Unleashing The Power Of The 2024 Toyota Tundra: Australia's Ultimate First Drive! | Drive.com.au
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The Toyota Tundra US-built pick-up represents uncharted territory for the Japanese brand in Australia. Does it have what it takes to capture the Australian market? We find out if it’s any good.
00:00 Introduction
00:27 Pricing & Specifications
03:30 Design
03:57 Tray Space
04:23 Interior
05:14 2nd Row
06:05 On-road driving
13:53 Summary
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As someone who lives in the US. It feels nice to see other countries receiving our products that have been built here and potentially enjoying them (though if you dislike them for specific reasons I understand)
Awesome Toyota Tundra!!!
With the conversion to RHD, it'll just about double in price making unaffordable for most people. Nice cab room, but not being diesel powered, not suitable for me.
Saame here.
You aren't likely to see a diesel in any of the 150/1500 series pickups. They are too small to qualify for the less stringent EPA regulations that come once the GVWR/GVM goes above 8,500 lbs.
Diesel is the most %$#@!&/# Carcinogenic Fuel out there . Do Ur Homework
I usually use my Toyota hilux in farm house in worst backroads After paying $200k I don’t know I’ll be ready take it offroad or anything extreme
I hope they can bring the 4runner over soon!
Don’t you guys have the Fortuner and Land Cruiser Prado which both are much more up to date than the 4Runner. I’m curious myself what makes you interested in having a 4Runner? Is it the looks or how the interior is spaced, etc
I need a ute to carry stuff and a bigger car for touring and towing a caravan so I’m hoping to replace my 2022 Hilux and 2020 Sahara with one Tundra. Waiting to drive one and pricing. What do you mean “not too many squeaks and rattles”. I don’t care if it’s a factory vehicle or a RHD conversion, for the price these things will be I won’t accept any squeaks or rattles. The difference with Tundra and the other big American pick ups sold here is, I believe, the Toyota dealer network will be servicing and supplying parts. Can you confirm this? because if that’s correct that’s a huge incentive. That’s the reason I didn’t buy an American pick up previously, no dealer support. Thanks.
Being lease vehicles for trial doubt Toyota will let them have usual 4WD drive mods that RV crowd would typically fit. If they go on sale the big plus they have over USA competitors should be good after sales support by extensive Toyota dealership.
Door cards, you mean door trims. You’ve been watching Shme150.
This price is gonna drive 90% of buyers away. People are getting sick of the price of vehicles creeping up to ridiculous levels and the cost of these is just stupid.
They should bring the SR5 Trim with no Hybrid System in both crew and double cab. Will be more affordable.
How much?
stuff this give us the 2024 Toyota Tacoma TRD sports
Great to see the tundra here. But until they can import them RHD there not worth it. Walkinshaw charge $90k for the conversion, 100% or more the value of the truck to start with. There’s recalls already on there ford conversions. Import them RHD or don’t bother. There’s a market already here for them. Drop $90k off the price and they’ll outsell hilux at its best market sales.
I seen a few of theses in Hawaii last year , they are HUGE in size. Could be too pricy for local bogans
Tradies will buy them .
With your grammar, you’d pass as a bogan mate.
Standard full size. There are much larger pickups available.
Mate the Americans and everyone else may call them pick up trucks, this is Australia we call them Ute's, twin cab Ute's, sick of the media trying to change Aussie vernacular.
Oh shut up why don't ya go and travel a bit more outside. A ute is technically cab and wellside tray is one together like the very first 1934 ford ute from Geelong.. my 1946 chev is that a ute as well or a 1300 weight ute. It's a pick-up. The only mongs that are dead set on the ute classification are blokes that have never been on a plane living in Melbourne or Dubbo. A 2.6 ton dodge is a ute is it.
Pickup Truck is better than straight up calling it a Truck.
A ute is based on a regular car. We’re the ones using the wrong name for these pick-up trucks
This all you can find to complain about? The Americans invented the segment! Call it what ever you want, nothing to get those panties in a bunch over!
its a sedan without a bootlid, trunklid, rubbish, trash , gas,wtf?
I will buy one, Love it.
Only thjng good for it is the cab size and rear seats space. Other than that id prefer the bullet proof 90's hilux's hands down!
Hilux can tow 4500 kgs ?
And for just under $200k it will be an absolute bargain!
He doesn't give the price in this video
Be closer to 150k still out of reach for many people including myself 😒
They are 60k here basically unaffordable everyone, epecially for the average man
They are much cheaper than a wife and kids 😂
@@chrispeterson1247 The Tundra hybrid starts around $60k, but gets up to over $80k for a top trim model. Keep in mind that $200,000 AUD is $125,000 USD.
