Toyota Consider Going To The Past For New Truck?

The word legendary is thrown around far too often by people. Every so often, however, the term is appropriate. In the case of the Toyota Truck of the 1980s, the title certainly was. The good news is Toyota seems to realize it and recently revealed a Toyota Truck Concept vehicle that was essentially an early 1980s Toyota Truck!

The Toyota Truck of the 1980s was so iconic that it didn’t even need a fancy name. No, it was just “the truck.” The truck was great because it was actually a compact truck and had reliability that simply was amazing. The key was the 22R engine that just ran and ran and ran and well, you get the idea. The truck is still seen driving around everywhere you look. The 22R stock engine is still running in many of them with only the occasional timing belt change, tune up and oil change being done. A truly amazing vehicle! (more…)