 So if you guys don't go back to another one, if you're new to the channel, I am Gold Penny, I had a new car, truck and SUV reviews on YouTube. And today we are in the brand new 2023 Toyota Tundra 1794 edition courtesy of younger Toyota in Hagerstown, Maryland. For more information on their inventory, please refer to check out the link in the description box below. And so we are in this one today because 1794 edition actually commemorates the founding of the Texas ranch that's located in San Antonio where they currently produce the Tundra. So they kind of named it after the land which is a pretty cool story there. So you got a ton of Western style accenting in this thing. We'll be touching on that of course. You also get two years or 25,000 miles of complimentary maintenance and that's really for all Toyotas. But that's still pretty cool. So ultimately in this video, we will be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking, steering feel, ride quality, sound system exhaust, lip, all that fun stuff. So having said all of that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it and as always, let's start with pricing. And so there will be several different configurations for the 2023 Tundra 1794 edition. So essentially you're starting at $59,460 for the four by two crew max, the five and a half foot bed and then it can go up to $62,790 for the four by four crew max with a six and a half foot bed. So a couple of different configurations there. But nonetheless, power plant on the 1794 edition is going to be the same. Powering the beast is a 3.4 liter twin turbo V6 putting out 389 horsepower at 5,200 RPM, 479 pound feet of torque coming in at 2,400 RPM. Power sent to rear wheels or all wheels through Toyota's four wheel drive system, of course. Power sent to the ground through with 10 speed automatic, zero to 60 time actually coming in an impressive 5.7 seconds. We'll do a little acceleration test here in a little bit but MPG numbers then coming into 18 in the city, 23 in the highway for the rear wheel drive, 17 city, 22 then on the highway for the all wheel drive. But believe it or not, Toyota recommends regular unleaded fuel which is kind of impressive because you would think with a twin turbo V6 it'd be premium, but anyways, I like it. So before we do any kind of fun acceleration tests here in the Tundra that I wanted to mention to you guys the drive mids is a circular dial located directly behind the shifter that's going to give you drive mids like Eco, Sport, Normal and tow and haul mode essentially adjusting things like the shift points and the throttle response. So now I haven't got all of that out of the way. I'm actually going to stop I'm going to get some gas real quick because we got a two miles left till empty and then we're going to do a quick little acceleration test and we'll see how quickly we can get this one here up to speed. All right, let's do it here. Off we go. Hey, buddy. Holy cow. That's impressive. All right, this thing is actually dang quick. I didn't expect it because this is kind of a mammoth of a chalk but yeah, acceleration is quite great in this thing. You're not going to have any issues emerging onto the highway. Dairy said you might even actually be able to have a little bit of fun in the tundra. That was a very impressive acceleration. So I'm digging it. But anyways, to go along with that acceleration as always, braking is equally important. So upfront, you will find 13.9 inch ventilated front discs in the back, 13.6 inch ventilated rear discs. As far as that six easier stopping distance goes it was, we were kind of coming up to a stop here. It's 143 feet. As far as breaking fuel goes it's a little bit on the softer side if I'm being honest, but it's pretty much as expected for a truck of this size. You're definitely not going to stop on a dime, but it's not bad. It's probably something that wouldn't bother me. Anyways, then touching on suspension and handling, up front you're going to get an independent double wishbone type front suspension. In the back coil spring multi-link rear suspension, off-road suspension with Bilstein shocks that goes for $2,105. And there is an advanced package that goes for $2,995. That gives you an adaptive variable suspension which essentially monitors each shock absorber individually, not only adjusting to the road imperfections, giving you a smoother ride, also tightening up that suspension during heavy cornering, really giving you the best of both worlds. So I'm definitely a big fan of that. We actually do have that today. So when I'm going over things like a speed bump right here it's really not that bad. So it's almost, it's probably the best you can get. Adaptive variable suspensions are going to give you that. So big fan of that. So essentially what I'm trying to say is when it comes to ride quality it's been perfectly fine. Definitely not going to have any issues there. As far as steering feel goes it kind of leads on the heavier side of things which I'm a big fan of. So do like the weight of the steering. It gives you better driver feedback when it's a heavier feel as opposed to a looser steering feel. So big fan of that touching on cabin noise. We're going 55 miles per hour right now. I'll let you guys be the judge of that but certainly not too bad there. Did what I also mentioned though an acoustic laminated front windshield is going to come standard