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Toyota wanted to impress the media with the off-road abilities of the 2016 Tacoma pickup, so it built a mountainside test track just outside Snoqualmie. Mt. Rainier looms in the background.
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This year, Tacoma inherits off-road technologies currently used in other, more expensive rigs. Multi-Terrain Select and Crawl Control systems, available on unique off-road grades, use the power of onboard computers to expand the vehicle’s physical capabilities.
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So, we spend the morning crawling over logs and boulders and plunging down, and back up, impossibly steep slopes. Buried to its wheel hubs in a sand pit, a Tacoma patiently dug its own way out, its ABS and traction control systems chattering madly.
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Tacoma’s frame and body structure are made lighter and stronger by the increased use of high-strength steels. Ride quality improves, thanks to suspension tweaks that also improve off-road performance.
David Photography
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Ride and handling are Tacoma’s redesigned cabin is more elegantly finished, with better materials and soft-touch surfaces replacing hard plastics.
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Metal-look trim surrounds a wide oblong panel housing the infotainment system’s color touchscreen. Climate controls line up logically below. Sound insulation measures include improved door and window sealing, an acoustic-glass windshield, sound-absorbing headliner and a floor silencer pad.
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Available niceties include Qi wireless charging, smart key with push-button start, leather-trimmed seats and dual-zone automatic climate control.
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