Recent content by spectre6000

New York International Auto Show starts tomorrow. I dug around, and the current gen was revealed at the Detroit show in January, and for sale the following September. I wonder if we see anything this weekend? If not, I wonder if the model that's been under testing isn't actually a 2024 model...

https://toyota-club.net/files/faq/21-09-20_faq_t24-engine_en.htm Some specs on the expected engine. The plastic balancer driving gears are not cool, but the offset bore/crank are pretty neat. A cam driven high pressure fuel pump seems anachronistic, and potentially a high wear point. An oil...

Re: RIP, manual. Not a surprise. Makes the electronic parking brake less of an issue. Is it automatic? I'm one of those weirdos that uses my parking brake, even on an auto (living in the mountains causes one to do such things). I didn't realize they were still using gear oil. I think that would...

The platform sharing is across a wide range of body on frame models (all of them, I think, at least for the US market), including the Hilux and Land Cruiser internationally. TGNA-F is the designation. I'm curious what comprises this platform. It's clearly not going to be the same frame and...

I've been casually monitoring the upcoming Tacoma information as it comes out. Based on photos of testing in the wild, it looks like it'll be coil sprung and with disc brakes in the rear (no more BS and insulting excuses for cheaping out with stone age tech!). Given Toyota's demonstrated...