With the unveiling of the 2007 Toyota Tundra, the gloves are truly off in the segment of half-ton trucks as there is now a genuine fourth player in the market. We drove a 2007 Toyota Tundra Double Cab Limited 4x4 with its class-leading 5.7-liter V8 and six-speed automatic transmission, and even tested its power output on a dynamometer, and we can tell you that competition is going to be fierce, because the Tundra offers many best-in-class features.
To make sure this new Tundra is truly optimized for the American market, Toyota assigned the entire engineering development responsibility to its U.S. technical center in Ann Arbor, Michigan, making this the first Toyota product ever to carry this distinction. Some $850 million has been sunk into an all-new plant in San Antonio, to supplement the existing one in Indiana. Together, the two U.S. plants can crank out more than 200,000 Tundras per year, about double the current volume...
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What Works:
Immensely powerful 5.7-liter V8, smooth shifting six-speed transmission, very good road manners, spacious and feature-laden cabin.
What Needs Work:
Frustrating logic for reverse camera, distracting instrumentation design, distant radio placement.
Displacement (liters): 5.7 liters
Engine Type: V8, aluminum block and heads
Horsepower (hp @ rpm): 381 at 5,600
Torque (ft-lbs @ rpm): 401 at 3,600
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