now Chicago has always been a truck show
so Toyota is pretty much kicking it off
right I'm at the 2017 Chicago Auto Show
and this is the completely refreshed
2018 Toyota Tundra now the current
generation Tundra has actually been
around for a while this is the second
generation and it's made its debut back
in 2007 now since then so I just made
some pretty extensive update however
2018 is definitely one of the biggest
ones this particular one that I'm
showing you is actually an all new trim
this is the tundra TRD sport model now
if you guys know TRD is a very popular
option group that a lot of owners go for
in fact toyota says about 50% of owners
go for a TRD sport off-road or TRD pro
package now you can see the front end
has been heavily modified and that's
really what you're going to notice first
it's got an all-new grille design it's
got a new hood scoop on the TRD sport
model and you can see Toyota's finally
added LED headlights it's got full LED
headlights with an LED LED daytime
running light and automatic high-beam
Toyota says you can get this option on
most of the upper trims while the lower
trims will come standard with LED
daytime running lights now as you can
see the tundra is a huge vehicle this
goes head-to-head with vehicles like the
Ford f-150 the Nissan Titan the RAM 1500
and the Chevrolet and GMC twins now
coming around the sides here this
particular one has a new wheel option
these are a 20-inch silver finished
wheels they are standard on the TRD
sport they look good overall the truck
itself has a really nice you know
classic American aggressive stance to it
now the tundra is huge now this
particular one the numbers showing you
is the crew max model it's the largest
of the cab configurations you can get
the TRD sport between the double cab and
the crew max you can't get this on like
an access cab or just a regular 1/2 cab
size now under the hood of the TRD sport
tundra you only get one engine choice
and it's the top engine it's a 5.7 liter
i-4 v8 381 horsepower paired to a
six-speed Automatic Toyota only offers
the big engine with this particular
package which is basically the engine
you want it's pretty cost competitive
with all the other options in this
segment now if you want to follow me
over to the interior now on the interior
of the refreshed
2018 Tundra you can see Toyota went with
a newer theme here that goes with the
overall design of this 2018 model now if
I remember correctly I wasn't really a
fan of the earlier
second-generation Tundras interior it
has kind of a weird - texture style to
the - Toyota has gone away with that
it's gone with a more traditional
asymmetrical theme all the materials in
here look good being that this one is
the TRD sport it's not the luxury model
if you still have hard times plastics I
expect to platinum all to have kind of a
leather stitch - which the wood and
stuff going with the seats as well the
seats have some nice contrasting
stitching an interesting pattern here on
the inserts and they're very wide very
supportive it's a very open and airy
cabin that's kind of what you expect in
a vehicle in this class now
Toyota hasn't talked about pricing yet
but this vehicle will go on sale at the
end of our in the fall of 2017 and as we
get closer to that on sale daily I'll
talk more about what you expect you can
expect to pay for this TRD sport package
for redline reviews at the 2017 Chicago
Auto Show I'm Sophie on Bay
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