Toyota Australia has confirmed the 2025 Toyota Tundra full-size ute will go on sale officially in November this year.
This follows a nine-month evaluation period where 300 vehicles were leased to potential buyers to use and test.
Like the other full-size pick-ups in Australia, the RAM 1500, Chevrolet Silverado and Ford F-150, the Toyota Tundra is manufactured in the USA in left-hand-drive before being imported to Australia and re-manufactured to right-hand-drive by the Walkinshaw Group at its Melbourne facility.
Unlike its re-engineering business with Ateco Automotive (importer of RAM vehicles) and GMSV (importer of Chevrolet Silverado), Walkinshaw says the work for Toyota is different in that it is a full factory operation with Toyota Motor Corporation.
Sean Hanley, Toyota Australia’s Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Franchise Operations said: “The Tundra has been completely re-engineered by Toyota engineers working in close collaboration with Walkinshaw and uses many parts and components from other Toyota vehicles such as the Landcruiser 300 Series to ensure the very highest quality standards.”
This is the first time such a project has been undertaken by Toyota anywhere in the world, where a left-hand-drive Toyota vehicle is re-engineered by a third-party partner and sold by Toyota.
The Tundra shares its TNGA-F platform with the Landcruiser 300 and upcoming 250 Series Prado, and is powered by a 3.5-litre twin-turbo V6 petrol engine that churns out 326kW and 790Nm of torque.
The engine is mated with a 36kW/250Nm electric motor generator and 6.5Ah nickel metal hydride battery and connected to a 10-speed automatic transmission and part-time dual-range transfer case.
Towing capacity is rated at 4,500kg, while payload is 758kg.