Bit Enough?

If you still harbor doubts about a Japanese automakers' ability to adapt, feast your eyes on the all-new Toyota Tundra double cab.

The all-new Tundra Double Cab is the longest, widest, deepest and roomiest pickup that Toyota has ever built. (Photo: Toyota Canada)

"The Double Cab is the longest, widest, deepest and roomiest Tundra that Toyota has ever built," boasts a company press release.

No longer do small commuter cars define automakers from the Pacific island, but rather Japanese manufacturers are finding great success in the North American marketplace with large SUVs and pickups.

Toyota made perhaps the boldest and loudest statement to that effect when it entered a Tundra in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, the unabashed bastion of good old boy racing.

Not just a pretty face on the construction site, the 2004 Tundra Double Cab is built for heavy hauling. (Photo: Toyota Canada)

And while that regular Tundra is built for speed, the 2004 Tundra Double Cab is built for hauling, and I'm not talking pea gravel here.

Still, the biggest advantage all this longer, wider, larger stuff brings with it is the spacious cabin, featuring seating for five adults and rear seats that are more SUV-like than pickup. According to Tundra press notes, the larger rear passenger compartment is comparable to Toyota's Sequoia full-sized SUV. Clearly, cabin comfort was top of mind when Toyota engineers set out to make the biggest Tundra ever.