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I drive past a 1970s Ford truck daily and nothing has changed with sizes in the same vehicle category. Newer cars are just more bulbous and thicker. Full-size p

I drive past a 1970s Ford truck daily and nothing has changed with sizes in the same vehicle category. Newer cars are just more bulbous and thicker. Full-size pickups have been just short of 80" wide since regulations in the 1960s on clearance lights. What _did_ change is the compact truck category vanished for a while (and those compacts were then re-designed as mid-sized). The category is making a comeback now with unibody trucklets like the Ford Maverick and Hyundai Santa Cruz. But no, a new Tacoma isn't even close to the size of an old Tundra (212 vs 230 inches length, 75 vs 79 inch width). Also a new Tundra is right there with the size of an old Tundra (233 vs 230 inches length for double cab, same width)

munificent 4y ago
Here's the specs from Edmund's: length bed 2002 Tacoma 2-door 184.4" 74.5" No 2022 model --- - -- - 2002 Tacoma Xtracab 202.9" 74.5" 2022 Tacoma 4-door access cab 212.3" 73.7" 2002 Tacoma 4-door 202.9" 61.5" 2022 Tacoma 4-door double cab 212.3" 60.5" 2002 Tundra 2-door 217.5" 98.2" No 2022 model --- - -- - 2002 Tundra 4-door access cab 217.5" 74.7" No 2022 model --- - -- - No 2002 model --- - -- - 2022 Tundra 4-door double cab 233.6" 77.6" So with Tundras, there's no way to directly compare since they didn't offer double cabs in 2002, and offer only them in 2022. But with Tacomas, you can see that in the same category, they've gotten about ten inches longer (while losing some bed length!). A 2022 Tacoma access cab is 212.3", less than five inches shorter than a 2002 Tundra access cab.