This is going to be my first Toyota purchase and I'm a little confused. Doing my research (California) I've found that the Tundra is priced much lower than the Tacoma. Why is that.

 

Well IMO the tacoma costs more because it is an extremely popular truck, traditionally more popular the tundra. The Tundra is just now coming into its own as a popular truck. Just my $0.02.

 

the tundra is cheaper because with how high gas prices are. they cant sell as many tundras right now so they discount them cheaper then the tacomas to push them out the door.

 

Do you mean they have lower payments and better financing options or they are actually priced lower?

The MSRP of the Tacoma with a San Fran zip code is ~$14k, the MSRP of the Tundra is ~$22k.

I noticed that I could have had lower payments with a new Tundra than with my Tacoma, but like the above have said...that comes with paying for the gas to drive it.

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Where are you finding them priced cheaper?

In my experiece, a tundra is usually about 4k or so higher than a Tacoma of similar miles and quality.