Why is the 2009 Toyota Tacoma Double Cab not available in a manual transmission?
Toyota has done what pretty much all of the major automobile manufacturers have done in light of what limited demand there is in manual transmission trucks and limited their higher end vehicles to only automatic transmissions. There is only a very small number (in relation to people looking for auto trans.) of people looking for manual transmissions in trucks such as that. Add to that the manufacturers have to get all of the EPA, NHTSA and other testing done on EVERY configuration of each model they wish to sell, offering a manual transmission of a model adds literally millions of dollars to the cost of manufacturing a vehicle. That’s why Toyota, Ford, Chevy, Dodge, etc. don’t offer manual transissions in many of their larger model trucks. Hope this helps to explain, even if it doesn’t make it any easier for those of us that like to drive manual transmission trucks.
