Toyota is really dragging their feet on the 2025 Tacoma Info....

[MustardTiger]

New to the forum, and soon-to-be new to the Tacoma! Just finalized my order for a 2025 TRD Sport Premium 6ft bed, WCP!! Been a loooong time Tundra owner (2008)...it's been hands down the best vehicle I've had the pleasure of owning, ever! Legend-status reliability, well made and sturdy...never any issues with it at all. But with the (ongoing) engine failure fiasco in the 2022+ Tundra's...I just cannot comfortably accept the new generation. New Taco arrives early January. Hope it's good!

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[TacoFreak]

@MustardTiger Congrats - I predict that you will love your truck which IMO is a very nice spec. My 2nd gen Tacoma was a Sport and I loved that truck.

I recently came out of a 2011 Tundra and it was rock solid, well made and built to work. My 5.7L had a drinking problem but I never cared because it was such a glorious engine. I saw a list of Toyota's best V8 engines and it was third on the list with a special mention for its legendary reliability.

I didn't realized that the engine failure thing in the new Tundras was ongoing. I thought (hoped) that it would be wrapped up by the massive engine replacement campaign that Toyota is doing.

 

[timetoeatpotatoes]

exciting! could they talk at all yet about whats actually different, if anything, on the 25s?

 

[MustardTiger]

@TacoFreak Thanks! I'm looking forward to it. Wish there was more and better paint selections...and honestly packaging options too. Optimal build (for me) would be hybrid drivetrain + 6ft bed + TRD Sport premium + better metallic paint options + individual tack-on options like the HUD, etc. As for the 3.4TT engine...I've been following along on other forums, and there are posts of 2024's being loaded up on flat beds with a seized engine. Dealers are in denial that the Max hybrid versions aren't suffering the engine failure, but they are. And the MAX isn't currently part of the recall. Personally I think the machining debris story is a cover...for what is in reality a design flaw with the engine.

@timetoeatpotatoes from what I know for 2025, expect a $1000-1500 price increase across the board (2025 Tundra was $3500 across the model range); solar octane is gone and being replaced by Terra; dampened tailgate standard on SR5; "Drive Connect" moves from 1 year trial to 3 year on higher trims. Otherwise nothing major. Keep in mind that I'm in Canada...and our packaging options for the Tacoma are much more limited

 

[MustardTiger]

Should look exactly like this 2024...except this particular dealer has installed AT tires. That windchill pearl is a stunner though!

 

[TacoFreak]

@MustardTiger That is interesting about the 3.3 TT engine. I never considered a Tundra this time around and I haven't been following what is going on with that. I did know that the hybrids were not included, which seemed strange, since it is the same engine. It would a big scandal to learn that the basic engine design is flawed, and Toyota is just doing a cover up. I was skeptical at first, but I am starting to wonder if my favorite automotive brand is indeed slipping.

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