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Model year 1996 · 1st gen (1995–2004)

1996 Toyota Tacoma specs

The 1996 Toyota Tacoma weighs 2,562–3,186 lb at the curb and measures 174.8–193.3 in long, by configuration, per Toyota’s own documents.

We hold 6 configurations of the 1996 Tacoma, and Toyota gives a figure for every one.

Retail configurations
6
Documents
1
Regular Cab 4x4 2.7L 5MT, drawn to scale from its published dimensions.

01 / Configurations

Every 1996 Tacoma configuration

6 retail configurations sold in 1996, each with the figures Toyota publishes for it. A number a factory package raises shows under the configuration’s own. Toyota gives figures for weights and dimensions.

19966 configurations
1996 Toyota Tacoma 1st gen: every configuration with its numbers
ConfigurationCurb weight
Regular Cab 4x2 2.4L2,562 lb
Regular Cab 4x4 2.7L3,186 lb
Xtracab 4x2 2.4L2,740 lb
Xtracab 4x4 2.7L2,740 lb
Xtracab 4x4 3.4L V62,760 lb
SR5 Xtracab 4x4 3.4L V62,740 lb

MakerSource: Canadian Vehicle Specifications, 1996 Toyota Tacoma (NHTSA vPIC GetCanadianVehicleSpecifications, metric)

A dash means the maker’s documents we have don’t give that number for that configuration, and a column with no number for any configuration of the year isn’t shown. “Door label” means the maker prints it only on each vehicle’s certification label, and “not published” that the maker doesn’t print it, or points elsewhere. “Up to” is a ceiling the maker prints over several configurations; a range is the maker’s own, printed across the grades of that configuration.

02 / What changed

New for 1996

The 1996 Tacoma against the 1995, the previous model year we hold. Only what Toyota’s documents show: nothing here is inferred.

  • No retail configuration added or dropped: the 6 sold in the 1995 are all here.
  • Curb weight: 2,562–3,186 lb (1995: 2,560–3,404 lb).
  • Length: 174.8–193.3 in (1995: 174.8–199.2 in).
  • Curb weight differs on 4 of 6 configurations sold in both years: −660 to +2 lb.
  • Length differs on 4 of 6 configurations sold in both years: −5.9 in.

03 / Sources

The 1996 documents

1 document behind the 1996 Tacoma’s figures. The maker’s own come first; a third-party page fills in only a number the maker doesn’t publish, and wears its own mark.

Documents last checked . How we read them and what the marks mean: how we source the numbers. A figure doesn’t match its document? Report a wrong number.

04 / Keep going

More on the Tacoma

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These are Toyota’s published figures for the models it describes, not a weighbridge or a tape measure; your own vehicle’s options change them. Found a figure that doesn’t match the document? Tell us.