1995 Toyota Tacoma & T100 Test Drive
Toyota redesigned and renamed its compact pickup, the best selling imported brand truck in America for 1995. The Tacoma replaced the ‘Toyota Pickup’, and included a drivers side air bag, three new engines and available 4-wheel anti-lock brakes among the major changes. The new pickup was designed at Toyota’s California design studio and was built exclusively in Cali
fornia at the plant by Toyota and General Motors.
Toyota added an extended cab body style to its full-size(ish) T100 pickup line. The extended cab was called Xtracab, seated up to six with the standard front bench seat and forward facing 3-passenger rear seat. The front seat was split 60-40 and the passenger’s side slid forward when the seat back was released for easier entry to the rear. The rear seat cushion was split 50/50 and could be folded for added cargo room. The Xtracab’s 77 inch cargo bed was 221 inches shorter than the regular-cab’s.
Toyota said it answered the two biggest complaints about the T100: no extended cab and not enough power. Toyota added a new 190-horsepower 3.4 liter V-6 engine, making the T100 quicker to 60mph than full-size domestic trucks with V-8 engines.
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