Where each one leads

Lincoln Mark LT

• Against cars of the same year, the Lincoln Mark LT comes out better in New York safety inspections (fails 10% less often than average) than the Toyota Tundra (fails 3% less often than average).

Toyota Tundra

• On Canada's official test the most frugal 2026 Toyota Tundra uses 12.0 l/100 km, the 2008 Lincoln Mark LT 16.7.

Only measures that do not depend on how many cars were sold: pass and failure rates against cars of the same age, ratings, fuel use and CO₂. How we compare

At a glance

	Lincoln Mark LT	Toyota Tundra
Model years in the US safety record	2005–2008	1999–2026

EEA new-car registrations (CC BY 4.0) · DVLA licensed vehicles (OGL v3.0) · RDW (CC0) · Traficom (CC BY 4.0) · generations: Wikidata (CC0).

Reliability and problems

	Lincoln Mark LT	Toyota Tundra
New York safety inspections failed	2.2%	1.6%
… against cars of the same year	−10%	−3%
US owner complaints	41	6,938
Most complaints about	Power train	Structure
Model year with most complaints	2006 (31)	2000 (1,011)
US recall campaigns	4	74
Manufacturer service bulletins	80	5,185
NHTSA defect investigations	2	29

Complaint, recall and bulletin counts grow with the number of cars sold and are not adjusted for it. UK MOT: DVSA anonymised MOT results (OGL v3.0); New York: DMV inspections; complaints, recalls, bulletins and investigations: NHTSA (public domain); odometer: RDW (CC0).

Safety

	Lincoln Mark LT	Toyota Tundra
NHTSA overall rating	—	5★ (2027)

NHTSA New Car Assessment Program, most recent rated model year (public domain).

Fuel, emissions and price

	Lincoln Mark LT	Toyota Tundra
Official combined fuel use, Canada	16.7 l/100 km (2008)	12.0 l/100 km (2026)

Canada: NRCan Fuel Consumption Ratings, most frugal version of the latest year (OGL Canada). Europe: EEA monitoring of new-car CO₂ and on-board fuel meters (OBFCM), CC BY 4.0. Price: RDW catalogue price (CC0). Finland: Traficom (CC BY 4.0).