Plastics get an upgrade in quality, designs and shapes are considerably more modern, and seats are more comfortable. The more noticeable changes to the 2014 Tundra are inside, where an all-new interior improves dramatically upon the 2013 model. The Tundra is still offered in three cab styles: the two-door regular cab and four-door double cab, with standard 6.5-foot and optional 8-foot beds, and the even bigger four-door CrewMax, available only with a 5.5-foot bed. The 1794 Edition comes in above the Platinum, with more luxurious trim, special leather, cool accents and more. The entry level is the work truck Tundra SR, followed by the volume-leading SR5, the more luxurious Limited and the range-topping Platinum.
The Tundra is available in five trim levels, each with their own "look," according to Toyota. The overall look is still recognizably Tundra and communicates size and heft rather successfully, but it breaks no new ground for the brand. A new three-piece bumper out back replaces last year's one-piece, which should help lower replacement costs if it should get banged up. New sheet metal for the rest of the truck is subtle, with more squared-off wheel wells and fenders and a new rear-end treatment with the truck's name stamped into the tailgate. New headlights with LED running lights flank the chrome. It's so big, even the grille has a grille it's mounted up on top of the chromed behemoth. Check out that new grille - that has to be the biggest grille in the truck market today.
Tundra breeze update#
The Tundra has received a pretty thorough cosmetic update for 2014, starting with an exterior that's more aggressive and physically bigger than the model it replaces. I guess it beats calling it the Tundra Casanova. It's a fancy trim level meant to go up against the luxury trucks from the Detroit Three, like the Ford's F-150 King Ranch, Ram's Laramie Longhorn and Chevy's Silverado High Country. That ranch was founded in - you guessed it - 1794 by Spanish colonist Juan Ignacio de Casanova. The Toyota plant in which the Tundra is built is near San Antonio and sits on land that the company bought from the oldest working cattle ranch in the state, the JLC Ranch. One of the biggest changes is the addition of a new top luxury trim package, the, which is the model I spent a week with in the depths of a Michigan winter.įirst, we need to address the obvious question: 1794 Edition? What does that mean? Well, hang on tight because this is stretched marketing at its finest. Yes, most of the changes are cosmetic, but the Tundra still offers solid equipment and capabilities from the 2013 model.
The Japanese manufacturer would like more people to think Toyota and intends to try and draw in more customers for 2014 with an update to its Tundra full-size pickup. When you think of full-size pickups trucks, do you think Ford or Chevrolet? Or maybe little brother Ram? Well, if you're 1 in 10 pickup buyers, you think Toyota.
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