2014 Toyota Tundra CrewMax has size to play with big boys - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Toyota needn't worry about folks pooh-poohing their full-size (and then some) Tundra pickup as not manly enough, or strong enough to take on the Big 3's big boys. Heck, the tested metallic black Tundra CrewMax Limited 4X4 is nothing if not big. The new 2014 Tundra appears to be trying to out-RAM the Chrysler Corp,'s massive RAM pickup, and it easily outsizes the popular Chevrolet Silverado I tested a month or so ago. The CrewMax Limited's engine is Toyota's 5. 7-liter I-Force Flex Fuel direct-injected V8 that creates 381 horsepower. That's 26 more ponies than the Silverado's plenty strong 5. 3-liter V8. Torque rating here is 401 and Tundra uses a 6-speed automatic to put that power in action. But the 5-passenger Tundra CrewMax is a behemoth, a heavyweight in every sense. Not sure what end-of-the-world scenario Toyota is building this to endure, but that's a lot of girth that helps explain my gas consumption for the week. The EPA rates this at 13 mpg city and 17 mpg highway. I got just 12. 9 mpg while the tested Silverado got 17. 9 mpg and was rated a much greener 16 mpg city and 23 mpg highway. Can you say frozen Tundra. The Toyota also rides on a 2. 2-inch longer 145. 7-inch wheelbase than the Chevy and has 10. 4 inches of ground clearance, nearly two more than Silverado. Tundra is rated to tow 9,600 lbs. Source: www.jsonline.com
