The Toyota Tundra will come to Australia in a single variant, with the next base worth than all its American pickup rivals.
That’s based on an trade pricing information seen by CarExpert, which lists a single Restricted hybrid variant priced at $145,990 earlier than on-road prices.
In distinction, the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 opens at $128,000 earlier than on-roads, the Ford F-150 at $106,950, and the DT-series Ram 1500 at $119,950.
The Tundra’s presence in an trade pricing information is uncommon because the American pickup remains to be a while away from reaching showrooms.
“The Tundra has not been launched for retail sale, so the quoted quantity is indicative solely,” stated a spokesperson for Toyota Australia.
“As we’ve communicated, Tundra is present process an analysis program with clients.”
Toyota confirmed in December 2023 the Tundra was not less than 12 months away from retail gross sales because it conducts its “real-world analysis and validation program”.
300 potential clients will lease the Tundra, with deliveries commencing final 12 months and set to be accomplished by April.
For a month-to-month cost of $2500, the lease covers all six-month/10,000km logbook servicing, mechanical repairs, alternative tyres, roadside help, registration and obligatory third-party insurance coverage.
Lessees can be required to report again to Toyota repeatedly on their expertise.
This venture has been within the works since 2019, and Walkinshaw Automotive Group has been enlisted to remanufacture the 300 Tundras to right-hand drive at a facility in Dandenong, Victoria.
“Proper now we don’t formally have approval to launch this automobile in Australia,” stated Sean Hanley, Toyota Australia’s vice chairman of gross sales and advertising, in December.
“Till we recover from all the standard standards necessities of Toyota, we are able to’t affirm a time when that’ll occur.
“However so, first precedence, get these 290 on the street, undergo the trial interval, make any amendments that now we have to make, recheck our high quality standards, after which decide whether or not we are able to launch.”
The one Tundra variant provided regionally with this pilot program is the Restricted, which is technically a mid-range mannequin within the US lineup.
All Australian-market Tundras are powered by the i-Pressure Max powertrain.
It pairs a 3.4-litre twin-turbo V6 petrol engine producing 290kW and 650Nm with an electrical motor generator producing 36kW and 250Nm that feeds a 6.5Ahr nickel metallic hydride battery pack. Whole system outputs are 326kW of energy and 790Nm of torque.
This i-Pressure Max powertrain is mated to a 10-speed computerized transmission with drive despatched via a part-time four-wheel drive system. There’s additionally a two-speed switch case and an computerized limited-slip differential.
There are Regular, Eco, Sport, Tow, and Tow+ drive modes which might be claimed to alter the transmission shift factors, pedal response and energy steering.
There are variety of new and modified parts which might be required as a part of the remanufacturing course of from left- to right-hand drive. A few of these are sourced from the LandCruiser 300 Series which relies on the identical TNGA-F body-on-frame platform.
The Tundra Restricted measures in at 5955mm lengthy, 2040mm broad, and 1985mm tall, with a 3700mm wheelbase.
Its tub measures in at 1666mm lengthy, 1490mm broad (1237mm between the arches), and 530mm tall.
It has a braked towing capability of 4500kg whereas unbraked towing is 750kg. Most payload is 758kg, gross automobile mass (GVM) is 3536kg and gross mixed mass (GCM) is 7825kg.
The Restricted comes customary with the next gear:
- 20-inch alloy wheels
- Automated LED headlights
- Automated high-beam
- Heated and power-folding aspect mirrors with reverse tilt-down operate
- Energetic entrance spoiler
- Tub administration system with aspect and again rails and moveable tie-down factors
- 12-pin trailer wiring harness
- 50mm tow ball (3500kg rated)
- 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster
- 14.0-inch touchscreen infotainment system
- Wi-fi Apple CarPlay
- Wired Android Auto
- DAB+ digital radio
- 12-speaker sound system
- Wi-fi telephone charger
- Twin-zone local weather management
- Proximity entry and push-button begin
- 5 USB ports
- 12V outlet
- Entrance and rear carpet flooring mats
- Leather-based-accented steering wheel
- Black artificial leather-based upholstery
- Heated and ventilated entrance seats
- Eight-way energy adjustable entrance seats
A 70mm tow ball is elective and permits the Tundra to ready tow a 4500kg braked trailer. There are additionally a variety of real equipment starting from a tonneau cowl, load distribution hitch, and all-weather flooring mats.
It additionally consists of the next security options:
- Eight airbags
- Autonomous emergency braking (AEB)
- Day and night time time pedestrian detection
- Day and night time time bicycle owner detection
- Blind-spot monitoring
- Rear cross-traffic alert
- Lane departure alert
- Lane hint help
- Emergency steering help
- Adaptive cruise management
- Encompass-view digital camera
- Entrance and rear parking sensors
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