Autoshow Season - Uh oh! Toyota's new Tundra

Detroit...we have a problem. Where Nissan dared tread, but did so with a funky looking full-size that didn't appeal to the die-hard full-sized truck buyer...Toyota has aimed at exactly what these buyers want and delivered.

Amazing what being profitable does for your ability to bring out a product as broad of scope as a full-sized pickup in the domestic makers' vein. The new Tundra will be available with 3 engines (4.0l V-6, 4.7l V-8, and a new 5.7l V-8 of unspecified hp and torque - but expected to be the most powerful V-8 in any full-sized pickup). Towing capacity is stated to be up to 10000 lbs.

Inside is a stylish, functional, and otherwise typical Toyota car-like interior with a heavy layer of butch added to make it appeal to the buyers of competing full-sizers.

In case you were wondering how this new, bigger Tundra stacks up against its competition...here's how it looks to us (stats are currently only available for the Tundra 4x4 crew-cab - so that's what we used to put together this chart). We ignored the Dodge Ram Mega-Cab since that beast is a class of its own (we used the 4x4 quad-cab instead).

	Toyota Tundra	Nissan Titan	Ford F-150	Chevy Silverado	Dodge Ram
Length	228.7	224.2	235.8	230.2	227.7
Width	79.9	78.8	78.9	78.5	79.6
Height	76.4	76.7	76.0	78.5	76.5
Wheelbase	145.7	139.8	150.5	143.5	140.5
Bed Length	78.7	67.1	78.8	69.2	76.3
Bed Width	65.0	63.8	-	61.9	66.4
Width between wheelwells	50.0	-	50.0	50.0	51.0
Bed Depth	22.3	19.9	22.2	19.5	20.2

Unfortunately, it remains to be seen exactly how the interior room, hp, fuel economy, and other stats (like price) stack up against the competition.