Toyota will debut Tundra Work Truck Package in San Diego
Click above for high-res image gallery of the Toyota Tundra Work Truck Package
One glaring omission in the range of Tundra trim levels is a stripper model suitable for duty as a basic work truck. Toyota will change all that at this year's San Diego Auto Show (Dec. 31, 2008 to Jan. 4, 2009) when the 2010 Toyota Tundra Work Truck Package debuts. Like any good work truck, a Tundra with the Work Truck Package is decontented enough to guarantee that your employees don't enjoy the drive too much. All the chrome on the Tundra's exterior has been replaced with black plastic, including the front and rear bumpers and grille, the latter of which has been slightly revised with a two-bar design. The side view mirrors are only manually adjustable, the bench seat is upholstered in washable vinyl, the floor is rubber and the dash is all black plastic. Cruise control and remote keyless entry are also gone as standard features. Available on Regular and Access Cab models in standard and long bed configurations with your choice of a V6 or V8 engine, the Work Truck Package will lower the price of your Tundra by as little as $550 and as much as $665. While not exactly the most exhilarating debut this auto show season, Toyota no doubt sees the benefit of broadening the Tundra's appeal to businesses that get their hands dirty.
Gallery: Toyota Tundra Work Truck Package
[Source: PickupTrucks.com]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Martin 12:06PM (12/24/2008)
Ha!! Like the Tundra is EVER on job sites as it is. Make an ugly truck that much more ugly.
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steveo391 12:16PM (12/24/2008)
I agree with you on that Martin, I dont think I've ever even seen a dirty tundra. Let alone one that is used for work.
Wolf 12:50PM (12/24/2008)
We have a couple for our supers. They work just fine and seem to be holding up better than our old F150's.
Sea Urchin 1:56PM (12/24/2008)
Of course Martin we all know that Truck guys are fasionistas.
Let's cut the BS here, people who work in construction, plumming, electric and such do not buy trucks, they buy vans. Trucks are for people who pretend that they are in construction, people who are senile and are willing to pay and polute just so they can buy that 2x4 from Home Depot once a month. By the way, if you flatten back seat and front seat you can carry 10 2x4 in Focus or Cobalt.
That is the reason why pickups are sold with DVD nav systems, with entertainmemt systems, with leather and all other creature comforts, these are not WORK vehicles, they are posour vehicles, just like 99.9999% of all SUV purchesers who get them because they go "offroading" to Costco and Wal Mart.
If trucks really were "work" vehicles than they would not be sold in dealerships that cater to regular folks, they would be sold by truck dealers, dealers to sell Isuzu trucks, Top Kick trucks, Nissan Diesel trucks----real business, construction, heavy duty trucks.
This whole truck culture already cost us a few thousand men and women in Iraq, a few thousand on a September day and dirtied up our air, water, lungs buy hey i am sure your wife with a double chin can be considered a "cargo" that needs to be hauled.
Trucks are nothing but a lifestyle vehicles, that lifestyle is .....i don't know what it is, well i do it's just that those 7 words are not too polite, so i will not use them. But hey what do i know.
Mr.Oak 2:20PM (12/24/2008)
Sea Urchin: Your un-scientific analysis / silly opinion is what amounts to BS. Don't know where you live, but here in the Garden State, the most densely populated (both cars per mile and humans per acre) state in the nation, the greater percentage of people driving trucks, do so for work. This is especially true for those who have to tow trailers. Vans up here are popular with dry cleaners, florists, parcel and grocery delivery all for obvious reasons. 90% of all truck driving "posers" in NJ, drives that Pilot derived mommy wagon made by Honda.
happy_penguin 2:34PM (12/24/2008)
"people who work in construction, plumming, electric and such do not buy trucks, they buy vans"
Ummmmm.... I'll have some of whatever he's smoking. :)
Patrick 3:01PM (12/24/2008)
In the urban/suburban Northeast, it is rare for a pickup to be used by a tradesperson. Tools, parts, and lumber need to be under lock and key, PERIOD.
My butch minivan (CUV) sees rougher use than 97% of the pickups here.
Sea Urchin 4:02PM (12/24/2008)
Oak i live in NYC, we also build in here, we have small businesses, roofing businesses ans such, they all use vans for tools, and even rocks and earth believe it or not.
I want to make one point very clear
Top Kick is a REAL truck, only and only trades people buy them, that is why they are sold in special dealerships, and that is exactly why Pick Ups are sold separately and that is why they have leather seats, because they are for poseurs.
IOMTT 4:04PM (12/24/2008)
I see plenty of Tundras worked where I live. However, I see more Tacomas used as work trucks than Tundras. I have to say my 05 double cab Tundra has been the most useful and trouble free vehicle I have owned. It's best feature is lack of payments :) I still have a desire for a classic Ford or GM pickup though, maybe a 1967-1969.
Zeus.:God 1:33AM (12/25/2008)
lol
Sea Urchin- you think people carry construction equipment, including "rocks and earth" inside vans. You're a joke, and obviously don't have a realistic view on the automotive industry, or the construction industry, for that matter.
sw 8:17AM (12/25/2008)
I sort of agree with sea urchin. Whenever I go to prewire a house, I see contractors and construction workers in nothing but vans (sometimes the boss shows up in a fully decked out pickup). Farmers and ranchers do need pickups however for the 4x4 capability and towing.
Sea Urchin 8:36AM (12/25/2008)
@ Zeus, i only live in NYC where something gets torn down and rebuild every day.
I also live in a neigborhood that has many middle class trades people......not one of them drives a pick up. Pick up truck is a culture, it's like a Corvette, or a GT-R.
This run up in fuel prices has been great, it forced Toyota to close Tundra plant.
2o6 12:11PM (12/24/2008)
Only $600? Seems pointless. I'm sure they could lose the CD player for an AM/FM radio or drop it altogether.
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Travis Rassat 12:53PM (12/24/2008)
That's what I was thinking, too - strip it more to drop the price $1500 or more and we're talking. I hope it has crank windows and manual locks, too. Those are just more things to go wrong, anyway.
G-Meister 5:48PM (12/25/2008)
I just wish you could get rubber floors on the 4-door. Carpet in a pick-up is just pointless.
Avinash machado 12:12PM (12/24/2008)
When Tundra factory was being constructed they had Ford trucks at the site.
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happy_penguin 2:35PM (12/24/2008)
That's because no self respecting tradesman would be caught dead in a Japanese truck. ;)
The Luigiian 3:32PM (12/24/2008)
@ The Penguin:
I think that's his point. ;)
happy_penguin 3:39PM (12/24/2008)
Well Luigiian, I can rarely resist the urge to drive a point home. ;)
david 12:14PM (12/24/2008)
No self respecting contractor that wants to make a profit by not spending his profit on repairs would'nt be caught dead with a Tundra. The only thing these trucks are good for is making coffee and lunch runs.
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