The smaller, midsize truck segment as it is now called is red hot again with a trio of new entries about to shake things up. But no matter what the competition throws at it the Tacoma is the mainstay best-seller.

In full disclosure, I own a Tacoma; a 2001 Prerunner that’s been in my family ever since I reviewed it for the show 18 years ago and then bought it out of the press fleet. So I have particularly high standards for this truck.  It has been the segment’s sales leader for 12 years running so I can’t really blame Toyota for their if-it-ain’t-broke-don’t-fix-it approach.  But…

2017 Toyota Tacoma TRD Sport Review by Auto Critic Steve Hammes Toyota Racing Development, or TRD for short, is Toyota’s in-house speed shop if you will, providing performance parts and variants of the brand’s trucks, like this Tacoma TRD Sport….

2017 TOYOTA TACOMA TRD PRO FIRST LOOK BY AUTO CRITIC STEVE HAMMES When you climb the ladder of Toyota’s off-road truck lineup the top rung rests at TRD Pro. Short for Toyota Racing Development, TRD Pro vehicles are aimed squarely…

2016 Toyota Tacoma TRD Off-Road VIDEO REVIEW by Auto Critic Steve Hammes So, I get asked the question a lot “Do you own your own vehicle and if so, what is it?” Well, I do and it’s a 15-year old…

2016 Toyota Tacoma FIRST LOOK Whenever you have the best-selling vehicle in a segment, designing the next generation model is a precarious proposition.  So with this all-new 2016 Tacoma – the pickup’s first redesign in 10 years – Toyota is…