The Toyota Tacoma is a pickup truck manufactured in the U.S. by the Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota since 1995. Replacing the 5th gen Toyota Truck (Hilux outside the US), the first-generation Tacoma was in production for model years 1995½ through 2004, and was classified as a compact pickup. The second generation Tacoma, model years 2005 through 2015, and third generation Tacoma, in production since 2015, are classified as midsized pickups and are produced in the U.S. and Mexico.