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Toyotathon isn’t Toyota’s only yearly tradition. Since 2015, the automaker has released a new color for its TRD Pro line of off-road vehicles every year. The 2026 model year will mark the debut of its newest addition to the color palette: Wave Maker.
Over the past decade, Toyota has rolled out various shades of red, beige, silver, gray, blue, and green, according to Tacoma Lifestyle. Formulated by Toyota’s CALTY Design team, Wave Maker isn’t as dusty and low-key as 2018’s Cavalry Blue or as rich and bold as Voodoo Blue from 2019—think of it as more of an aqua blue (wherever that aqua happens to be). Benjamin Jimenez, general manager at CALTY’s Ann Arbor, Michigan location said, “With Wave Maker, we were inspired by unexplored areas of adventure including extreme territory and even beyond earth. Wave Maker expresses an elemental spirit that evokes images of glacial depths and the thrill of new frontiers.”
If you can’t swing a 2026 TRD Pro model in Wave Maker, don’t worry. In the past, Toyota has always expanded the availability of its newest TRD Pro color the year after its debut, so don’t be surprised if you see Wave Runner pop up as an optional color for other Tacoma, 4Runner, Tundra, and Sequoia trim levels in the 2027 model year.
