---
title: "Toyota Turned a Tacoma Pickup Bed Into an Overlanding Trailer for SEMA"
description: "It's a Taco trailer, but probably not the kind you have in mind."
date: "2020-12-21"
modified: "2020-12-21"
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  - name: "Chris Tsui"
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url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/38292/toyota-turned-a-tacoma-pickup-bed-into-an-overlanding-trailer-for-sema"
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  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Toyota News"
  - "Trucks"
tags:
  - "pickup"
  - "tacoma"
  - "Toyota"
---

# Toyota Turned a Tacoma Pickup Bed Into an Overlanding Trailer for SEMA

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For reasons that, at this point, should be obvious, SEMA has gone virtual this year and alongside that targa-topped Supra, Toyota is trotting out what it calls the TRD Sport Trailer, an overlanding rig made from the bed of a [Tacoma](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/29712/the-2020-toyota-tacoma-is-an-old-school-pickup-learning-new-tech-tricks>).

Built by Marty Schwerter and his team at Motorsports Garage, the Tacoma-based trailer provides a basecamp for those looking for an outdoor home away from home, an increasingly hot commodity, according to Toyota, as a result of the pandemic. Yes, the automaker says overlanding is growing quickly in popularity, for pretty much the same reason [RVs are making a comeback](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/36402/the-2021-gmc-sierra-takes-towing-for-dummies-tech-to-new-heights>). It's a socially-distant way of getting out of the house—something we could all probably use right now.

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*Toyota*

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*Toyota*

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*Toyota*

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*Toyota*

Owing its existence to this one time a senior Toyota R&D manager saw a trailer made from a Tacoma at Arizona's Overland Expo West, the TRD Sport Trailer features a scissor lift that can raise its platform several feet up and away from the bed. It incorporates a four-person Yakima tent with an awning and holders for fly-fishing poles, a fridge and freezer unit, a mobile shower complete with a curtain and a hot water heater.

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*Toyota*

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There's also a generator, an Optima Yellow Top battery, multiple Rigid A-Series Accessory LEDs to light up your makeshift outdoor digs, fresh water reservoir tank and grey water holding tank able to hold 16 and 15 gallons of H2O respectively, a slide-out sink and stove, a trash can, and, of course, a toilet seat that's been cheekily finished in gold. Who says going number two in the woods can't be luxurious?

Toyota's also collab-ed with Bass Pro Shops and Cabela's to outfit the Taco-trailer (not what it sounds like in this case, unfortunately) with outdoor paraphernalia like fishing equipment, waders, coffee mugs, and cookware.

Separating the [Toyota](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/33142/2021-toyota-yaris-cross-because-small-cars-are-crossovers-now>) TRD Sport Trailer from the ground are TRD Pro wheels wrapped in 285-section General Grabber X3 tires.

Here's a clip of Schwerter talking us through it all:

https://youtube.com/embed/ZP60oM4OMZc

On second thought, with its mini kitchen and ample space for tortilla storage, the TRD Sport Trailer might make an alright base for a mobile taco stand after all.

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## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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