Is the Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro the truck to buy?

If you're shopping for a 2022 Toyota Tacoma, think long and hard about how you're going to use it before choosing the TRD Pro model. For more visit www.autoblog.com #truck #toyotatacoma #tacomatrdpro

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JEREMY KORZENIEWSKI: Hey, guys. Jeremy from Autoblog here. This is a 2022 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro in the aptly named electric lime, with these black accents, sticker packages, this super bright color. I'll tell you, this is not the truck to buy if you plan on blending in. It is the truck to buy if you want to do off-road, at least it's the Toyota Tacoma to buy if you want to go off-road.

It's got a high-tech suspension. Take a look here. It's about an inch and a half taller up front, about a half inch taller in the rear. That helps everything, all your angles, approach departure breakover, ground clearance, and these are high-tech FOX shocks.

It's a good off-road package, but I'll tell you, it does nothing for the cars on-road driving dynamics. Nothing's changed under the hood. It's still a 3 and 1/2 liter V6, like other Tacomas. 278 horsepower, pretty paltry 265-pounds feet of torque.

This one is an automatic and it downshifts all the time when I'm driving. It even just 55, 60 miles an hour. Slightest uphill, you drop a gear. Go up a little bit more incline, drops two gears.

Engine gets real loud combined with the not great aerodynamics and loud tire noises. And I'll tell you, good truck if you're driving off-road a lot, not a very good truck to drive on-road. So all I'll say is if you are shopping for a Toyota Tacoma, choose your trim level wisely. Thanks for watching.