In this episode of Rush to Reason, John and Richard Rush delve into the exciting updates and features of the 2025 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro. This formidable vehicle is equipped with a range of enhancements designed for off-road enthusiasts. From its redesigned styling to its advanced hybrid powertrain, discover what makes this truck a standout in its segment.
All right, we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Also that time when we play drive radio as well because we do car reviews on a weekly basis. Richard, what have you driven lately?
SPEAKER 02 :
Yeah, Dad, so I drove a pretty fun car, or I should say a truck. I’m going to misstate it. A 2025 Toyota Tacoma. This was the TRD Pro model. And I’ve got the window sticker that I’m going to pull up here real quick. And, Dad, this is a fantastic little truck, right? They redesigned this truck. I believe it was this year, if I’m not mistaken. And they’ve made a lot of improvements, right? They changed the styling. They updated the interior. It looks like a lot of the other, you know, Toyota trucks and SUVs and all those different things out there. And what I would say is this, that this vehicle is right in line with a lot of these other midsize trucks, right? This is in line with a lot of the other manufacturers that, however, this model specifically, which again is the TRD Pro model, is made to basically be bought specifically And then driven off-road, the minute that you buy it on the lot, you don’t have to add a whole lot to it. You don’t have to change a whole lot to it, right? It comes with everything. For example, it’s got trimmed and heated, ventilated performance front seats. The front seats that actually have, like, shock.
SPEAKER 01 :
Oh, those are cool. I actually wanted to see those. I had a crazy week where I would have seen those personally, but I wanted to see those.
SPEAKER 02 :
Yeah. And they include a little hand pump, and you can basically change it to on-road, off-road. You can set the settings. It’s got two different shock dampeners on each side, so it’s the front and back motion and the side-to-side motion. And again, all that’s included. It’s got a TRD Pro heated steering wheel. It’s got the 10-speaker sound system. It’s also got the JBL system or the little mini speaker that you can kind of pop out as a Bluetooth option that you can take and do what you need to. Underneath the hood, Dad, this is probably the best thing, especially for our altitude. It’s got the i-Force Max 2.4-liter four-cylinder turbocharged hybrid powertrain, along with the eight-speed automatic transmission. It’s got the four-wheel drive demand, part-time 4×4 system, TRD-tuned Fox. internal bypass shocks, electronically controlled locking differential, and I can sit here and go on and on. Folks, I think you can see this thing is made to be bought and then driven off-road. And, Dad, you and I were talking kind of last week, I should say, when we had this vehicle, that this is sort of becoming a very popular segment of the market, which is these off-road-tuned or off-road-capable midsize trucks, and we’ll get to the price here in a second, that people basically can buy and they don’t have to do a whole lot, too.
SPEAKER 01 :
Exactly. No. And for those of you listening in our area, one of the hottest trucks probably still sold in our area. Resale value because of that, I should say. Resale value very high. One of the few vehicles, Richard, that you can buy that you really don’t lose a lot of money on when it’s all said and done.
SPEAKER 02 :
No, Dad, you can buy these vehicles, you know, again, obviously there was the older V6 editions of these that, you know, they had 200,000 miles on them, Dad, and they were still about 60% of the value of when you bought them, right? These things just really stand up to the test of time. This vehicle, as it sits, Dad, because people are going to want to know, 67,410. And so, yes, folks, a Toyota Tacoma is 67,000. However, if you compare that to the competition, Dad, with how they are outfitted and everything else, and this is not… a standard Tacoma, right? I just want to make sure that people know that this vehicle is not just your run of the mill, you even limited whatever it might be. This is an off road variant that they are, you know, kind of a special edition. And like you said, that those special editions at times and not special in the sense of, you know, they’re making a limited run, but just special with a lot of the features that are on there. they tend to do better in the resale market. And on this vehicle, which like we talked about, we’ve driven other models, I can say, Dad, that this thing runs well. It looks fantastic. It was a really pretty kind of sand brown color to it. They’ve got some different fenders on it, which are nice. It’s got some steel bump steel bumpers that make it great, some different colors. It’s just this vehicle stands out in the right ways, and I would encourage folks that if you’re interested to go check it out because, again, yes, is that price point high? Yes, but if you were to go buy a standard Tacoma, Dad, and then outfit it the way that you maybe would want to, you’re probably in the same ballpark, and obviously you did that for years.
SPEAKER 01 :
you know when you can when it comes to outfitting these vehicles it can it can get expensive oh yeah no your aftermarket bill gets extremely high and by the way much higher than it even used to be a lot of that now is included from the factory and again you can still personalize after that if you want to do you know certain things that you know give you that ability as well but no to your point richard taking a stock truck, turning it into something that in this case is already done for you. The already done for you is still the cheapest way. And on top of that, you get all the warranty that comes from the factory along with it.
SPEAKER 02 :
I was just going to say, you get the factory warranty. You’re not going to get any questions about it, what went on, anything like that. And again, Dad, the nice thing that they’ve done is there’s really not a whole lot of options on this vehicle. They’ve given you a towing technology package, which includes wireless camera system. You’ve got courtesy delivery, rear differential skid plate, some things like that. Real quick, Dad, fuel economy, 22 and 24 for 23. About the only real negative I can have on this vehicle, and it’s more of just you’ve just kind of got to get used to it, it’s got a pretty small fuel tank. So I was actually less than 300 miles of range in terms of when I was actually able to drive it. So I had to kind of fill up midweek just because the average driving around Colorado that folks know, you’re going further than maybe you are in other markets. But is that something that will prevent me from buying this vehicle? No. And again, if you’re looking to buy something that can go off-road, can do a little bit of minor towing, some things of that nature, I would highly recommend this vehicle. And honestly, Dad, I would say to… Anyone who’s interested, maybe you’ve seen this vehicle, you’ve admired it from afar, head to your local Toyota dealer, test drive them, see what they’ve got on the lot, and I would encourage you to really get your friends and your family in it because I think that you’ll be really pleased with what Toyota’s done. Again, 2025 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro. Let them know that John and Richard Rush from Drive Radio and Rush to Reason sent you.
SPEAKER 01 :
This is John Rush from Rush to Reason and Drive Radio. Thank you so much for listening. Check out more of our podcasts at RushToReason.com or Drive-Radio.com.
