Will Toyota Bring Back The X Runner

With the fourth-generation Toyota Tacoma, the Japanese company is reviving an exciting old name, last seen in 2014. The company recently debuted a concept harkening back to a previously discontinued trim level: the X-Runner. In light of the buzz surrounding this concept, we're using this guide to cover Toyota's X-Runner trim, including what it is, its history, and details of the all.

Toyota brought back the X-Runner name from the past and applied it to a 2024 Tacoma sport-truck concept with a lowered suspension and extra power, among other modifications. Inside, the X-Runner retains its Tacoma feel while blending seamlessly into its reimagined, performance aesthetic by featuring paddle shifters, and custom X-Runner accents. "There is a Tacoma for everyone, with eight grades in the 2024 Tacoma lineup," said Mike Tripp, group vice president, Toyota Marketing.

Toyota's Tacoma X-Runner held the sports truck banner for Toyota in some ways to compete with the Ford SVT Lightning, but today it's out of sale, which is a shame as it was a cool truck in many ways. With the might of their current model lineup and technology behind them in 2022, surely Toyota could now bring back the Tacoma's sporty sister. Here at SEMA, Toyota has shown that someone on its team is dreaming that same dream: the Japanese automaker has revived its mid-2000s performance pickup, the Tacoma X-Runner, as a concept vehicle.

During the 2023 SEMA Show, Toyota revived the X-Runner name from back in the day and attached it to the 2024 Tacoma sport-truck concept. The Tacoma X-Runner concept truck will have a bigger version of the Tundra's twin. Toyota's 421 HP Tacoma X-Runner Concept Is Putting Sports Trucks Back On The Agenda Mid-size trucks gains aggressive body kit, upgraded suspension and a heavy duty rear axle from its Tundra big.

Toyota would like to bring back the sport truck, at least if this wild Tacoma concept-unveiled at SEMA this year-is any indication. The black and blue curiosity pictured here goes by the name of Tacoma X-Runner, and it's a welcome respite from the onslaught of trail-stomping monsters that tend to overrun the Las Vegas convention center this time of year. (Including a few from Toyota.

From 2005-2013 Toyota sold a lowered version of the Tacoma, called the Tacoma X-Runner. It's been over 10 years now, since the sportier Tacoma was offered, but is Toyota bringing it back with.