More power and off-road capability add some kick to Toyota's redesigned mid-size pickup.
Modern mid-size trucks may have grown to what not long ago would be considered full-size proportions, but they also can now package a lot more content—and handle a lot more power. Case in point is the redesigned 2024 Toyota Tacoma, which follows in its larger Tundra sibling's footsteps in offering a hybrid powertrain as its top engine offering—a first for a mid-size pickup.
The modest grip of the TRD Pro's tires limited our pace on the sinewy two-lanes of our Southern California drive route, but exercising this desert-running pickup on blacktop was unexpectedly fun.
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