TaylorMade launched a new driver family every year from the r7 Quad in 2004 to the Qi4D in 2026, so a used TaylorMade on a listing could be a 20-year-old r7 or a 2025 Qi35. This timeline lists every driver family by year with the change each one brought, what each is worth second-hand on our own listings, and our 5 value picks from the used TaylorMade drivers we have listed.
Quick summary
- TaylorMade's modern drivers start with the 2004 r7 Quad and its movable weights and run to the 2026 Qi4D, with no new driver due in 2027.
- The biggest changes came in 2009 (the R9's adjustable hosel), 2016 (the carbon crown on the M1 and M2), 2018 (Twist Face on the M3 and M4) and 2022 (the carbon face on the Stealth).
- An r7 Quad, r5 Dual or Burner SuperFast 2.0 from 2004 to 2011 costs about £35 to £48 with us, usually with a well-worn head. A carbon-face Stealth or Stealth 2 costs about £160 to £260.
- A used Qi10 (2024) or Qi35 (2025) runs from about £210 to £310 on our listings.
- Our best-value pick is the Stealth 2 (2023) at about £238, and our cheapest carbon-face pick is a 2022 Stealth Plus at about £162.
Every TaylorMade driver by year
The table lists each TaylorMade driver family by launch year and the main change it brought. TaylorMade dates the r7 Quad to 2004 on its legacy page, though some of its spec sheets file the r7 family under 2005.
| Year | Driver family | What was new |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | r7 Quad | Movable Weight Technology: 4 screw-in weights on the r7 Quad to change the ball flight |
| 2005 | r7 425, r5 Dual | The r7's movable weights in a larger 425cc head |
| 2006 | r7 460, r5 XL | Movable weights in a 460cc head, the largest the rules allow |
| 2007 | Burner, r7 SuperQuad, r7 CGB Max | The first Burner driver, beside the r7 SuperQuad |
| 2008 | Tour Burner | A smaller Burner head for better players |
| 2009 | R9, Burner | Flight Control Technology: a hosel that adjusts loft, lie and face angle, with movable weights in the R9 head too |
| 2010 | R9 SuperTri, Burner SuperFast | Burner SuperFast: at 284g, the lightest driver TaylorMade had made |
| 2011 | R11, Burner SuperFast 2.0 | White crowns on both, the R11 in a 440cc head |
| 2012 | R11S, RocketBallz (RBZ) | The R11's adjustability in a 460cc head |
| 2013 | R1, RocketBallz Stage 2, SLDR | SLDR: a weight that slides along a track on the sole |
| 2014 | SLDR 460 and 430, JetSpeed | The SLDR in a smaller 430cc head as well |
| 2015 | R15, AeroBurner | AeroBurner: a head shaped to cut drag |
| 2016 | M1 (in shops from late 2015), M2 | A carbon crown, and 2 sliding weights on tracks in the M1's sole |
| 2017 | M1, M2 (second versions) | A carbon toe panel added to the M1's carbon crown |
| 2018 | M3, M4 | Twist Face, a face curved to correct off-centre strikes |
| 2019 | M5, M6 | Speed Injection: each face tuned to the legal speed limit |
| 2020 | SIM, SIM Max, SIM Max D | An asymmetric sole and a rear Inertia Generator weight |
| 2021 | SIM2, SIM2 Max, SIM2 Max D | Forged Ring Construction: a forged aluminium ring joins the carbon crown and sole |
| 2022 | Stealth, Stealth Plus, Stealth HD | 60X Carbon Twist Face: a 60-layer carbon face |
| 2023 | Stealth 2, Stealth 2 Plus, Stealth 2 HD | Carbon crown, carbon sole and a carbon composite ring |
| 2024 | Qi10, Qi10 LS, Qi10 Max | A carbon crown over 97% of the top; the Qi10 Max reaches 10,000 MOI |
| 2025 | Qi35, Qi35 LS, Qi35 Max, Qi35 Max Lite | The fourth generation of TaylorMade's carbon face |
| 2026 | Qi4D, Qi4D LS, Qi4D Max, Qi4D Max Lite | 4 movable weights on the Qi4D head |
| 2027 | No new driver | TaylorMade moves its drivers to a 2-year cycle |
TaylorMade itself dates to 1979, when Gary Adams founded the company to sell the Pittsburgh Persimmon, a stainless steel driver TaylorMade calls the original metalwood. Drivers from before the r7 rarely come up second-hand, so this guide starts in 2004.
