January 25, 2023 Update – The high bid did not meet the seller’s reserve price of $14,900, so we’ve moved this vehicle to our “Rides Still Available Page.”  Click the blue button above or below to navigate to this ride’s bid page, where you can select the green “Buy Now” button.

The Guys With Rides team is pleased to offer Lot 174, a very clean 2001 Toyota Tacoma Double Cab TRD 4×4 V6 we are offering in an online, reserve-style auction we are conducting on behalf of the second owner.

Bidding opened Wednesday, January 11, 2022, and continues for fourteen (14) consecutive days ending at 4:00 PM Eastern time on Wednesday, January 25, 2022.

This 2001 2001 Toyota Tacoma Double Cab TRD 4×4 V6 currently resides in Sealey, Texas, a suburb located approximately fifty miles west of downtown Houston.

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The Deets

High Bid: $2,000

Japanese automaker Toyota offered the Tacoma pickup truck line across three generations dating back to 1995.  The first-generation Tacoma (spanning model years 1995 through 2004) was a compact pickup.  The name “Tacoma” was derived from the Coast Salish peoples’ name for Mount Rainier in Washington State.  Toyota introduced the Tacoma in the US in February 1995 as a replacement for the Hilux, which prior to this, was marketed in the US under the name Toyota Pickup. Compared with the Hilux, the Tacoma is engineered with a greater priority on ride quality, handling, comfort, and safety over ruggedness and payload capacity. The design is intended to better suit the needs of the US and Canadian markets, where pickup trucks are often used as personal vehicles and less exclusively for commercial, agricultural, and off-road use.

In addition to two four-cylinder engines, Toyota offered a 3.4 L V6 rated at 190 horsepower and 220 pound-feet of torque. Four-wheel-drive Tacomas featured six-stud wheel-lug patterns and were available with the 2.7-L and 3.4-L engines. All Double Cab models were only available with automatic transmission for the first generation.  The truck’s frame is fully boxed until immediately after the rear leaf spring mount bracket, where it transitions into a c-frame section. The TRD Off-Road package was introduced in 1998. This package added a locking rear differential and was only available to four-wheel drive models equipped with a V6.

Here is the seller’s description of their 2001 Toyota Tacoma in their own words:

“This is a very nice truck we have owned since we purchased used in 2001 with only 7,000 miles. It served as my wife’s commuter truck for 20 years. Nice topper on the back. Line-X bed since new. Great runner and has a nice interior. Just my wife and I drove the truck all these years. Interior is remarkable for its age.”

Here is a complimentary CarFax® for this 2001 Toyota Tacoma confirming the two-person ownership and the fact that this car has never been in an accident. To review the CarFax, please click on the picture below. When finished, click on your browser’s back button to return to this listing:

On Monday, January 9, a Lemon Squad mechanic completed a Pre-Purchase Inspection (“PPI”) on this 2001 Toyota Tacoma.  To review the Lemon Squad inspection, please click on the picture below. When finished, click on your browser’s back button to return to this listing:

To help you make informed bids, we’re providing access to Classic.com, the analytics and search engine for the Classic Car market, that provides an interactive graph of recent comparable sales year-to-date. By clicking on the green dots, you can navigate to each comparable car sold as a way to help you make an educated bid on the car we are featuring for auction here:

Exterior Gallery

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Interior Gallery

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Underhood And Undercarriage Gallery

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Tires And Wheels Gallery

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If you have any questions about this 2001 Toyota Tacoma 4×4 pickup, please leave a comment below or feel free to call Rudy directly at 877-468-6497.  Thank you for looking, and happy bidding!