2024 Toyota Tundra Review
2024 Toyota Tundra 1794
Price as tested: $73,000
3.5 Liter Twin Turbo V6 w/Hybrid Assist
437 HP / 583 TQ
MPG: 14 mixed; as observed
— Guy who did stuff: Yousef Alvi —
Welcome to the best pickup truck Toyota has ever made, welcome to the 2024 Toyota Tundra 1794. When I drove the new Tundra last year, I came away from it with just a ‘meh’ feeling. Don’t get me wrong. It was fine, it was good…it wasn’t great. It was just missing that special something that moves a vehicle from the good to the great.
What it was missing was this iForce Max engine. That Max part is what turns a Tundra into a Fundra. See what I did there? I’m hilarious. Anyhoo. What is so special about that Max part? It pairs an electric motor to the already stout 3.5 liter V6 and generates a whopping 483 HP and a jaw dropping, diesel embarrassing 583 ft/lbs of lucious torque! Yes, you read that read. 5.8.3 !
Yes, the F150 PowerBoost is a hybrid twin turbo V6 as well. Yes it makes 430 HP and 570 TQ. But the issue with the PowerBoost is that it does the drivetrain shuffle from EV and/or to ICE as gracefully as falling down a flight of stairs. In other words, the PowerBoost is clunky, slow to respond and annoyingly erratic. Which stands in stark contrast to the iForce Max’s buttery smooth engagement and delivery.
It shouldn’t be suprising though, ToMoCo has been the Hybrid pioneer for decades and while other automakers spent their engineering monies on EVs, Toyota spent it on perfecting the Hybrid system. ToMoCo’s Hybrid drivetrains are just not good, they are truly light years ahead of any other automaker.
So while the equivalent F-150 makes you feel every drivetrain shuffle, the Tundra just feels like a regular ‘ole’ truck, in other words it feels completely normal. Which is what consumers want. They want a sense of normality with their vehicles and to get in and just drive the damn thing. That’s what the Tundra does best…you can just get in drive.
Lets go ahead and break it down:
The Great
Drivetrain: Dat drivetrain.
Refinement: The 2024 Tundra 1794 has bestowned with soft touch matierals throughout and near Lexus levels of solidity and craftstmenship.
Buttons: Oh ToMoCo, I love thee for your persistent non conformity. Standing in stark contrast to the rest of the automotive industry, the Tundra is graced with meaty, large and easy to use buttons.
The Good
Ride Quality: Fully independent suspension in all four corners with adaptive suspension…this Tundra 1794 rides with an authoritive grace that only a full size pickup truck can deliver. It is smooth, comfortable and borderline supple. On the highway, it’s almost as quiet and stable as the Range Rover I reviewed a few weeks back!
No shudder: If you have driven a full size pick up truck you know this feeling: Drive over any type of unsmooth service, there are viberations felt that coarse throughout the cabin. It’s inherent in a body on frame design but this 2024 Tundra somehow mutes those vibrations.
Ease: Everything is easy in this Tundra. Every. Thing. From the simplicity of driving it to changing the HVAC settings all the way to engage 4Lo. It’s so simple its refreshing.
The Bad
Gauges: This is 100% nitpicking but if i were to point to one thing I didn’t like about the 2024 Toyota Tundra 1794…the gauges, while legible, lack a certain amount of detail, contrast along with crispness. Especially compared to other fully electronic gauges on the market.
The Ugly
Nada: Errr
The Overall
The best Tundra ever made…quite possibly the best pickup truck Toyota has ever made.
