Production chronology1995–open
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
Wikipedia lead ↗1 year
← Toyota
Toyota / Model record
ToyotaTacoma
Production1995 – present
Recorded originJapan
ClassPickup truck
Also known asTaco
Power326 hp
Background
The Toyota Tacoma is a pickup truck manufactured by Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota since 1995. The first-generation Tacoma was classified as a compact pickup truck; subsequent models are classified as mid-size pickup trucks. The Tacoma was Motor Trend's Truck of the Year for 2005.
Text adapted from “Toyota Tacoma” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
US EPA model years1995–2026
Model years represented in FuelEconomy.gov; a US-market observation, not a worldwide production range.
EPA FuelEconomy.gov ↗Observed bounds
Canadian NRCan model years1996–2026
Model years in Natural Resources Canada retail fuel-consumption data; Canadian-market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Natural Resources Canada ↗31 years
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations2018
First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Netherlands RDW ↗1 year
EEA EU registration observations2025
EU passenger-car registration monitoring years; this is a market snapshot, not a worldwide production range.
Research notes
Pickup produced since 1995, sold primarily in North America and assembled exclusively there (unlike the global Hilux). Best-selling mid-size pickup in the US for most of the last two decades.