Toyota Tacoma TRD ProRunner concept imagines a Baja racer

• Toyota Tacoma TRD ProRunner Race idea to debut at 2024 SEMA present
• Idea imagines a Tacoma constructed for desert racing
• Idea additionally celebrates Toyota’s partnership with Legacy Motor Membership NASCAR workforce

Toyota will wow audiences on the 2024 SEMA present beginning on Tuesday in Las Vegas with the Tacoma TRD ProRunner Race idea, a high-performance truck primarily based on the newest Tacoma midsize pickup and designed to run at off-road races just like the Baja 1000.

It joins the beforehand revealed 4Runner TRD Surf and Land Cruiser ROX ideas in Toyota’s SEMA present lineup, and hopefully previews a brand new model of the Tacoma designed to go up towards the Ford Ranger Raptor.

The idea relies on a 2025 Tacoma with the two-door XtraCab physique, and adopts most of the off-road upgrades of the TRD Professional, a mannequin that solely comes with a four-door physique. Among the many upgrades are the TRD Professional’s 2.5-inch Fox Fast Swap 3 inner bypass dampers with rear distant reservoirs, in addition to TRD higher management arms on the entrance. Further underbody safety has additionally been added to guard parts just like the engine bay, transmission, and rear axle.

Different upgrades embody a customized roll cage, harnesses for a driver and navigator, and a six-foot mattress bolstered to guard an additional gasoline storage and spare tire service. The tailgate was changed with a internet to assist scale back weight. The idea truck additionally rides on inventory TRD Professional wheels wrapped in BFGoodrich all-terrain tires.

No particulars on the powertrain had been talked about, however the inventory Tacoma’s strongest choice is a 2.4-liter turbo-4 hybrid setup good for 326 hp. Toyota eventually yr’s SEMA present additionally introduced a Tacoma avenue truck idea that packed a twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter V-6 good for 421 hp, which might be the best choice if Toyota desires to construct a real Raptor rival.

All Toyota has stated in regards to the newest idea truck is that it’s designed to compete within the Inventory Midsize off-road racing class, and that its construct celebrates the brand new partnership between Toyota and Jimmie Johnson’s Legacy Motor Membership NASCAR workforce, previously Petty GMS Motorsports. The idea can be a nod to Johnson’s early years competing on filth bikes and later in off-road racing vans, together with within the Baja 1000, Toyota stated.

Toyota Tacoma TRD ProRunner Race idea

Individually, Mike Tripp, Toyota’s head of promoting for North America, stated the idea additionally demonstrates the “versatility and functionality” of the Tacoma platform.