No one was expecting Toyota to cram a twin-turbo V6 from the Tundra into the new Tacoma X-Runner Concept for SEMA, but it did anyway, and now the scoop is the company wants to put the crazy build into production. CarBuzz spoke with Sheldon Brown, Chief Engineer of Toyota USA, about the concept, and he let us know if there's enough interest, the company wants to see it through. "If we can get a ground swell, it's something we want to do," he said. "We can mobilize development thanks to the flexibility of the platform."
We imagine there will need to be quite the ground swell from potential buyers for this to happen, but when it comes to pickup trucks with big power, the vehicles basically print money. From the Ford F-150 Raptor to the Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 Bison, everything has been off-road focused, and Toyota thinks it's about time the market reintroduced something that will tear up some pavement instead, kind of like the old Ford SVT Lightning did.
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