The Toyota Tundra is a full-size pickup truck

Pickup truck

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 introduced by Toyota in the year 2000. It was widely considered to be the first full-size import-brand truck built with an American

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 look and feel and a refined V8 engine. The Tundra was eventually nominated for the North American Truck of the Year award and was Motor Trend

Motor Trend

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 magazine's Truck of the Year in 2000 and 2008. Currently the Tundra is assembled in San Antonio, Texas

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 where production was consolidated in 2008.

The first generation Tundra had many similarities with the older Toyota T100

Toyota T100

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 and the compact Toyota Tacoma

Toyota Tacoma

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.