Toyota Tacoma Double Cab 4X4 V-6 Long Bed - Car and Driver
We had several such epiphanies over the 15 months and 40,000 miles we spent with this mid-size Toyota Tacoma. The first came about five months and 15,000 miles into the test, when then road warrior Jared Gall and the Tacoma were dispatched to New York to retrieve a 3744-pound Mercedes 300SD that we had purchased and entered in our diesel-beater... So equipped, the Tacoma's pulling capacity increases to 6500 pounds, well over the combined weight of the beater and its trailer. See, at that point, we hadn't really embraced the reality that the Tacoma is no longer a compact pickup truck but a mid-sizer and were still equating it with the wimpy pickups that Toyota had produced for decades. Although the Tacoma is not as wide or tall as a full-size pickup (and thus is categorized as mid-size), our stretched version's 221. 3-inch length was in full-size territoy. Thanks to that $2965 SR5 package that also included cruise control, a leather steering wheel, and a limited-slip rear differential, our four-wheel-drive Tacoma rang in at $29,389 and was not hurting for features. Source: www.caranddriver.com
