We won’t see a prototype or concept this year, and next year might be too soon, the automaker's head of planning Cooper Ericksen said.

The maker of the Pickup may be looking at returning to the realm of tiny pickups. Toyota is looking at expanding its truck portfolio here in the United States to include a smaller rival for the Ford Maverick and Hyundai Santa Cruz, a company executive has admitted.

It's not a matter of "if," but "when" a smaller truck will join Toyota’s U.S. lineup. Long before Ford launched the popular Maverick compact pickup truck in 2021, the advanced product strategy team at Toyota were planning a small truck of their own to slot below the bestselling Toyota Tacoma.