The truck wars are intensifying as Toyota is able to tackle the Ford F-150 Restricted with its upmarket Capstone trim degree for the fullsize pickup truck. Unveiled about three weeks in the past, the luxurious model has been assigned a price ticket of $73,530 earlier than vacation spot prices. It is the one taste of the fullsize pickup truck to cross the $70,000 threshold and prices $6,725 greater than the second-most costly trim, the off-road-oriented TRD Professional.
How does it stack up in opposition to its rival from Dearborn? Though $73,530 doesn’t make it reasonably priced by any stretch of the creativeness, it’s nonetheless significantly cheaper than the F-150 Restricted. Ford is asking $79,660 for the PowerBoost Full Hybrid V6 with 4×4, thus making the Capstone just a little over $6,100 extra attainable.
On the flip aspect, you do lose a number of the effectivity the electrified truck from Ford is ready to ship. The EPA has rated the F-150 Energy Enhance 4×4 at 23 miles per gallon, no matter whether or not we’re speaking metropolis or freeway. As for the Tundra Capstone, Toyota estimates it would return 19 mpg metropolis and 22 mpg freeway for a mixed gasoline financial system of 21 mpg. We’ll have to attend for EPA’s official numbers for a extra correct comparability.
Provided solely with the hybrid powertrain, the Tundra Capstone will get a heavy dose of chrome and big 22-inch wheels or the biggest Toyota has ever placed on the truck. It comes solely in CrewMax configuration with a 5.5-foot mattress and might be had with a number of paint schemes, together with this Wind Chill Pearl.
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From robotically deployable operating boards and perforated leather-based to a panoramic moonroof and acoustic glass for the entrance doorways, the Capstone is lavishly outfitted. That mentioned, Toyota will cost you extra for the rear self-leveling air suspension and 360-degree cameras, that means you may drive up the value moreover.
The fanciest Tundra of all of them will arrive at sellers this spring, full with 437 horsepower, 583 pound-feet (790 Newton-meters), a towing capability of 10,340 kilos, and a payload capability of 1,485 kilos.
