Toyota reveals All New 2016 Tacoma at Detroit Auto Show

The Toyota exhibit at North American International Auto Show ( NAIAS) at Detroit's Cobo Center. More than 40 vehicles are expected to be unveiled at the 2015 NAIAS. The show runs Jan. 12-25 in Detroit. The new Tacoma will be shown in competitive midsize pickups segment.

“This year’s exhibit shows the breadth and depth of Toyota’s achievements in the global automotive industry with a look toward the future,” said Don Johnson, Auto Show Engagement Manager at Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. “Visitors to the NAIAS will see how Toyota has exemplary vehicles in every segment with a balanced portfolio and sustainability leadership through hybrid and fuel cell technologies.”

«For the past 50 years adventure-seeking Americans have relied on Toyota trucks to take them places, on and off-road," said Bill Fay, group vice president & general manager, Toyota Division.  "The all-new homegrown Tacoma is a tough truck designed, developed and built for lifestyles of the young and young-at-heart. The Tacoma has not been redesigned in 10 years. 

Both engines will be available with a 6-speed, automatic transmission; the V6 engine will be available with a six-speed manual transmission.

The 2016 Tacoma was developed and engineered at the Toyota Technical Center in Ann Arbor and designed in Ann Arbor and in Newport Beach, California.

Beside all of this Toyota will be showing several vehicle concepts which advise the possibilities of future mobility. The FV2, which appeared at last year’s NAIAS, is operated by the driver shifting his or her body to intuitively move the vehicle in any direction. The Toyota i-ROAD is also on display. It is an innovative, fun-to-drive three-wheel personal electric vehicle equipped with revolutionary Active Lean technology that emulates the movements of a skier. This vehicle is on the roads of Grenoble, France in a car-sharing pilot program.

Toyota will launch on Jan. 14, its new TeenDrive365 distracted driving simulator, which uses Oculus Rift to bring the dangers of distracted driving to life. For the first time the next generation virtual reality technology is being used to educate people – teens and parents alike – about the dangers of distracted driving.  The new simulator with Oculus Rift will be available free of charge to the public at the NAIAS and other auto shows across the country.

The safety exhibit also includes active safety education using a Camry to feature tutorial videos on the functions of several technologies including Blind Spot Monitor and Lane Departure Alert.

«This year’s North American International Auto Show is going to feel very retro, because it’s going to feature a series of big, brash, unapologetic concept cars and production models," Karl Brauer, senior analyst at Kelley Blue Book, said in an email. 

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