staff@slashgear.com (Cameron Aubernon)
2024-04-26 10:27:19
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Every trim level brings its own personality into the cab. The Tundra TRD Pro, for example, bedazzles its five seats with orange contrast stitching, plus a pair of buckets with the “TRD Pro” stitching. No such jazz for the Platinum, though: it keeps the five seats, but in gray with blue contrast stitching, including on the doors, the dashboard, and the steering wheel. Stepping into the cab is a breeze with the optional power running boards with power bed step ($1,350), which pop out when any one of the four doors are open, then tuck back under with all doors closed.
It’s quite a spacious cab, too, especially for the legs of the three occupants on the rear bench. Compared to the 41.2 inches of legroom up front, the rear occupants get 41.6 inches to really stretch out. Headroom takes a bit of a ding (39.3 inches up front, 36.9 inches out back) due to the panoramic power tilt/slide roof, but what a view everyone will have the skies above.
The Tundra TRD Pro, 1794 Limited Edition, and Capstone can only be had with a 5.5-foot aluminum-reinforced composite bed, while the SR and SR5 can have an 8.1-foot bed, depending on the cab configuration. For the rest of the 2024 Tundra lineup, including the Platinum we tested, a 5.5-foot bed (such as the one ours came with) or a 6.5-foot bed with the CrewMax cab are the only options available. The 5.5-foot bed has a 1,565 pound maximum capacity with four-wheel drive and the hybrid twin-turbo V6, rising to 1,655 pounds with the 6.5-foot bed/rear-wheel drive/hybrid twin-turbo combination. It’ll tow up to 11,020 pounds.