on the tundra. So that's certainly going to assist with less cabin noise coming in here. So I like that touching on visibility. I can see pretty darn good out the back. It pretty much looks like every other truck out there when it comes to rear visibility. So not going to have any issues there either. Rain sensing windshield wipers actually do come standard on the tundra. So what that is is essentially it's going to detect any kind of mist or rainfall. It's going to automatically turn on those windshield wipers for you. So it's just one less thing you got to worry about there. So nice little convenience feature and there's an optional 10 inch color head up display that I'm currently looking at right now. It's going to project your speed, speed limited safety features up on your windshield. So better helps assist with forward visibility there as well. But anyways, it pretty much rounds out the performance segment of this review, you guys. Let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2023 Toyota Tundra 1794 edition. All right, so here she is you guys, the new 2023 Toyota Tundra finished in Wynchill Pearl. In case you were curious of our exterior color name but let's go ahead and start as always as to where this thing is made. The VIN number starts with a five. Therefore this thing is actually made in the US as I mentioned at the very beginning of the video. So let's go ahead and start up front of the Tundra here. Front grille is shared with the Platinum trim level for the 1794 here. So it's going to look pretty similar to that. Very, very masculine looking front end here. So I do like that finished in kind of a brushed aluminum finish. You actually do get active grille shutters as well, meaning the shutters are going to open and close dependent upon the engine cooling that is needed at any given time. So that is pretty cool. I do like the Tundra lettering found to kind of the bottom portion of that front grille. It's going to be finished in chrome. I showed that last year on the limited trim level that I reviewed as well. So that is pretty cool. I like seeing that there. Do you also get LED fog lights kind of integrated into the grille design? They're going to be found at the very bottom kind of portion of the grille there. So that is pretty cool. So I like how they kind of integrated it there. You can hardly even tell that they are fog lights. So kind of cool to the sides. LED headlights do come standard with LED daytime running lights. Of course you get the automatic feature meaning when it starts to get dark in at night the headlights are going to turn on automatically for you there. Also though, you get automatic high beams. So essentially when you have your high beams on at night and the sensors of the vehicle coming in the opposite direction it's going to automatically dim them back to low beams. Then when that vehicle is gone it's going to automatically then bounce it back up to high beams. That is pretty darn cool as well. And there is some additional ventilation kind of found right under the headlights as well. So that is an opening there. So I do want to mention that. But anyways, they're pretty much around to help the front end. Very masculine, very aggressive looking front end just like last year. So let's now go ahead and make our way to the side. All right, so now since we are around to the side of this one, let me first start with there is a gloss black A-pillar that does come standard. You guys can probably see that there. Chrome belt line molding also coming standard rear privacy glass yet again. But the one thing where the 1794 edition really differentiates itself between the other trim levels of the Tundra here is the trim level badging typically is found on the rear doors for other trim levels. But with the 1794 edition you're actually going to get that trim level badging found on the front doors. We'll get up a little closer here. So you guys can see it, but does say 1794 edition. You got the kind of the Texas star down there as well. And that's kind of surrounded by a chrome finish. So that looks pretty darn good. I like that when it comes to the side mirrors they are power adjustable. They are chrome finished. So that is pretty cool as well. I can see myself in it. They are heated. They're auto dimming. You get integrated turn signals. They're power folding. They got the reverse tilt down feature as well. So really it doesn't get any better when it comes to features on the side mirrors there. They take a look down to the wheel setup. That's going to come in at 20 inches and they are machine finished alloy wheels. So I love the look at them. They actually really look good. And I like the kind of the gray finish surrounding the fender surrounds there too. Don't want to leave that out. But anyways, so pretty much rounds out the side profile. So now go ahead and make our way to the back. All right, so now since we are around to the back of this one on that lift gate handle there you do have the Toyota lettering spelled out horizontally and that's going to be finished in chrome. You got the tundra lettering spelled out on the lift gate itself. That looks pretty darn good. Also have some chrome accenting found on the bottom portion there. You do get four and seven pin connectors. You guys can see that to the left of the license plate there when it comes to max towing capacity for the four by four crew max with a five and a half foot bed. That's where you're going to find your max there. 