First drive: 2016 Toyota Tacoma [Review] - LeftLane News
Last year General Motors reintroduced its Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon twins after a couple of years off. Honda is feverishly working on a replacement for its Ridgeline , with that truck expected to be ready for 2016. Not to be left out of the foray, Toyota is rolling out a new version of its best-selling Tacoma for 2016. Something old, a lot more new. Peel back the sheet metal and you'll find the same basic frame that underpinned the last-generation Tacoma. But just because Toyota recycled the Tacoma's frame, don't think they haven't been hard at work. The Tacoma's 2. 7L four-cylinder, rated at 159 horsepower and 180 lb-ft of torque, is a leftover from last year, as is its standard five-speed manual transmission. 5L V6 joins the mix for 2016, replacing the Tacoma's old 4. 0L V6. Horsepower grows by 42 to 278, but torque is down by 1 lb-ft to 265. However, Toyota says the Tacoma's new six-speed automatic and manual transmissions deliver engine power more... A 4x2 four-cylinder model with the six-speed auto is rated at 19/23/21 mpg. Source: www.leftlanenews.com
