Official 2024 Tacoma i-FORCE MAX Hybrid MPG Numbers!

Riley_monthule · 2025-01-11T21:18:16+00:00

Was washing the truck today and noticed there's already some pretty good frame rust starting. I know it's just surface rust but keep in mind this truck is less than a year old and has 11k miles on it. I love th new boxed frame as it's wayyyy stiffer than the 3rd gen and it's cool they put rust proofing inside the frame from the factory but as you can see they don't do it on the outside haha. This is very odd to me because I don't think it's been long enough for the paint to already been worn away or eaten through and I haven't scraped this area up at all so either it somehow got scraped up or it just didn't come with paint on it. I didn't notice this until after I installed the SXTH element exhaust as the stock muffler was blocking sight to this area. Some things to note. I live in the absolute worse conditions for rust. small mountain town with a bunch of tourists so the town dumps salt on the road. After cleaning my truck I'll literally have piles of salt on my rock sliders once I get home from the car wash it's crazy. Also even when it's not storming the snow is melting meaning on every single drive the underside of the truck gets soaked. It doesn't get much worse so I was expecting rust and to treat it as I go but just didn't expect it to look this bad this fast. Is this surprising to you guys or are the people who live in the rust belt used to a new truck rusting like this after only a couple months? Luckily I just bought a winter beater to commute in so the truck will only be used when i need it and washed all the time lol.

TRD JON

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Apr 23, 2024

Toyota USA has officially released MPG numbers for all of their hybrid Tacomas. I am honestly really surprised to see the TRD Pro and Trailhunter being rated at 24MPG on the highway. Those trucks along with the TRD Off-Road (hybrid) come standard with 33" (rounded up) diameter tires. It also looks like only 4x4 models will be available with the i-FORCE MAX powertrain. The biggest gains are seen in the city with 3MPG improvement over standard i-FORCE Models and 1MPG increase on the highway, bringing the combined MPG up by 3MPG across the board.

Info per Toyota USA site. TRDJON YouTube breakdown.