The Tundra Files
Toyota is guided by a concept called kaizen—constant improvement. But constant improvement is also a relentless challenge. The Tundra Files tells the story of Toyota’s high stakes redesign of its full-size truck—the Toyota Tundra. This was a truck already lasting drivers more than a million miles. Where do you go from there? Through interviews with engineers, designers, and fellow Toyota enthusiasts, host Nick Heil looks at the unique problem of reinventing a truck that was already exceeding expectations. When you make the world’s most reliable vehicles, how do you make them better?
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Episode Six: No Limits
In this episode we’ll zero in on the model custom-tailored to the off-road enthusiast—the TRD Pro—and look at how the suspension and performance system was developed, as well as how it trickles over to other Tundra models.
19 min
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Episode Five: Inside the Tundra
In this episode we’ll talk to the team who designed the inside of the truck, highlighting the choices that make the interior a place you want to spend time, as well as look at what went into developing the ultra-modern technological features like remote start via the Tundra smartphone app, wireless charging, and the all-new infotainment system.
15 min
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Episode Four: An Athletic Exterior
In this episode, we'll talk about how the team approached the challenge of designing an exterior from scratch, the overall direction of truck design, and highlight the extremely clever Active Aero features that allow a square truck to slice through the air—and makes Tundra look like nothing else on the market.
17 min
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Episode Three: The Ultimate Engine
In this episode, we’ll tell the story of how Toyota became the leader in hybrid technology, starting in the late ‘90s with the development of the Prius, and how that legacy is leveraged in a wholly new way in the 2022 Tundra.
19 min
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Episode Two: Form and Function
In this episode we’ll show how the Tundra picks up exactly where the iconic Land Cruiser left off, and how it promises to set the new standard for a go-anywhere, do-anything 4WD platform.
18 min
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Episode One: The World’s Most Reliable Truck
We talk to Toyota engineers to find out what Toyota learned from the famous Million Mile Tundra, and how that longevity lives on in the current model.
20 min