Please bring it to South Africa! It's not as we don't have the space for it and we also fall in the bigger human category 😂 Why only mini truck for us?
lol here in the US we’re the exact opposite. Why only big trucks, we need more mini trucks lol
@@perfectlybalanced8995 There is a Maverick sitting in my local Ford dealer, so we do get mini-trucks in the US.
Nice. Cars. Like it
Hopefully it will be a success. If so, my prediction would be, that it will be offered with the LC300 twin turbo diesel engine. I’d definitely consider that. Petrol is not that good for carrying around Australia, in remote places, as far as I’m concerned. This is Toyota and diesel country. I hope it doesn’t fail because of the only 1 fuel choice!!
It will never happen unless they start building specifically for markets outside of the US and Canada. It is too small to make a diesel viable under EPA regulations.
great , thank you
TOUOTA BEST ALL TIME !!!
For those who don't know, a pickup truck gives more road feedback when it is carrying a load or pulling a trailer. There suspensions float otherwise.
USA and Canada have. Best pickups
I will stick with my old 2000 Hilux with over 800k on the clock.
There are Tundras in American that have racked up over a million miles. They have quite the reputation and that is coming from an F-150 owner.
I bet toyota want let you say many issues about it but.
Nice just missing a few other mods, cooler center console and sun roof and stuff. Can you drawer power from the battery for touring set ups. I think this will be popular over a 300 series as peolle want space and a tray now out a wagon
How much will it cost in Australia
Pity its not a diesel 300 v8 motor
That's the thing. If it's not diesel I'm not buying. How I wish there was a way to have the F250 with the powerstroke diesel for sale.
@@chandamusonda6883Don’t they offer the Super Duty in Australia albeit a 3rd party company and not officially from Ford themselves
I mean the only V8 diesel Toyota offers is a dogshit weak engine.
@@chandamusonda6883 They can't make the Super Duty fast enough to supply the US and Canadian markets. It took 23 months from order date to schedule build week for my F450 KR order.
Hopefully, next year that huge ute will be available in 3.3L V6 diesel as land cruiser 300 has.
What class of licence is required to drive this ute?
Be happier if it was V6 diesel hybrid, car looks good , dash board oh cant we have more traditional dash boards , it makes you feel like you struggle with blind spots just going straight forwards, but i havnt sat in one to see my self
It's too small for a diesel to be easy under US regulations.
Moving away from a V8 for a turbo charged 6 including hybrid technology and it's doing 22l per hundred kilometres? Something ain't right...
Hybrid isn't just for fuel economy but for performance too
22L per 100kms? How did you get that number? The guy said 11.2L per 100km
@@IVZ86 go to 13:30 on the video. Clean your ears.
It's a petrol, not diesel.
@@raymondricciardiAre you dense? Maybe you should clean your ears out and not pick and choose what you want to hear. Note how he says "Granted this is not representative of a normal driving situation". He spent the video fanging it around here and there with many edits and cuts to make it a 14 minute video. Do that to any car and it'll throw the economy out 🤡🤦♂️
A TRUCK it's not! Oh how these reviewers are being Americanised!!...
It is classified as a class 2A(EPA) truck. Truck classes go from 1 to 8.
afdc.energy.gov/data/10380
If it’s not diesel I don’t want it.
The ldv grills on these new cruisers, 300 series for example looks like crap
Could we have a new vehicle class called “Mega Ute” please. There is no comparison between a Hilux and this thing, similarly like a Ford Ranger with a Ford F150 or F250..these things with a tow is more like a mini b train and less like a ute.
My Super Duty is rated to tow 33,500lbs on a gooseneck hitch and 30,000 lbs on a conventional. I like to keep it below 80% of its rating, but every so often I find myself with a 26k lb trailer on the gooseneck. The HD pickups are very capable.
I'm sure it's great if you actually need to tow 4500kg.
But we all most will end up as an ESV (Emotional Support Vehicle)
I wouldn't tow 4500 kg with any of the half ton pickups. Always better to have too much tow vehicle than find out that you don't have enough.
What fuel is used, 91 or 95 or 98. No reviews tell us this
Turbo Petrol ⛽️ Vehicles run 98 octane.
Toyota r getting very decent HP & TQ figures out of this V6 hence the 98 octane.
Otherwise the Engine Knock / Pining would destroy the Engine
Ford Rep said years ago that Ford would never bring a RAM sized vehicle to Aus because Aus roads are too small. Think he was a yank.
