No way I’d ever buy that engine. If buying a GM go with the 6.2. My wife’s Yukon has the 6.2 and it’s a beast.

With that said, I recently bought another Tundra which has the TT V6. I have been pleased with the performance of the Toyota TT V6.

I need a report before next year. Son will be taking over my tundra and I will be getting a new one for his b day. I really liked the 5.7 engine

So far so good. I opted for a limited 4WD w/o the hybrid. The hybrid gives about 40 more HP, but you lose all under seat storage and it costs about $5k-$6k more. I didn’t think the hp gain was worth it, especially losing all storage for a stupid battery and the increase in price.

What mpg are you losing as well?

My disclaimer, I am a GM employee. Through our car program at work, I have used the turbo 4cyl truck. I have driven around and towed my 21' Fxi skeeter boat with it. I am going to give you my overall thoughts.

Pros:
- It runs like a v8. It's as fast as the 5.3, it pulls as well as a 5.3.
- I didn't want to like the engine...i mean it's a 4 banger...but I came away very impressed.
- It's a high torque motor. The engine was designed from the ground up to be a truck motor. It's not an equinox engine stuffed in a truck. Supposedly they had diesel engineers help with the design.
- Pulled my boat well. Engine isn't high revving like you'd expect.

Cons
- the gas mileage is about that of the 5.3. I was hoping better. The stats say it's slightly better in city but not sure how much we'd notice.

other thoughts:
- I am wondering about durability compared to the v8. To me this is a a big unknown. Not to say that 5.3s don't have issues along the way. I am not in engineering so don't have any insider information but curious how they age compared to the v8. You have less cylinder so less valves, less connecting arms, less everything that can go wrong which is a big plus to me. But it does have a turbo. I think it's likely they age better.
- I actually started looking at used trucks and if I saw a 4cyl, I'd buy without hestiation. But only '22 and up. That's when they drastically increased the torque.


Anyway, that's my thoughts. Even through I work for GM, my views are more of someone that has used it. Be glad to answer questions but like I said, it's not like I can call the people who designed it. Just my opinion of using the truck several times over the course of a month or two.

No way I’d ever buy that engine. If buying a GM go with the 6.2. My wife’s Yukon has the 6.2 and it’s a beast.

With that said, I recently bought another Tundra which has the TT V6. I have been pleased with the performance of the Toyota TT V6.

Local dealer keeps sending me letters wanted me to trade my Tundra. No way am I ready to give up my 5.7. That and i have certain mods i want to keep. They state I will see $5k to $6k in fuel savings over the life of the the truck. I say no way and any savings will be offset by higher cost. Typical dealer carp. Also looking at that truck I think that nose sits so low that it will hang up on curbs and thought Fords sat low in the front. Toyota needs to put a different suspension on 4x4s like manufacturers did in the old days. First thing I did when I bought my 2017 was but Bilstein 6112 coilovers on the front and raise it 2".

Tundra with the TRD off road package come from the factory with Bilstein shocks and have for a few years. My son’s 2014 TRD Tacoma has bilsteins. Toyota is even offering a 3” factory lift on some TRD off road packages. I’ll probably raise mine up some, but want to do it all the way around, not just a level.

If you do decide to buy another, skip the DFW Toyota dealerships, they all were pretty much worthless. I ended up buying from Toyota of Cedar Park. They beat the best price I got around here by a large margin.

When I bought my 2017 I really wanted a PRO. I met a game warden at Lavon when I had the Tacoma Baja. He recommended Toyota dealer in Mount Pleasant where he bought a Tacoma PRO. He got a very rare discount off MSRP on the PRO. I would have been happy with MSRP on PRO. I called dealer and he wanted to add a mark up. I told him I don't pay markups. He said your loss. I said no yours and told him to pound sand. Then I called dealer in Paris and same [censored]. I asked for a truck with with no dealer or port add ons. He said we don't sell any that way. I said I won't pay for them. I bought 2 trucks at dealer in Rockwall. Dealt with sales director on both and he treated me good. He left for GM job in Oregon. I tried to work a deal with the new sales group on Tundra. Hit a wall on trade in. There were 2 of them in the room when I said "ok I will just sell it myself". When the dude sitting next to me said "good luck with that" I said "no good luck to you aholes".