2026 Toyota Tacoma Specs, Interior, Colors

2026 Toyota Tacoma Specs, Interior, Colors   –  Canadians love big trucks, but they also have a spot in their hearts for the Toyota Tacoma, which rings in as this country’s best-selling model in the midsize segment. The choices slim down a bit for 2026. It’s still available as an Access Cab or as my Double Cab tester, and the manual transmission option remains in place, but the base four-cylinder engine is gone and two-wheel drive is no longer available. All models are now V6-powered and four-wheel-drive. There are some new features on the various trim levels, too.

Pricing starts at $37,450, but I had the Double Cab SB (short bed, at five feet, versus the available 6-foot-1 box) TRD Off Road with automatic transmission, which starts at $43,750. Mine was further optioned with a TRD Pro Package, which added a hefty $12,400 that added up to $56,150 before freight and taxes.

2026 Toyota Tacoma Redesign and Update Plan

Exterior and Interior

Alas, while the Tacoma impresses me in most of the other categories, this is where this truck and I part ways. The Tacoma basically gets its ground clearance from its tall floor, and then gains back headroom with a low-mounted seat.

The result is that I sit with my legs almost straight out, and I end up getting a sore back and cramps in my legs. The seat is now height-adjustable – previously it only went back and forth – but even that isn’t enough to create a comfortable position, and taller drivers will just end up even closer to the roof. The seats themselves are comfortable, with supportive cushions and just enough bolstering, but it’s not enough to overcome the issue of their placement in the truck. This is one vehicle I wouldn’t want to take on a long trip at all.

2026 Toyota Tacoma Specs

My tester’s $43,750 starting price gave me the TRD Off Road level, which includes Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, power driver’s seat, satellite radio, leather-wrapped steering wheel, premium audio, and navigation; there’s also an off-road body kit, the crawl-control and terrain-selection systems, and, should everything stop there, Bilstein shocks.

But my $12,400 TRD Pro package swapped those out for Fox shocks, along with a TRD-tuned suspension with remote reservoir, Rigid Industries fog lamps, leather seats, unique grille and 16-inch wheels, and sunroof. The only step up from there, and not added to my tester, is a snorkel-style air intake for another $1,200. It looks like a water snorkel, but in actuality is meant to grab fresh air near the top of the windshield, rather than sucking in dirty air near the wheel wells when you’re kicking up dust on dry roads (and which comes with its own set of rules, including no automatic car washes, and turning the scoop around if you’re driving into heavy rain or snow). However, one popular-in-Canada feature, a heated steering wheel, isn’t available on any trim level.

Engine and Performance

Having dropped its four-cylinder, the Tacoma is now powered exclusively by a 3.5L V6 that makes 278 hp and 265 lb-ft of torque. All models are four-wheel-drive, with a choice of six-speed manual or my tester’s six-speed automatic. That’s about mid-pack with its competitors for horsepower: less than the Gladiator or GM’s 3.6L gas engine or 2.8L turbo-diesel, but more than the Frontier’s V6 or the Ranger’s turbocharged four-cylinder.  2026 Toyota Tacoma Specs

Torque-wise, only the Gladiator’s 260 lb-ft ranks lower than the Tacoma’s. The Frontier kicks out 281 lb-ft, the Ranger provides 310 lb-ft, and you can go right to 369 lb-ft with GM’s little diesel. But other than bragging rights, you won’t feel let down by it. It’s a good fit to the truck, with strong acceleration and a throaty growl; and while multi-speed transmissions are all the rage, the six-speed automatic gets the job done – and quite well, too.

2026 Toyota Tacoma Fuel Economy

The automatic-equipped Tacoma is rated at 13.0 L/100 km in the city and 10.5 on the highway, for a combined official figure of 11.9 L/100 km. In my week with it, I didn’t do that well, averaging 14.6 L/100 km. 2026 Toyota Tacoma Specs

Among its four-wheel-drive auto-equipped competitors, its Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) rating puts it about midway. Unsurprisingly, the small diesel available in the Colorado and Canyon sips the lightest at 10.5 L/100 km, but the Ranger’s turbocharged four-cylinder is right behind it at 10.9. Thirstier than the Tacoma are GM’s V6 at 12.2 L/100 km; the Gladiator at 12.3; and the Frontier’s ancient 4.0L V6 rings in at 13.5 L/100 km.

2026 Toyota Tacoma Safety Features

Toyota includes various packages of active safety features as standard equipment on all its vehicles, and the Tacoma’s adds adaptive cruise control, emergency front braking, lane-departure alert, and lane-departure warning. A rear-view camera is standard, as it is on all new vehicles, while the TRD Pro package adds blind-spot monitoring that’s missing from the lower trim levels.  2026 Toyota Tacoma Specs

2026 Toyota Tacoma Price and Release Date

One of the issues many people have with midsize trucks is that while they’re smaller than their full-size counterparts, they’re not priced proportionately less. For the cost of my TRD Pro-equipped Tacoma, I could have a nicely outfitted Tundra Crew Cab 4×4 TRD Off-Road, and with thirty bucks left over. So buyers have to look at midsize trucks for what they are, not what they aren’t.

At a starting price of $37,450, the Tacoma is about average for the segment, but as you move up into the pricier trim levels, the truck’s large swaths of hard plastic – albeit easy to clean, a nice touch in something designed for off-road adventures – looks a bit cheap. The lesser-priced TRD option package available on my tester, at an extra $3,000, doesn’t seem too bad, adding a sunroof, wireless charging, leather upholstery, terrain-view monitor, and blind-spot monitoring, but the full-throated $12,400 for the TRD Pro digs pretty deep into the wallet, and I think I’d be leaving it off my list.  2026 Toyota Tacoma Specs