Yee-Haw! Toyota Shows Truck With Texas-Sized Name At Texas State Fair

by Bertel Schmitt

September 29th, 2011 2:44 PM

yee haw toyota shows truck with texas sized name at texas state fair

In case you are at the Texas State Fair in Dallas at this moment, stop staring at million dollar steers and heifers and go over to Toyota. They will show you a truck with the longest name in recorded Texas history. It’s the “pre-production Tacoma Toyota Racing Development (TRD) T|X (Tacoma Extreme) limited edition pickup truck.”

We did not make that up, it says so right here in the press release. If “pre-production Tacoma Toyota Racing Development (TRD) T|X (Tacoma Extreme) limited edition pickup truck” is too long, you can call it “Baja Series.”

The production version is scheduled for launch in late spring 2012. It will come with a 4.0-liter V6 engine with either six-speed manual and five-speed automatic transmissions, along with “bead-lock style off-road wheels with an exclusive Gun-Metal Gray finish.” More data in the factory blurb.

#Baja #BertelSchmitt #Tacoma #Texas #Toyopta

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Junebug on Sep 30, 2011

Here's a question, do folks that buy trucks like this or Rapter really go off-roading with them? Or is this just another fashion statement like the whole "urban cowboy crap" from the 80's. Remember the 80's, Saturday Night Fever, Urban Cowboy and finally Miami Vice. You could go broke changing cars and clothes every few years.

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- LordDetroitofLondon on Oct 01, 2011
  
  Most prolly don't. I am pretty sure.
  
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Zombo on Sep 30, 2011

Blech ! I thought those "Rad" splashy kiddie graphics died back in the 90s along with the white letter tires ? The wheels look like cheap aftermarket steel wheels surrounded by a chrome trim ring .If Toyota was looking for an early 90s tacky kiddie truck design they succeeded !

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