The 2024 model year sees a clean-sheet redesign for the popular Toyota Tacoma, finally. The current version traces much of its mechanical lineage back to 2005, and it feels like it. This new Tacoma adapts the platform from the latest full-sized Tundra pickup and Sequoia SUV, and it borrows an optional hybrid powertrain from the Toyota Crown and Lexus RX F. Throw in several off-road-focused trim levels, some serious adventure-ready hardware, and big screens, and the new Taco promises to be much more modern—and compelling.

That hybrid engine will help it stand out among its chief body-on-frame competitors, all of which have been redesigned in the last two model years, starting with the Nissan Frontier. Turbocharged four-cylinder engines have become the norm in this class, making a 326-hp hybrid quite unique.