Each and every model year of the Tacoma comes in your choice of automatic or manual transmission. And, in fact, for the 2022 model year, the automatic option behaves a bit clumsily—so we highly recommend the manual option if you’re already thinking about it!
The Tacoma isn’t going anywhere—Toyota already has released plans for the 2023 and 2024 models—and it looks like the manual transmission will be sticking around, too.