| You may have noticed that the truck market | | | | past foreign trucks did not always mean |
| has become very hot lately. It seems that you | | | | quality, just a lower price. They never |
| don't have to have construction type jobs to | | | | really had a good reputation. The Tundra also |
| own a truck these days. In the past foreign | | | | has 4 wheel drive, meaning that all wheels |
| trucks struggled with quality issues. Now a | | | | roll, verses the 2 wheel drive, where the two |
| days all manufacturers have stepped up in | | | | back tires push the front. You can buy a |
| quality and have produced their own | | | | Tundra with different engines, so depending |
| profitable truck market segment. The Toyota | | | | on how much torque you are looking for and |
| Tundra was previously known as a light-weight | | | | how much heavy duty work you do, you will |
| duty truck, but since 2007, the Tundra has | | | | need to decide if you want a 4.7L V 8; 5.7L |
| upped the heavy-duty competitive bar. Toyota | | | | V8; or a 4.0L V 6. The lower the liters you |
| has also started an aggressive branding of | | | | get, the less oil you will have to worry |
| their tundra line to compete more | | | | about and the less gas it'll burn. So if you |
| aggressively with American car manufacturers. | | | | do construction work and are looking for |
| By keeping the brand in front of the customer | | | | something that can survive toting around |
| you slowly begin to program potential buyers | | | | heavy tools, then you may only need a 4 |
| into the fact that there is a better truck | | | | liter. But if you are really into the |
| out there, and you don't always have to buy | | | | construction field and are moving around |
| American to get the best product. There | | | | large chunks of wood, heavy machinery and |
| newest commercials show the trucks being used | | | | such, you may want to look at the 4.7L |
| by hard working laboring men in various jobs. | | | | engine. Besides the Toyota Tundra, there is |
| This promotes some pride in the job and shows | | | | the option of buying a Toyota Tacoma. This is |
| that it is ok to have a foreign truck doing | | | | truly a light-weight duty truck. There have |
| an American job. This not only helps the | | | | been some changes to the Tacoma over the past |
| bottom line for sales but also spurs on the | | | | few years and is now more spacious and |
| transition from the industrial age to that of | | | | comfortable to be in. The Toyota Tacoma |
| a global economy. If you're looking to buy a | | | | pickup truck has 4 doors and a long crew cab. |
| truck that is affordable and reliable, then | | | | There are two choices of engines, the 4,0L V |
| Toyota might be the dealer to call on. The | | | | 6 or the 2.7L Inline 4. It can also tow up to |
| Toyota Tundra is well known for it's heavy | | | | 6,500 pounds. Toyota manufacturers are known |
| duty utility features and is appealing to | | | | for producing quality vehicles and many |
| many middle class families. Many people who | | | | people in the US love and purchase these |
| work in the construction field look to buying | | | | Japanese owned vehicles. They are reliable |
| a Toyota truck because of its quality. Heavy | | | | and huge contender for Ford, Dodge and |
| duty features are also promoted in television | | | | General Motors. If you've been thinking about |
| commercials which help you realize the | | | | getting a Toyota Tundra or Tacoma, you might |
| quality design built into the truck. In the | | | | be making a really good decision. |