Toyota prices the refreshed 2027 Tundra from $42,890 and adds trailer-assist tech

Toyota has filled in the blanks on the updated 2027 Tundra. The full-size pickup, first shown in July with only a handful of details, will start at $42,890 in the US and is due at dealers this fall, the company said in a new release on Thursday.

Towing gets its own assistants

The biggest technical change is a set of driver aids built for pulling a trailer. Using the rear radar and camera, the truck can now recognise a hitched trailer on its own, measure it and store its profile in a Trailer Garage menu that has moved to the central touchscreen. Blind-spot monitoring stretches to cover the full length of the trailer, a towing version of Lane Trace Assist helps keep the rig centred, and the reworked Trailer Backup Guide can partly steer the truck while reversing and warn of a jackknife.

Trailhunter and TRD Pro

The new Trailhunter package, based on the SR5 grade, is Toyota’s factory-built answer for overlanders. It brings Old Man Emu suspension, Michelin LTX Trail tyres, recovery hooks, extra underbody armour, bronze wheels and a locking rear differential. The off-road flagship TRD Pro switches to adjustable FOX QS3 shocks and gets a new Honeycomb paint colour.

Cabin and powertrain

Every version now has a 14-inch touchscreen with 5G connectivity and a 12.3-inch digital instrument panel. Built-in dash cam recording is standard, and the software runs on Arene, the platform from Woven by Toyota that supports over-the-air updates. The optional i-FORCE MAX hybrid twin-turbo V6 is unchanged at 437 hp and 583 lb-ft, allowing up to 12,000 pounds of towing, and a larger 32.2-gallon fuel tank is now fitted across the range.

The Tundra is Toyota’s main rival to the Ford F-150, Chevrolet Silverado and Ram 1500 in America’s most lucrative vehicle segment. Rather than a full redesign, the 2027 update leans on software and towing features, the areas where buyers of big pickups tend to compare trucks most closely.

Reported by Toyota Newsroom, Toyota Newsroom (July). Compiled with AI tools.