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2014 Tundra Pre-Orders Strong – Production Changes, More Variations Coming

UPDATE: There has been a lot of media outlets lately (like this Autonews story) talking about what Bill Fay, Toyota Division General Manager, comments on expanding production of the Tundra and moving production of the Tacoma. Just a reminder, we reported on this months ago. Here is our original post.

Lost in the frantic news and reviews of the 2014 Tundra is a most interesting tidbit. It seems Toyota’s Chief Engineer Mike Sweers alluded to Toyota building more Tundra pickups and different variations of it are coming soon. Say what?

2014 Tundra Pre-Orders Strong - Production Changes, More Variations Coming

According to Chief Engineer Mike Sweers, pre-orders of the 2014 have been really strong prompting discussion of moving the Tacoma production and building more variations of the truck.

Consumer Reports Should Stick To Reliability Ratings and Leave The Reviews To Someone Else

Here’s a video from Consumer Reports about the new 2014 Tundra. While I wouldn’t call it awful, I wouldn’t call it good either.

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Here’s why:

2014 Toyota Tundra Overall Impressions – First Take

After a week of posts about exterior, interior, driving, etc., here is my view of the truck overall and Toyota’s sales expectations. Again, this information comes from Toyota’s press preview event, talking with reps and my limited time driving the truck.

2014 Toyota Tundra Overall Impressions - First Take

The 2014 truck is really just a first step to more things to come.

Toyota’s Mike Sweers Defends 2014 Tundra – AutoNews Interview

Last week, Toyota chief engineer Mike Sweers had a revealing conversation with AutoNews West Coast Editor Mark Rechtin. Here is what he had to say.

Toyota's Mike Sweers Defends 2014 Tundra - AutoNews Interview

According to Toyota’s Mike Sweers, 88 percent of Crew Max owners hated the slide and recline rear seats.wee

Toyota Tundra Chief Mike Sweers – Hay Farmer Press Release

Toyota has released a press release highlighting Mike Sweers roots and the development process behind the Tundra. Saying that they “paid attention to every detail” makes us wonder if this release is in response to the 2014 reviews suggesting Toyota ran out of money to make changes.

Toyota Tundra Chief Mike Sweers - Press Release

Chief Engineer Mike Sweers and the 2014 Toyota Tundra.