A Ram ain't a Ford . A Ram is a Dodge /Mopar .
The sound is awesome because it’s fake! That sound is pumped in through the speakers, in the U.S. you can have your dealership turn the V8 sound off! From outside the vehicle it sounds nothing like a V8, what make you think that V6 sounds gets translated to V8 on the inside? It’s pretty sad that you as the consumer don’t have the option to turn that fake V8 rumble on and off!
Toyophiles meet American truck culture - your 200/300/70/Hilux Rogue won't feel the same any more.
These are pretty big.
Entry level full size pickup. They look small beside the Ram/Chevy/GMC HD and Ford Super Duty pickups.
Im early, wow lol
Thankyou toyota .
I honestly think the Ute is well fitted.
However, I'm really not sold on the engine.
V6 are notorious for overheating and oil usage.
Please look at fitting a 4 cylinder turbo Cummins engine.
Cummins has so much more torque for towing and more than reliable being a diesel.
Not to mention, will then be open to primary producers.
It would be incredibly stupid to convert a brand new Tundra with a Cummins turbo diesel. Whilst I appreciate your perspective, there are plenty of other options for older models to perform that engine conversion on.
@gavinr9107 it's called free speech.
Look at the new Toyota 70 series 4 cylinder turbo.
Being an ex interstate Truck Driver. Towing 3 trailer roadtrains here in Australia 🇦🇺
It would not be stupid at all.
Cummins are incredibly reliable.
Do ya homework before opening your mouth next time.
And get an injection of IQ while you are at it.
@@dazjb7691 So you genuinely believe spending ~$150K on a brand new imported Tundra then performing the engine conversion is a wise and economical decision?!
As opposed to selecting an older model Landcruiser or Patrol instead.
Where did I state that the Cummins are not reliable or fit for purpose?
Perhaps develop some insight and social calibration to understand the context of my response rather then getting defensive and resorting to personal insults.
As a truck driver I don't think you're all that well equipped to be discussing the IQ of someone else you have never met before.
@@dazjb7691 A bit touchy there aren't we? The ute is a Toyota, not a Kenworth. Gavin is right - there are other options and it does pay to explore them.
The 3.8L Cummins 4 makes less power and isn't rated for on road use. The 5L Cummins out of the Nissan Titan would make more sense since the Titan is no more. The issue is that the Tundra is not big enough to make a diesel viable under US regulations (Toyota does not compete in the Large Pickup segment) and the Tundra is primarily for the US and Canadian market.
If you want a Cummins in a pickup the only option is a Ram HD.
These utes are big enough to help alleviate the housing crisis.
You could probably strata title three apartments out of this!
22 litres per 100klm’s thats 2 hilux’s worth.
Pretty sure he said 11.2L per 100km. No idea where you got the 22L from
@@IVZ86 while he was driving it was registering 22litres per 100 thats what i heard that might have been while towing
It's a petrol jobbie.
@@IVZ86@ 13:32 he says on the test it was using 22lt/100 😉
@GR8Tmate Note how he says "Granted this is not representative of a normal driving situation". He spent the video fanging it around here and there with many edits and cuts to make it a 14 minute video. Do that to any car and it'll throw the economy out
A few things, it is a 3.4 litre, not “ 3.5”, it has a shit payload so towing 4.5 T legally is just a pipe dream. Oh and the quality control for a Texas build pick up is pretty much crap.
Lol!!!!
Australian trial to fix and rebuild a failed engine
Sadly never been introduced to Australia or New Zealand, possibly out do the land cruises, or just another great Toyota utility. 😊
The Reason there Priced so Ridiculously here in Australia 🇦🇺 is because Toyota in the USA 🇺🇸 R 2 %$#@&%$#@ Lazy 2 Convert them 2 RHD over there in the USA 🇺🇸
So we r Hugely Disadvantaged here in Australia 🇦🇺 by Walkinshaw enrolment in the Conversion Process . There Workmanship is out standing, however @ a Huge Financial Issue 4 any interested Australian .
Would prefer this Toyota compared 2 the others . GM / CHRYSLER/MOPAR .
A Tundra Hybrid Capstone is around $80,000 USD/$125,000 AUD in the US.
lol really good headroom? its literally touching his head
He may have his seat adjusted high ? And he may well be tall 😅
$30k a year just to lease it yeah nah !
Toyota - offer it with the 4.5 litre diesel V8 or campers will not buy it.
It's a vehicle intended for the US and Canadian markets. The EPA regulations make it very difficult for a vehicle this small to have a diesel.
So it's just a kinda very average truck. Neat, so the F150 is better.
