Changes coming for 2026 model year?

Possible 2026 refresh. Toyota must be feeling ambitious, 3-4 years ahead of schedule!

https://youtu.be/5ScRm7EmPpg?si=gHR_tL-Xtan9gpmQ

@testerdahl can explain more perhaps.

 

I think they have historically done mid cycle refresh, so not really unheard of

 

They usually seem to take 6-7 years to do a refresh though.

 

not mid cycle refresh which is just smaller tweaks and changes , nothing major

then every 7 is a bigger change

2000, 2007, 2014, 2021 ( Covid delay till 2022)

between those were smaller mid cycle refreshes

 

Nope. 2014 was the mid cycle on the Gen 2.

2007-2013 I don’t think they changed shit.

 

Ya there were definitely bigger changes in the 14-21 cycle, removal of trans cooler for one

 

The tow hook thing, I don’t know. Why would they redesign the front bumper fully, when they could just add tow hooks similar to nytops style

 

no it wasn't, there were things in between, small but still mid cycle refreshes

example. like in 2010 (first mid cycle refresh), they removed the sliding console lid, and tweaked some other things.

2014 was the next model in Toyotas mind, obviously we debate that, but it was not a mid cycle refresh in 2014.

 

toyota typical gen cycle (the dates listed are model years (MY) not production years (which usually start in august of the previous year)

1. 3-4 year is considered mid cycle refresh
2. normally gens last 7 MY (model years)

that all went out the window in the mid 2010's on the bof vehicles.

tundra went like 14 yrs between gens:

1G xk30/xk40
2000-2006

2G xk50
2007-2021
2014 was consider the mid cycle refresh

3G xk70 (dont know why they skipped xk60)
2022-present


4runner went 15 yrs between gens

predecessor (toyota trekker)
n30
1981-1983

1G n60
1984-1989

2G n120/n130
1990-1995

3G n180
1996-2002

4G n210
2003-2009

5G n280
2010-2024
mid cycle was 2014 (since they were expecting to switch to a new gen in 2018 but was put on hold)

6G n410
2025-???


tacoma

1G n140/n150/n160/n170/n190
1995-2004

2G n220/n240/n250/n260/n270
2005-2015

3G n300
2016-2023

4G n400
2024-???

 

We’re listening…

 

It’s coming after the engine tear down video

 

I’m in!

 

Here what I still can't understand. Tim, the YT guy, mentions up coming things that should have been implemented from the get-go. Toyota had a clean sheet of paper with a previous gen that they could pick and choose what worked and what didn't. Tow-hooks, bumper step, trimming, etc. He mentioned Kaizen, Japanese word for improvement, well they need to teach the engineers here what that means. And I was waiting to see when Toyota would give us GPF, let's keep complicating things because they are working out so great for the diesel community.

 

Yeah it's 100% EPA. I was just wondering when Toyota would bring it. First I hear that the LS500 has it. Is that for all worldwide LS? Ford recently installed it on one of their gas engines. Time will tell how good or bad it is. Our fleet diesel Ford trucks always have issues with them and they aren't cheap.

 

from what i know the EU already implemented this requirement for gas/petrol engines.

 

2025 interior refresh?

https://youtu.be/SlS14Bzb0Q8?si=9-mwN5d60KHu91Uy

Article here

 

Addressing fit and finish, plus fulfilling TSBs, would satisfy most consumers.

 

Shh. Watching Netflix while driving.

 

Fingers crossed for a working fuel gauge.

 

Those interior colors remind me of a 73 Ford Pinto!! That green, blue, and red. They forgot gold!!! lol. Stomach turning ….

 

Same as Cadillac Escalade and Lincoln Navigator. Can’t imagine at night.

 

Yup. Concept car hype

 

Screen Protector Companies:


I like the leather much better than the current orangy ones.

 

Screen protector lol. More like a sheet of PPF

 

That interior is pretty wild looking

 

I'd bet if someone had access or was able to dig deep enough, there is probably some official Toyota literature referring to MY 2014-2021 as "xk60" (or at least MY 2014)

 

There’s not.

Sequoia is XK60

 

welp. There you go.

Makes sense, since (I believe) it was updated to the Tundra Gen 2 platform/ frame similarities in 2008? 2009?

 

Yeah
1st gen Tundra XK30, 1st gen Sequoia XK40
2nd gen Tundra XK50, 2nd gen Sequoia XK60
3rd gen Tundra XK70, 3rd gen Sequoia XK80