11,050 pounds. So in case you were curious about that. Do an awesome mention there towards the bottom here. You do have a little tailgate step there that can release to help you get in there. And there is a single exhaust outlet to the side. Now the chrome finish doesn't come standard but yeah, that looks pretty darn good. But as always, I do believe you guys know what we have to do next here is that exhaust clip. So now since we are around to the back of the tundra when it comes to opening that rear tailgate there is a tailgate release bump switch on the driver side tail light. That is the coolest way to go ahead and open it up. But there is a button on the key fob. And of course there's the actual lever on the tailgate itself but the bump switch and the tail light. That is the 007 whip. Anyways, once opened up again, bed size is gonna come in at either five and a half feet or six and a half feet, your choice. I reviewed the six and a half foot last year in case you wanted to take a look. I'll leave a link to that video at the end of this one. Max payload capacity comes in at 1,665 pounds. There's a deck rail system of course back there with four adjustable tie down cleats. There's an aluminum reinforced composite bed. That's pretty cool. Integrated LED lighting back there as well. And to my surprise, I actually found a 120 volt power outlet back there. I loved seeing that. You never know when you're gonna have to use that. But anyway, so then making our way up to the rear legroom that is going to come in at 41.6 inches which is actually very impressive. And by the way, the 1794 edition only comes in crew max form. So there's no double cab or anything else. So wanted to mention that but 41.6 inches for reference. I'm an even six feet tall. This is how much space I had back there. But rear seats, of course in typical truck fashion they are 60, 40 flip up bench seats. So they do flip up for some extra added storage there. By the way, rear under seat storage does come standard here. So that's pretty cool. Rear ventilation of course back there. There are rear USB charging ports. There's yet again another 120 volt power outlet. So that's a wonderful storage back there. Rear center armrest with cup holders as expected. But these are two things though that surprised me on it. Really you don't see this that much on a truck. There's rear window sunshade. So I guess if you have kids back there or you're just a vampire or something you got rear window sunshade. So that's pretty cool. And heated and ventilated rear seats coming standard on the 1794. So that's wonderful. Usually a lot of times you'll find heated rear seats optional but you won't find the ventilated rear seats. They're usually reserved for the front passenger or front seat. So that's pretty cool. I absolutely love that. But then making our way up to the front seats 10 way power adjustable front seats with four way power lumbar coming standard. Did one also mention we got power thigh extensions which is pretty nuts as well. Leather finish coming standard. Memory settings of course that can be found on the driver's side door there for up to two different drivers. And heated and ventilated front seats of course since the rear seats are the same thing. So overall seating was 100% perfectly comfortable. I didn't have any issues there. Seats are plenty adjustable. So you really shouldn't. But then take a look at the steering wheel. It is tilt and telescoping. It is actually power adjustable. So that is pretty cool as well. And it is leather wrapped. And I love the thicker bolsters on both the 10 and two. And also I guess you can call it the six o'clock is so thick of a bolster. 100% love that. And the steering wheel is actually heated then as well for super cool days in western Maryland like today. So then making our way to the startup. Let me start by showing you guys the key here. You do have your, all of your buttons are located on one side of the key. Toyota logo is at the bottom lock unlock and that button to pop the rear tailgate there. But it is all keyless entry with the push button starts. So all I'm going to do here is simply put my front of the brake and press that engine start button kind of located just by the driver's right knee then. And so once started up, one of the best parts about the 1794 full 12.3 inch digital gauge cluster coming standard. So I absolutely freaking love that. And so of course it's going to show a drive mode that you adjust it to. It's going to show you a boost pressure on the right. That's pretty cool. You're going to have your tachometer front and center digital speedometer within that. How many miles you have left until you hit empty. So we're actually below zero right now. It just says refuel at this point. So interesting. And of course there are steering wheel and automatic controls found on the left side of the steering wheel where you can adjust between a bunch of different other things as well. So digital gauges are wonderful. You can really customize it. So a big fan of them. They make our way to overall interior quality. Panoramic roof does come standard. LED interior lighting does come standard. There's American walnut wood grain interior trim. I absolutely love that. That's found in the doors as well as just above the passenger side glove box. Autodimic