2016 Tacoma to have an Atkinson-cycle engine (1 Viewer)

[msahr]

Saw it in Four-Wheeler magazine. Article from pickuptrucks.com sounds interesting. Considering a Atkinson-Cycle engine has been in a Pruis for a while they should know how to build one. But... A Pruis is a much different duty-cycle than a truck especially off-road, hauling, towing... Oh and it's only a 3.4 liter down from a 4.0

http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2015/01/how-it-works-2016-toyota-tacomas-atkinson-cycle.html

 

[OffGridOverland]

April fools has finally passed, your the biggest fool at last.

 

[msahr]

Huh? Apparently April Fools Day is January 25th? Who knew.

 

[OffGridOverland]

If you want to catch odd stuff. Grand and 303 should be the best stake out place.

 

[Living in the Past]

If you want to catch odd stuff. Grand and 303 should be the best stake out place.

What's at Grand and the 303? I knew Toyota had proving ground in the northwest valley. I thought it had closed. I did some when out there on the office building when it was first coming on line, 93 I believe but thought it was closed down. After going past the guard station it was probably a mile to the track and buildings. I do remember I didn't see any Land Cruisers.

 

[OffGridOverland]

Toyota is open, Ford / JLR / Volvo is open.
Dodge moved to Yucca,
Nissan/MZB and VW/Audi are in Maricopa.
GM is in Yuma.

I work out of all of them. Including out of state facilities like right now.

 

[fengler]

Can confirm, i used to work at all of them sans vw.

 

[blatant]

looks like a baby Tundra, i'll stick with older or just old. Do like the color tho. The mo better we get, the more I appreciate old stuff. NO idea when 01 or 02 became considered old and mid 90's and later "ancient" but big respect for that stuff. Someone told me (no idea where or how they came up with it) that you want nothing build after 07.

 

[murf]

I like that the desert dune beige appears to be back

 

[Taco Charlee]

Saw it in Four-Wheeler magazine. Article from pickuptrucks.com sounds interesting. Considering a Atkinson-Cycle engine has been in a Pruis for a while they should know how to build one. But... A Pruis is a much different duty-cycle than a truck especially off-road, hauling, towing... Oh and it's only a 3.4 liter down from a 4.0

http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2015/01/how-it-works-2016-toyota-tacomas-atkinson-cycle.html

Thanks for sharing this! Was just talking to @Cruddz about the new Tacoma (haven't looked at it much) but he was telling me how they are going to have a smaller engine. Guess I am glad I got mine when I did! Although I do like the look of the new front/rear.