Toyota Announces an All-New 2026 TRD Pro Color

Ken Zino of AutoInformed.com on Toyota Announces an All-New 2026 TRD Pro Color

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Toyota (NYSE: TM and 7203.T) said today in Texas that the so called Wave Maker color joins TRD Pro colors. Whether this is a response to latest announcement from GMC on the Hummer EV 2026 model year or a coincidence is debatable. What isn’t up for debate though is the competitiveness of the extremely profitable U.S. truck segment.*

“We had a few years of warm natural hues inspired by traditional landscapes like Terra and Mudbath as signature colors. With Wave Maker, we were inspired by unexplored areas of adventure including extreme territory and even beyond earth,” says Benjamin Jimenez, general manager at CALTY’s Ann Arbor Michigan location. “Wave Maker expresses an elemental spirit that evokes images of glacial depths and the thrill of new frontiers.”

Wave Maker is the eleventh iteration of unique TRD Pro colors. “This great tradition started in 2015 with Inferno and was immediately a big hit; one worth repeating. Wave Maker will be available on 4Runner, Tacoma, Tundra and Sequoia. The 2026 TRD Pro models are expected to start arriving at dealers in the fall of 2025,” Toyota said.

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Ken Zino, editor and publisher of AutoInformed, is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn. He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe. Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped during a downshift and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap. AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks. Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.
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