Photo: Toyota (Getty Images) A blemish on Toyota’s reputation for reliability appeared last month as reports poured in from 2024 Tacoma owners about the truck’s transmission failing. In response, Toyota issued a technical service bulletin last week stating the eight-speed automatic transmission should be replaced if it exhibits one of six diagnostic trouble codes. While … Read more
Toyota has been on a roll lately. With models like the redesigned 4Runner, Tacoma and Land Cruiser, if you’re an off-road enthusiast and a Toyota fan you should be in heaven right now. If you don’t wanna pay markup or wait on more hardcore versions of the new models to launch, you can indulge your … Read more
Screenshot: Kia If you haven’t heard already, Kia is making a pickup truck. It’s called the Tasman, and while it’s understandable that you might assume it will be a Hyundai Santa Cruz with a different badge and styling, that couldn’t be further from the truth. It’s a legitimate, body-on-frame pickup truck aimed at midsize rivals … Read more
Image: Toyota Back in the early 2000s, the Tacoma was still a small—ish pickup you could buy new for cheap. Base models with no options started just under $12,000. If you wanted a cheap, fun to drive pickup, Toyota had you covered. Four years before the sports car fighting Tacoma X-Runner hit the scene, the … Read more
Image: Logan K. Carter Queer folks love cars. I’m a part of a friend group with a lot of self-proclaimed car gays, and when you work in the automotive world you quickly learn that it’s a very queer space. That was a pleasant surprise for me when I first joined Mercedes-Benz Research and Development as … Read more
Back in 2014 I was stuck with a Jeep Compass rental as a complimentary “upgrade” from the original subcompact I booked at National. To this day I have never driven a more miserable machine. The 2 liter four-banger and CVT made for an absolutely awful drivetrain that buzzed and protested anytime I came near the … Read more
Don’t buy a fire truck, get a Flyer truck instead. Screenshot: Alaska Premier Auctions and Appraisals via YouTube Pickup trucks are everywhere these days. Whether it’s million-mile Tacomas, hybrid runarounds like the Maverick or monstrosities such as the Cybertruck, you can’t walk more than a few paces in the U.S. without spotting at least one … Read more
Photo: Toyota The new sixth-generation Toyota 4Runner was recently unveiled, marking the end of the fifth-gen’s 14-year production run. The new model comes with optional hybrid power, but since all new cars are too damn expensive, what can you do to your fifth-gen 4Runner to keep up with the rich kids in their new trucks? … Read more
Here at Jalopnik, we know there’s nothing wrong with keeping a beloved old beater running for mile after mile, and we regularly celebrate high mileage heroes. Now, it turns out the rest of America is catching onto this way of thinking as the savings of holding onto an old car for longer begin mounting up. … Read more
Image: Toyota Toyota seems to be finally getting around to redesigning some of the oldest vehicles in its lineup. From the new Tacoma to the Land Cruiser and 4Runner, Toyota is on an off-road bonza. The buzz surrounding these new vehicles may have led some to forget about the Tundra. We haven’t driven one since … Read more
