The interior also had to be up to SEMA standards, so everything was wrapped in ginger leather with French stitching, a matching suede headliner was installed, and satin brushed nickel can be found on the AC controls, door handles, and other trim pieces. To complete the interior, a Kenwood touch-screen DVD player and navigation system with dual rear-seat entertainment was installed along with Kenwood speakers and amplifiers.
'09 Toyota Tundra Dualie Diesel?
So, does this mean that you'll be able to walk into a Toyota dealership later this year and drive home in a Tundra dualie with a turbodiesel under the hood? Probably not. This truck was built for SEMA to gauge customer interest in oil-burning 1-ton Toyotas here in the U.S.A., but it's far from a production vehicle. Toyota took a decade and a half to make the jump from midsize trucks to 1/2-ton pickups, so we don't expect them to jump into the diesel deep end of the fullsize truck market while the domestics are still figuring out how to meet the new EPA regulations that are going into effect. After the strict 2010 rules become law though, we won't be surprised if Toyota looks at Chevy, Dodge, and Ford and says, "Game on!"