Model year 2012 · 2nd gen (2005–2015)

2012 Toyota Tacoma specs

The 2012 Toyota Tacoma tows 3,300–6,500 lb, carries 1,195–1,450 lb of payload, has 7.3–9.1 in of ground clearance, weighs 3,315–4,220 lb at the curb and measures 190.4–221.3 in long, by configuration, per Toyota’s own documents.

We hold 20 configurations of the 2012 Tacoma, and Toyota gives a figure for every one.

Retail configurations: 20
Documents: 2

PreRunner Access Cab 6-ft bed 4x2 2.7L 4AT, drawn to scale from its published dimensions.

01 / Configurations

Every 2012 Tacoma configuration

20 retail configurations sold in 2012, 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, dimensions, towing and clearance and angles.

201220 configurations

2012 Toyota Tacoma 2nd gen: every configuration with its numbers
Configuration	Ground clearance	Approach	Breakover	Departure	Max towing	Max payload	Curb weight	Tires
Base Regular Cab 6-ft bed 4x2 2.7L 5MT	7.9 in	27.0°	21.0°	20.0°	3,500 lb	1,335 lb	3,315 lb	P215/70R15
Base Regular Cab 6-ft bed 4x2 2.7L 4AT	7.9 in	27.0°	21.0°	20.0°	3,500 lb	1,315 lb	3,335 lb	P215/70R15
Base Access Cab 6-ft bed 4x2 2.7L 5MT	7.9 in	27.0°	20.0°	20.0°	3,500 lb	1,295 lb	3,605 lb	P215/70R15
Base Access Cab 6-ft bed 4x2 2.7L 4AT	7.9 in	27.0°	20.0°	20.0°	3,500 lb	1,275 lb	3,625 lb	P215/70R15
Base Double Cab 5-ft bed 4x2 2.7L 4AT	—	27.0°	20.0°	20.0°	3,400 lb	1,195 lb	3,705 lb	P215/70R15
Base Regular Cab 6-ft bed 4x4 2.7L 5MT	9.1 in	35.0°	27.0°	26.0°	3,500 lb	—	3,700 lb	P245/75R16
Base Regular Cab 6-ft bed 4x4 2.7L 4AT	9.1 in	35.0°	27.0°	26.0°	3,500 lb	—	3,755 lb	P245/75R16
Base Access Cab 6-ft bed 4x4 2.7L 5MT	9.1 in	35.0°	27.0°	26.0°	3,500 lb	1,275 lb	4,000 lb	P245/75R16
Base Access Cab 6-ft bed 4x4 2.7L 4AT	9.1 in	35.0°	27.0°	26.0°	3,500 lb	1,250 lb	4,020 lb	P245/75R16
Base Access Cab 6-ft bed 4x4 V6 6MT	9.1 in	35.0°	27.0°	26.0°	3,500 lb6,500 lb¹	—	4,075 lb	P245/75R16
Base Access Cab 6-ft bed 4x4 V6 5AT	9.1 in	35.0°	27.0°	26.0°	3,500 lb6,500 lb¹	—	4,100 lb	P245/75R16
Base Double Cab 5-ft bed 4x4 V6 6MT	9.1 in	35.0°	21.0°	26.0°	3,500 lb6,500 lb¹	1,340 lb	4,160 lb	P245/75R16
Base Double Cab 5-ft bed 4x4 V6 5AT	9.1 in	35.0°	21.0°	26.0°	3,500 lb6,500 lb¹	1,315 lb	4,185 lb	P245/75R16
Base Double Cab 6-ft bed 4x4 V6 5AT	9.1 in	35.0°	20.0°	25.0°	3,500 lb6,400 lb¹	1,280 lb	4,220 lb	P245/75R16
PreRunner Access Cab 6-ft bed 4x2 2.7L 4AT	9.1 in	35.0°	27.0°	26.0°	3,500 lb	1,385 lb	3,785 lb	P245/75R16
PreRunner Access Cab 6-ft bed 4x2 V6 5AT	9.1 in	35.0°	27.0°	26.0°	3,500 lb6,500 lb¹	—	3,865 lb	P245/75R16
PreRunner Double Cab 5-ft bed 4x2 2.7L 4AT	9.1 in	35.0°	21.0°	26.0°	3,500 lb	1,385 lb	3,865 lb	P245/75R16
PreRunner Double Cab 5-ft bed 4x2 V6 5AT	9.1 in	35.0°	21.0°	26.0°	3,500 lb6,500 lb¹	1,450 lb	3,950 lb	P245/75R16
PreRunner Double Cab 6-ft bed 4x2 V6 5AT	9.1 in	35.0°	20.0°	25.0°	3,500 lb6,400 lb¹	1,395 lb	3,950 lb	P245/75R16
X-Runner Access Cab 6-ft bed 4x2 V6 6MT	7.3 in	19.0°	15.0°	19.0°	3,300 lb	—	3,835 lb	255/45R18

MakerSource: 2012 Tacoma Product Information

¹ With the V6 Tow Package: the maker’s figure for the configuration with that factory option.

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 2012

The 2012 Tacoma against the 2011, the previous model year we hold. Only what Toyota’s documents show: nothing here is inferred.

No retail configuration added or dropped: the 20 sold in the 2011 are all here.
Towing: 3,300–6,500 lb (2011: 3,400–6,500 lb).
Payload: 1,195–1,450 lb (2011: 1,235–1,510 lb).
Ground clearance: 7.3–9.1 in (2011: 8.1–9.3 in).
Curb weight: 3,315–4,220 lb (2011: 3,250–4,190 lb).
Same range as the 2011: length.
Towing rating differs on 1 of 20 configurations sold in both years: −200 lb.
Payload differs on 13 of 13 configurations sold in both years: −125 to +20 lb.
Curb weight differs on 20 of 20 configurations sold in both years: −25 to +90 lb.
Ground clearance differs on 19 of 19 configurations sold in both years: −0.8 to −0.2 in.

03 / Tires

2012 Tacoma stock tire sizes

The tire sizes Toyota fits at the factory in 2012, the standard ones first.

2012 Toyota Tacoma stock tire sizes, with the configurations they are fitted to
Tire size	Wheel	Diameternominal
P215/70R15Standard: Base 2.7L 4-cylinder 4x2	15 in	26.9 in
P245/75R16Standard: Base 4x4, PreRunner	16 in	30.5 in
255/45R18Standard: X-Runner	18 in	27.0 in

Tacoma tire sizes, with wheel specs and what bigger tires change

04 / Sources

The 2012 documents

2 documents behind the 2012 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 Oct 9, 2026. 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.

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.