When it comes to gas mileage, the 2024 Toyota Tacoma, with its hybrid engine, is expected to be the best pickup truck in its class. The Canadian government says they can reach that goal at up to 25 miles per gallon. If you know anything about midrange trucks in general and the old Tacoma in particular, that is a very good answer. A user of 4thGenTacoma.com found that Natural Resources Canada has already given mileage figures for the 2024 Tacoma, even though the U.S. EPA still needs to do so. They only cover Tacomas with four wheels, but there will also be versions with rear-wheel drive. It also talks about the automatic transmission with eight speeds and the manual transmission with six speeds. I’ll let you figure out how else a pickup with four wheels and four-wheel drive can get 25 mpg since the database doesn’t tell the difference between electric and gas-powered drivetrains. Yes, the 2017 Tacoma automatic gets up to 25 mpg on the highway, 19 mpg in the city, and 21 mpg in total. The website calls that the “3-mode” model. That’s not for the “2-mode” or unnamed model. We know that the last one is the manual, but it needs to be clarified what makes the first two different. On the highway, the “2-mode” automatic only gets 23 mpg. The car only gets 18 mpg in the city, 23 mpg on the highway, and 20 mpg altogether. The person on the forum who found these numbers thinks that they match the numbers on the window stickers of American cars, so they are likely right for the American market. Canada hasn’t given out RWD model numbers yet, but these 4WD Tacomas are better than their rivals. The fastest gas mileage is found in the Ford Ranger, with 20 miles per gallon in the city, 24 miles per hour on the highway, and 22 miles per gallon total. The 10-speed automatic transmission is probably the main reason why it has a much better gas economy in cities and overall. Chevy and Nissan are tied in every other way. These only work for regular 4x4s; they only work for some extreme off-road or performance types. Vehicles with rear-wheel drive will also get better gas mileage, but it needs to be clarified if hybrids are included in the figures. You would think that hybrids would get the best gas mileage in cities. Also, it’s important to note that the new Tacoma is better than the old one. Neither the naturally aspirated 2.7-liter four-cylinder engine nor the 3.5-liter V6 engine could get the 2023 truck to get more than 20 mpg on the highway. The smaller engine got up to 22 mpg on the highway, but now that the Tacoma has a turbocharger and electric help, it is more powerful and uses less gas. It will be soon that we see what these cars can really do. So far, it looks like a success.