rear view mirror with homely controls for up to three different garage doors. Love that as well. Wireless phone charger coming standard. That's located just in front of the cup holders. It's charging up my phone right now. Dual zone climate control also coming standard. And as far as the interior quality goes there's like a three tone theme going on here. You got your dark brown. You got your light leather. You got kind of this black. Just blow it all in the passenger side glove box. It's contrast stitching everywhere. And a lot of brown colors. So it's really that Western theme that I was telling you guys about at the beginning. One of my favorite parts is the 1794 edition engraved into that walnut trim found above the passenger side glove box there. That's a very, very nice touch. The armrest on both of the doors as well as the back doors too actually. Just notice that it's super thick. So it's really comfortable to just rest your arm there. I'm a big fan of that as well. Just in front of the shifter you have an electric mechanical parking brake. There's your wireless phone charger like I said, dual cup holders. And within the center armrest there is an absolute ton of space. You have a USB charging port, USB-A and USB-C actually. Couple of coin slots in there. And a bunch of compartmentalized storage and there's a little bit of storage just underneath of the walnut portion of that center armrest as well. So what I'm trying to say is interior quality is dang near perfect especially for a truck. Like you never see this in a truck. Anyways, then make your way to the infotainment screen 14 inch color touch screen display that's come standard. Bluetooth and audio streaming with that. Android Auto Apple Car Play but not just Android Auto Apple Car Play. Wireless Android Auto Apple Car Play. So there's no cables needed. So like that you can check out your driving statistics up there. And of course your radio information as well. And so when it comes to the sound system there is a 12 speaker JBL sound system that comes standard that comes with a subwoofer and an external amp. So having said that, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and turn on the radio see what we got playing today and let's test out the clarity of this one. The world outside the screen. That's insane. Bass was crazy. Bass is insane on this freaking JBL sound system we have here in the Tundra. Clarity was perfectly fine as well. That's an incredible sound system for the Tundra without a doubt. But anyways, let's take a moment to mention guys on that infotainment screen is when you do put the Tundra in reverse you will find your review camera coming standard but you will also get that panoramic view monitor there to the right letting you know what is completely all around you. There's several different views you can check out as well here. So there's a little tailgate view where you can check on your cargo in the back if you wanted to to make sure it's not flying out and hitting the people behind you. There's your side mirrors view. There's a kind of a front view as well. There's so many different views you could choose to display. So I absolutely love that. It's probably the best screen I've seen with that many different cameras besides maybe a Tesla. So wonderful. Anyways, that is going to bring us into safety. So this is where it really gets good. IIHS top safety pick plus which is the very highest designation given by IIHS that pretty much says it all right there. And that makes this the safest truck in existence if I remember correctly because I know the F-150 isn't an IIHS top safety pick plus. I know the Silverado isn't. I know the Ram 1500 isn't. So this thing is incredibly safe is what I'm trying to get at. Front side, side courier and airbags do come standard. Driver and passenger knee airbags as well in the back are going to have latch AKA lower anchors to tethers to children for the rear car seats. Rear child door locks, temperature monitoring system but also Toyota Safety Sense 2.5. That's going to give you a pre-collision system with pedestrian detection, full speed dynamic radar cruise control, lane departure alert with steering assist, lane tracing assist, automatic high beams, road sign assist, blind spot monitoring system with rear cross traffic alert and front and rear parking sensors. And so overall when it comes to my final thoughts like I just said, this is the safest truck currently available today. So like I said, IIHS top safety pick plus that beats all the competition. Also excellent tech on this thing which trucks are traditionally not known for. So you got the full digital gauge cluster. You got a massive 14 inch infotainment screen. The tech on this is absolutely wonderful. Great interior quality. This is a 1794 edition after all. You got authentic wood trim. You have contrast stitching and leather finishes. It's wonderful, plenty of power, zero to 16 less than six seconds in a truck of this size is incredible. Tailgate release button in the tail light. I think that is so stick and cool as well. Really the only thing I could think of to really perfect this truck and maybe this isn't even needed but multicolor ambient lighting. I think that would look dang good in this thing as well. But anyways, that is about it for this one you guys. Thank you so much for watching. 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