Toyota reliability any day over American crap…
The Tundra has established a reputation for exceptional reliability like any other Toyota model. even though this was designed and built in the US it’s still a fully fledged Toyota. In fact the Tundra shares the same platform, components, and 3.4 V6 (albeit with a hybrid battery) as your Land Cruiser 300. Surely that’s not crap now is it
It's Built in the USA 🇺🇸 by Toyota. What u don't think the Grubby Yanks have got there upsized everything all over this Toyota Import . 😅
You do realise these engines are currently throwing main bearings in many tundras in the usa. This engine is junk. Most 2022 tundras have blown engines at 15k miles
@@fakenews3676
That's Because the Yanks are building the engines over there . As well as the Bodies . Hopefully the Australian Company that has the contract 2 do the conversion 3 rhd rips the engines out as well & goes thru them
cars made in Japan use rust treated steel, no such thing in US.
”Australians will have to get used to the fact that these large American pickups don't have that much seat bolstering and they are built for bigger sized humans". That's a very polite way of saying that the vehicle's seats are designed for fat Yanks and that they will offer little support for normal sized humans.
Suggest you try a few test drives before a comment, my 5ft better 1/2 has no issue with the 10way adjustable electric seats in our US 'truck'
Different brands and even different trims of the same brand will have different seat setups. I'm not the biggest fan of heavily bolstered seats since I don't want to be held in one place when I'm behind the wheel for 15 hours. I have the 8 way adjustable Ford seats in my Super Duty and they are very comfortable on long days. I'm about 5'9" and 185 lbs. Any lighter and I get flattened when I play hockey.
It look like a ldv 😂
Actually it is the other way round, Chinese Engineers lack imagination so copy, copy, copy, copy, copy
Thisis what the Japanese did decades ago with the big three. Right now in Australia we have Dodge Ram, Ford F trucks, Chev Silverado. Toyota sneeking in the back door to steal the market. This is part of why Australia doesnt have an automotive industry anymore. Dont blame me. Id didnt buy one.
The Ram is not a Dodge. It is a Ram. The last Dodge Ram rolled off the production line in 2009.
@@rich7447 2011 toyota man
@@darryllspalding9680 My 2011 Ram 2500 did say Dodge in one place in the entire vehicle (center of dash), but was not actually a Dodge. Ram became its own brand for the 2010 model year. Ram changes model years in the summer, so the 2010s started production in summer of 2009.
Stellantis didn't do enough to keep me as a customer, so I'm currently driving a Ford Super Duty. The wife is the Toyota fan (Lexus GX460).
At 160 grand drive away for Australia it will be a big No from people no thanks , are they really so stupid, they will sell two if they are lucky . What's this nonsense they are letting some customers now lease it for 18 months first for about 2500$ per month and hand it back ? oh then then will see in dealers for ridiculous prices 150+ K used vehicles at the end of this experiment trial around the end of 2025 for these used ones . These Toyotas are cheap in usa around 70 grand for the top spec . Just buy the new F150 for 100K drive away or the Ram much better priced .
The top of the line Tundra hybrid in the US is around $80,000 USD which works out to $125,000 in Australian dollars.
What an ugly, hideous looking truck. Big mistake with a petrol engine, such a behemoth 3 ton monster needs a 3.5L V6 twin turbo diesel as the bare minimum. Hate to see the real world fuel consumption which will be more like 20L/100km without any load or towing. It will struggle to tow anything over 3tons.
In addition, 4wd is not required given we don’t drive in snow covered roads & a complete waste of extra weight (+200kg) & higher fuel consumption.
Hate to see the hideous & ridiculous cost price given Walkinshaw conversion.
Under US EPA regulations, this vehicle is too small to make a diesel all that viable. Once you get over 8,500 lb GVWR/GVM the regulations change.
It's got more Grunt than the other Yank imports of this size . Won't struggle at all . Will pull a 21 /22 ft caravan 🚐 without any trouble & any oversized Yank Ski 🎿 Boat without a Sneeze .
@@Robert-mn8gc Is 22 feet considered to be a big caravan in Australia?
$200k? Looks like Toyota can charge as much as they want because there will always be fools to pay for overpriced vehicles. When or where will it stop? Or do people have that much money?
Ugly front end, but otherwise not bad!
And if it's made in the u.s. you know it's going to be rubbish.
That is Toyota made in America not the Toyota made in Japan, i Don't like Toyota car
At least it's not a Ford or GM.
Now this is a real ute. Makes the hilux look like a ladies car.
Tundra sucks
get the jets in the air and flatten them ,
Nice. Cars. Like it