Sister site AutoGuide.com and multiple outlets are reporting on leaked information from what appears to be a recent dealer meeting showing the starting pricing for the all-new 2016 Toyota Tacoma truck, a truck we will get the first chance to drive next month.
The leaked documents don’t provide any performance information on the new mid-size truck, but they do detail pricing for the 2016 Toyota Tacoma, which will start at $22,000 excluding destination. The documents do clearly note that the prices listed are “estimated and subject to change,” so even if these figures are accurate it may not reflect the final price consumers will see.
Other interesting news gleamed from the documents show that there will be no single-cab configuration on the new Tacoma, and it appears Toyota will be dropping the two-wheel-drive manual option for 2016 and beyond. Toyota also notes in the documents that its manufacturing line is getting streamlined so it can be “more efficient with less suspension configurations. Able to build more Tacomas.”
There will still be a manual option for four-wheel-drive trucks, and Toyota has already released details on the engine options for the new Tacoma that include a 2.7-liter four-cylinder engine and a new, and segment first, 3.5-liter Atkinson cycle V6. The documents list two TRD models listed that follow a similar pattern for Toyota’s Tacoma, with the the option for a the TRD Off-Road, which starts at $31,250, or the TRD Sport package, which is priced from $30,685. The top-of-the-line Limited will have a $35,650 MSRP starting price.
To meet CAFE requirements, the documents note that Toyota will have to sell its tonneau cover, a $650 option, on over 30 percent of the new Tacomas. We expect official pricing information to be announced later next month when we get the chance to drive the new Tacoma for the first time.
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