-train technology. To the mainstream press, Toyota can do no wrong.

Then why hasn't it scored high with its full-size pickup trucks? Because size matters, and Toyota trucks haven't had enough of it. The T100, its first try, was mid-sized and lacked a V-8 engine. The Tundra is bigger, but still falls a little...

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