2014 Toyota Tacoma Double Cab review notes - AutoWeek
Toyota’s Tacoma is a pickup truck throwback. SENIOR MOTORSPORTS EDITOR MAC MORRISON: I enjoyed this 2014 Toyota Tacoma in a Throwback Thursday type of way, smiling as I considered just how far and how quickly many products within the automotive industry have come. Despite the long list of options, driving this aging Tacoma provides a blunt reminder of a recent time when pickup trucks were little more than workhorses. It rides down the road like a, surprise, pickup truck: Its ladder frame and rear leaf springs/solid axle suspension are plenty enjoyable on smooth tarmac, but hit a bumpy or uneven stretch and you experience a fair amount of vibration and... The truck handles benignly, though the lifeless steering and instances of axle hop at times force you to make constant little corrections to prevent it from wandering where you don’t desire to go. Thankfully, this Tacoma came with the V6 engine,... 0-liter is not going to claim any awards for quietness, either, especially in this application where you already experience a fair amount of road noise. Even the leather wrapped steering wheel requires a close second look to make sure that it is indeed leather. Source: autoweek.com
