Toyota Tundra History

The 2022 Tundra is the first all-new full-size truck from Toyota since 2007 and shares more than a few things in common with the new J300 Land Cruiser.

Toyota tundra history. The Tundra was not only the first full-size pickup to be built by a Japanese manufacturer but was also nominated for the North American Truck of the Year award and was Motor Trend magazines Truck of the Year in 2000 and 2008. With the first generation ending in 2007 and the second in 2013 todays Tundra models are part of the third generation. The original Toyota Tundra was assembled at Toyotas then-new Princeton Indiana plant.

The V8-powered 2000 Toyota Tundra went on sale in June of 1999 and had the best sales debut ever of any Toyota or Lexus product. The Big T is now only entering its third generation after 22 years in production. Released in 2000 the American-built second-generation Tundra is mostly unchanged since 2007.

The Big T is now only entering its third generation after 22 years in production. Service history automatically tracks services performed on your vehicle by a Toyota dealer. Among the cattle pygmy goats and elephant ears at the 1998 Indiana State Fair debuted the very first Toyota Tundra.

It was the first full-size pickup built by a Japanese manufacturer but not in Japan. Bearing a rugged exterior and all-new interior technology the latest Tundra generation is head turning. Both use a version of the same 35-liter turbo V6 to replace their outgoing V8s and both are built upon Toyotas modular truck platform which gives us some hope that the Cruiser will eventually be revived here.

Three generations and 15 years later the Toyota Tundra is still in production. The Toyota Tundra is a full-size pickup truck manufactured in the US by the Japanese manufacturer Toyota since May 1999. The Tundra is Toyotas competitor in the full-size pickup truck class.

Produced at the Toyota. To compare the first Ford F-series. The Big T is now only Thursday September 30 2021.