Generations

I’m kinda confused By what they consider gen two tundras. I feel there are quite a few body differences in the 07 to 13 and the 14 to 21 tundras. Making me feel like the 14 to 21 tundras should be GEN three and the 22 to current model tundra should be GEN four. Who else thinks this should be the case?

 

That’s how this forum used to be organized, then when Toyota released the ‘22 model they themselves called it the 3rd gen. So ‘14-21’s were relabeled as 2.5gen.

 

Thank you for the insight on that. Still think Toyota is wrong for that one. Lol

 

Their justification was - it was the same frame, cab, and powertrain the entire span.

 

Not the same powertrain some of the older tundras had 4.7l v8 in them and the body lines from the nose of the truck to the bed are different. Sure it’s the same frame but they look totally different from the 07-13 to the 14-21. My thing is if you can noticeably see a difference it should be considered a different generation. Especially when the way they are saying it’s the same generation from 07-21 the differences are not small difference. For instance squarebody chevys switch from round to square headlights but if you swap the grills and headlight bezels out you can put whatever headlights and grills on them. Not the same for the tundras you would have to swap the whole front end and even still I don’t think the body lines would match up. I just feel Toyota should have thought more before deciding to call the 22 and up 3rd generation.