First Drive: 2016 Toyota Tacoma - Driving
SEATTLE, WA — Inside a museum in Hamsphire, U. K. , sits a Toyota pickup that has been so badly beaten, burned and abused, it’s a wonder there’s anything left to look at. The 1988 diesel Hilux was savagely tortured during two Top Gear episodes... Yet even after the last bit of blood was spilled when the truck went down with a demolished building, after already enduring burns, flooding and horrible impacts, there came a murmuring of the heart: This was one Toyota that was not going gently... It proved you couldn’t kill a Toyota truck — even if you tried. Imbued with that warrior spirit, Toyota’s Tacoma midsize pickup has long reigned supreme. Despite minimal updates over the past 10 years, the Tacoma has nevertheless remained a North American sweetheart, the best-selling midsize truck for the past decade in the U. S. some 10,000 units sold in Canada last year. Adored by those whose first love is the outdoors, the 2016 Tacoma might look chunkier than before, but it retains the trademark look that has made it endearing all these years. Source: driving.ca
