*Tested* Is the New 2024 Toyota Tacoma Manual Transmission BETTER than the New 8-Speed Automatic?

Amazing coverage and honest thoughts. I'm happy they kept the manual. Will definitely test drive first. It keeps family/friends from constantly asking to borrow your truck every weekend as well.

Kudos to Toyota for keeping the manual transmission alive. It's a skill not many folks have nowadays. I have an old Ranger with a manual and I've been teaching my kids how to drive a stick shift. The rev hang is because of emissions? I don't get it. If anything, it should be the opposite. What am I getting wrong here?

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Love how objective your reviews are - you tell us what's good as well as what's not so good.

New tacoma is a home run and class leader with no problem .great job by toyota .👑👑👑

I would definitely want to try the manual.

Good review ty especially explaining the manual shift on this truck

Good insight and great review. 13:30

About that SR... So the SR has been announced to have leaf springs on the Double cab. Somewhere along the way, it was also mentioned that it has a smaller rear axle, but I guarantee you that the MT SR (with the same power spec as TRD MT trucks) gets the same bigger axle. That would make that one configuration (which will be comparatively rare compared to cheap fleet trucks) get a unique axle. There's also no cost savings in the SR MT. I'm itching to see the spec sheet at this point, because all this tells me that the SR MT could still get coil springs instead of leaves. Edit- the split between the smaller (likely same as current 8.something) and the bigger 9.5" axle happens further up- all hybrid models and MT TRD OR get the bigger axle, everything else gets the smaller axle.

Kirk, lots of complaints about rev hang, but did you try turning the iMT off to see if it was any different?

Looks great! Very nice car! Hope fit and finish will be better than the Tundra....

im sure the aftermarket can fix that rev hang.

Kirk, did you drive it with iMT turned off?

Is the rev hang a byproduct of the iMT system or is it that bad with that system disengaged?

You have to wait 1-2 seconds after letting off the throttle before you clutch in to get the RPMs to drop faster.

Is the manual available on any 4x2 rwd models?

Only thing i dont like is the overlapping infotainment screen. They shoulda made it same as the tundra.

is the 14” screen too big in the taco? i think its perfect in the tundra but looks huge in this truck, maybe a 12” would be better

It’s happened. Manual option is more than the Automatic now. Knew I’d see it someday but it’s finally happened.

I noticed a lot of these new body on frame Toyotas haven’t improved in interior dimensions, staying similar if not the same as the previous version. Only exception is the LC250 with the longer wheelbase. I feel like it’s a missed opportunity that they didn’t add say 2 inches to the wheelbase and add it all to the rear legroom.