A TRD Pro Tundra goes through its paces.
Toyota wants to kick up some dust with its newest TRD Pro Series of off-road trucks. Targeting buyers who hope to push the limits with their Tundra, Tacoma and 4Runner models, the TRD versions were specially developed by the maker’s motorsports division, Toyota Racing Development, and bear the fruits of successful off-road racing programs like the Baja 1000.
TRD has been tuning Toyota trucks for more than four decades, with the performance arm establishing a U.S. base in Costa Mesa, California in 1979.
TRD models are designed to be put to serious use off-road, though Toyota claims they have plenty of street cred, as well.
The latest Toyota TRD Pro Series.
(Toyota takes top spot on brand perception list. Click Here to see why.)
Three different vehicles will be offered for 2015, the TRD Tundra, TRD Tacoma and TRD 4Runner. Each will come stock with such features as:
- TRD Bilstein shocks with remote reservoirs;
- TRD-tuned front springs;
- TRD front skid plate;
- Special black wheels;
- And unique shift knobs, mats and badging.
Additional modifications have been developed specifically for each of the three vehicles. For example, the Tundra TRD Pro gets special springs, a unique dual exhaust system, and special wheels and tires.
(Aluminum Ford F-150 out to rewrite the rules. Click Here for more.)
The Rock Star 4Runner, meanwhile, gets an additional 1.5 inches of lift to improve its rock-crawling capabilities. It has special 17-inch wheels and tires, and gets an additional one inch of wheel travel.
The new TRD Pro Series will hit the pavement – and sand, and mud, and rocks and anything else buyers take aim at – this coming autumn.