{"id":1811,"date":"2021-11-06T17:55:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T09:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1811"},"modified":"2021-11-06T17:55:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-06T09:55:31","slug":"toyota-tacozilla-off-road-micro-house-camper-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1811","title":{"rendered":"Toyota Tacozilla off-road ‘micro-house’ camper revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Inside the 2022 Toyota Tundra<\/h4>\n

Toyota Trucks Executive Chief Engineer Mike Sweers enters The Fox Garage to talk about the all-new 2022 Tundra pickup with Fox News Autos Editor Gary Gastelu.<\/p>\n

Now, about that tiny house trend \u2026<\/p>\n

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Toyota has taken the wraps off of a custom off-road camper it built for its display at the SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) Show in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

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The Tacozilla is based on a Tacoma TRD Sport pickup and takes its inspiration from the all-in-one campers it collaborated with the Chinook RV company on in the 1970s.<\/p>\n

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Toyota is calling it a “micro-house” because it truly comes with all of the comforts of home, including a bed over the cab, couches, a table, a widescreen TV, a full kitchen and a bathroom with toilet and shower.<\/p>\n

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“We really didn\u2019t want it to look like a refrigerator on the back of a truck, so you\u2019ll see it\u2019s all rounded edges,” project head Marty Schwerter said of its aluminum body.<\/p>\n

“Our goal was to build a vehicle that is engineered correctly but also made to look really cool,” Schwerter said. “Being around race cars my whole life, race cars are cool looking. I want campers to be cool looking, too.”<\/p>\n

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It’s not just a slide-in unit, either. To make it the cabin tall enough for 6-foot-2-inch passengers to stand up in, the floor dips down between the frame rails, below where the bed floor used to be.<\/p>\n

The team also added a 2-inch suspension lift, snorkel air intake and a winch integrated into the front bumper.<\/p>\n

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Toyota isn’t planning to put it into production, but with the increasing popularity of overland off-road driving and the #vanlife movement, it seems like the right vehicle at the right time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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