The new four-door Tundra WILL eventually be available with an 8' bed. This places the truck at 24' 8" long, the longest Toyota truck ever. The width will be 79.9" wide. Initially the truck will not be available with the 8' bed, but expect it at some point after the release of the quad cab.

The gasoline engine, a 5.7L V8, will be rated at 410Hp and the towing capacity will be 11,000 lbs.

 

410 hp!!! Holy Crap! That spanks the pants off even the mighty Titan's 305 or something like that. Now if only we could get toyota to put this engine in a 2 door IS 570! HEHE...

 

gass guzzler?!?!?!?

 

A Diesel Engine Option with a Manual Tranny would be nice, and they should offer a Diesel in the Tacoma too!

 

Sounds sexy.

 

put that engine in to a RWD 2dr and get it out before the Camaro...which shouldnt be hard since they said early 2009.

 

I talk with a rep. from caterpillar, and he told me when the restrictions on diesel become lifted in mid-2007 that toyota will run a caterpillar engine in the tundra. That is what the rest of the world is running now from what he told me.

 

People that need to tow that much don't have many options. Diesel gets better milage, but, at about 30-40 cents/gallon more than regular, is it really worth it?

Not to mention the prohibitive measures CA and the 4 states that followed their lead put into place for 2007. However, someone here seems to think that they are going to be lifted mid-year? That doesn't seem to make much sense, if it's possible, I'd like to hear some more details.

 

My bad, my fingers were typing faster than my brain was reacting. I did not mean to say lifetd, The EPA's 2007 highway act will be implimented for a 3 year phase-in of dielsel and commercial truck to be able to run a cleaner diesel with less sulfur. From what I have read and have been told that is what most of the rest of the world's diesel engines run. So that is what toyota is setting up for. Again, sorry for the slip.

 

Hope y'all aren't planning on turning any corners with this dream car of yours.Sounds like a nose-heavy snow plow.

 

Great all we need is rednecks with bigger trucks. Everybody has either a full size pickup or SUV around here. They dont fit in the parking spots, but do they care! No they just keep making them bigger. If they required a special license for big trucks I would love them.

 

Well, they confirmed that it would have MORE than 350 when it launched. They are keeping their eyes on the new Silverado. That will be huge, figuratively at least.

And last week we had the CAT Power NASCAR Camry in our showroom. If anyone needed a more blatant hint as to whom will be building our deisels, there ya go.

 

What happened to there hybrid truck? FTX???!?!?

 

I don't imagine that it's gone anywhere. But I also imagine that it won't be comming out until a year or two after the initial release of this thing.

FYI, Toyota planners, managers, and engineers spent a lot of time in Texas going to state fairs, tailgates, and worksites to see how people are using their trucks (in addition to a few other truck centric locals). They aren't playing around anymore, and this one will hurt the big 3 bad. If it weren't for "Buy American" clauses in a lot of corporate charters, it would hurt them 10 times worse.

 

The hybrid will debut with the Super Duty (1 ton) when it comes out the next year. Keep in mind, the truck that we are talkign about here is technically our HALF TON truck, which is just silly.

Can't wait for the power, the gas lowering rear tailgate, and the looks on Ford owner's faces.

Ha!

 

Why would you say that? The old Camaro had a 5.7 liter V8 and the new GTO is a 6.0 V8. Of course it wouldn't be an auto cross car, but it would haul butt.

 

yea really..its not like it would be the 1st RWD v8....someone should tell the corvette guys a V8 up front is a bad idea

 

410hp sounds hard to believe, where did this info come from?

 

Because taking an engine from a truck where weight isn't an issue and putting it into a car seems like a bad idea.

 

GM has been doing it for years hahaha... they love to put the heavy v8's upfront