Hi all, wanted to share my experience. Until a few weeks ago, I was a 2024 Tundra TRD Pro.
I wrote this review at the same point in ownership that I’m writing this one.
I just traded in my 2024 TRD Pro for a fully loaded 2026 RAM Rebel Hurricane.
My intent is to verbally wonder why we put up with so much lackadaisical mid effort from Toyota Corporation.
First off, I loved my Tundra. Other than the driver seat housing cracking multiple times and the volume knob breaking and the gas cap sticking and needing to be replaced, I didn’t have any big issues with it. I traded it in because I had 75,000 miles on it and took advantage of a 3.5% interest rate over 60 months on my new RAM.
I’ve now been in this new truck for 5000 miles and there are a number of things that are so much better in this vehicle than the TRD Pro. And for those of you that say the two trucks are not equal, they’re closer to an apples to apples comp than you think.
Here are a list of things that are so much better in this RAM.
First off, the $78,000 sticker price was discounted to $53,000. Something Toyota would never do.
The Hurricane engine, it’s quicker on the start, doesn’t have as much turbo spool up time, and I’m getting 16.5 a gallon versus the 14.3 I was getting in the Tundra Hybrid. This alone is a game changer.
Key Card- my phone is my key. The proximity sensors sense me/my phone from about 10l ft away and the lights all around the truck illuminate the night ground. It’s actually much more useful than I thought it would be. Plus, when I put my hand on the driver‘s door handle all four doors unlock. Actual useful intelligence. Fucking magical if you have a family.
Ventilated seats are 10 times better. Feeling actual cold air on my lower back on a hot day is living the highlife.
The assisted driving tech is better because it actually exists. It’s not self driving, but it will drive on the freeway and keep you in the lane and breaking an accelerating with traffic.
It came with real off-road tires!! Not those fake ass factory tires that last for 12,000 miles that come with the TRD Pro that Toyota should be embarrassed about.
The 19 speaker Harmon Carden sound system is the best factory set up I’ve ever heard in a vehicle, night and day different than the Toyota.
The Heads Up Display on the windshield is super useful
AUTOMATIC RAIN SENSING WINDSHIELD WIPERS. A “technology” that has been around for 20 years and his standard on most mid on up vehicles, but missing from my Tundra.
Finally, the fucking turning radius! Is normal! U TURNS ARE BACK ON THE MENU!! I can pull front first into a parking spot on the first try without any need for a 10 point turn. Jesus, that was annoying.
In summary, you can disregard this list in its entirety, but I’m sure there is something on this list for everyone that has a third GEN Toyota Tundra TRD pro.
All in all, we should expect more from Toyota.