2015 Toyota Tundra 1794 Edition 4x4 - At Home In Its Biome - Review - ChicagoNow (blog)
- Mimicking the Lexus paradigm of SMOOTH, Toyota Tundra's 5. 7L twin-cam V8 is slightly down in power and gears to the 5. 7 OHV Hemi V8 in the "Ram 1500". A manumatic six-speed torque-converter transmission, with heavy-duty cooling, locks... Fore and aft differentials are open, but A-TRAC employs ABS as a pseudo "limited slip differential. Adding 4-wheel drive to the 1794 Edition CrewMax limits tugging to 9,000 lbs. Toyota wants you to know that trailer power connections have been moved up and center above the steel rear bumper. - Bilstein monotube dampers pacify the 20" mirror-finished wheels on the old-school live rear axle, sprung by heavy-duty leaf springs. - Head honcho among the 2015 Toyota Tundra line is the 1794 Edition. Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas (TMMTX), built on part of that parcel, has been building its Tundra half-ton pickup truck there since 1996. - A refreshed profile swaps Tundra 2. 0's angles for drawn. Source: www.chicagonow.com
