Toyota stated Could 5 it deliberate to disclose the redesigned 2024 Tacoma on Could 19. A day later, the midsize pickup’s fanatic base apparently determined that was too lengthy to attend, discovered a again door into the automaker’s web site and posted a picture of the upcoming car for all to see.

The leaked picture was first posted on tacoma4g.com and exhibits a white 2024 Tacoma 4×4 with black trim traversing by means of sand.

Doug Liu, a co-owner of tacoma4g.com, stated he verified the picture “by sleuthing on the Toyota web site and matching up the internet hosting area.”

One in all our customers discovered the picture by taking the URL from earlier Toyota pictures and altering the trail and file names earlier than touchdown on “the picture of the next-gen Taco in all its glory,” Liu stated.

The picture exhibits the pickup will undertake many styling cues from the bigger Tundra, together with the styling strains on its hood, lighting parts and the entrance fascia.

In a short assertion emailed to sibling publication Automotive Information, a spokesman for Toyota stated solely that “we’re excited to see the passion across the new Tacoma and we’re wanting ahead to the official reveal on Could nineteenth.”

The Tacoma is top-selling midsize pickup in america and Canada and would be the third of the Japanese model’s 4 body-on-frame automobiles bought within the the 2 international locations to maneuver onto Toyota Motor Corp.’s world F1 platform. They’re identified internally because the 4 Brothers: the Tundra, Sequoia, Tacoma and 4Runner.

Design patent filings launched in South America additionally sign the Tacoma will undertake the entrance styling of the Tundra.

Toyota has launched a sequence of teaser pictures in current weeks, giving hints concerning the fourth-generation Tacoma prematurely of the reveal. Included in these is affirmation that it’s going to have an non-compulsory hybrid i-Pressure Max powertrain, as does the Tundra full-size pickup and Sequoia giant SUV, tuned particularly to offer extra energy and towing capability as an alternative of simply added gasoline effectivity.

The redesign is predicted to be powered by a turbocharged 2.4-litre inline four-cylinder engine in addition to the hybridized non-compulsory powertrain. It is going to be out there with an non-compulsory guide transmission.