TaylorMade drivers from 2004 to 2008: r7 and Burner
2004: r7 Quad
The r7 Quad started TaylorMade's run of adjustable drivers. TaylorMade calls it its first driver with Movable Weight Technology: 4 screw-in weights that you swap round the head with a wrench to move the centre of gravity, which TaylorMade's spec sheet says gives 6 different trajectories.
2005 and 2006: r7 425, r5 Dual and r7 460
The r7 425 put the movable weights into a larger 425cc head in 2005. The r5 Dual came out around the same time, in Type N and Type D versions, the D being the draw-biased head. The r7 460 took the movable weights to 460cc, the largest head the rules allow. It reached UK shops in December 2005 and is usually sold as a 2006 model. The r5 XL followed in about 2006.
2007 and 2008: Burner, r7 SuperQuad, r7 CGB Max and Tour Burner
2007 brought the first Burner driver and the r7 SuperQuad, and TaylorMade announced the r7 CGB Max in October 2007. In 2008 TaylorMade added the Tour Burner, a smaller Burner head for better players.
Used, drivers from this era are cheap. Ours run from about £35 for an r7 Quad graded below Fair on its head, shaft and grip to about £43 for an r5 Dual. A 20-year-old head still hits the ball, and old golf clubs with the right loft and flex do the basic job; what you give up is the ball speed a modern face keeps on a mishit. Check that the weights are all in place and the screws turn, because a missing r7 weight changes how the head plays.
TaylorMade drivers from 2009 to 2015: R9 to AeroBurner
2009 and 2010: R9, R9 SuperTri and Burner SuperFast
The R9 was the first TaylorMade driver with Flight Control Technology, a hosel sleeve that changes the loft, lie and face angle with a wrench, and it kept movable weights in the head as well. TaylorMade still builds its drivers round an adjustable sleeve. The R9 SuperTri followed in 2010. The Burner SuperFast, launched in January 2010, weighed 284g, the lightest driver TaylorMade had made, and was built for clubhead speed.
2011 and 2012: R11, Burner SuperFast 2.0, R11S and RocketBallz (RBZ)
The R11 and the Burner SuperFast 2.0 both launched in 2011 with white crowns, which contrast with the black face and which TaylorMade said made the head easier to line up. The R11 is a 440cc head, and the R11S that followed in 2012 put the same adjustability into a 460cc head. RocketBallz (RBZ) launched the same year.
2013 to 2015: R1, RBZ Stage 2, SLDR, JetSpeed, R15 and AeroBurner
2013 brought the R1, the RocketBallz Stage 2 that followed the first RBZ, and the first SLDR, which moved the weight to a track on the sole so you can slide it towards the heel or the toe. In 2014 the SLDR came in 460cc and 430cc heads, and the JetSpeed joined it. 2015 brought the R15 and the AeroBurner, a head shaped to cut drag through the swing.
On any adjustable TaylorMade from this period, ask whether the wrench comes with it, check the sleeve is the right one for the head, and look at the crown closely on an R11 or R11S, because scuffs show up on white paint. A 2011 Burner SuperFast 2.0 HT on our listings, with a 13° head and a Ladies flex shaft, is about £48, its head graded below Fair and its shaft and grip Fair.
TaylorMade M drivers by year: M1 to M6 (2016 to 2019)
2016 and 2017: M1 and M2
The M1 reached shops in late 2015 with a carbon crown, and the weight the carbon saved went into 2 sliding weights on tracks in the sole. The M2, launched in early 2016, was the simpler, more forgiving head: 460cc, with its weight set low and back and a Speed Pocket in the sole. Both came back in second versions in 2017, when the M1 added a carbon toe panel to its carbon crown.
More golfers search for the M2 than for any other older TaylorMade driver. If you buy one, check whether the listing names the 2016 or the 2017 version, and make sure the sole is free of cracks round the Speed Pocket.
2018: M3 and M4
The M3 and M4 brought in Twist Face, which TaylorMade describes as a face with more loft and an open angle on the high toe and less loft and a closed angle on the low heel, the 2 places most mishits land. The M3 had a Y-shaped track with 2 sliding 11g weights; the M4 was the fixed-weight, more forgiving head, in 9.5°, 10.5° and 12°, with a draw-biased M4 D-Type beside it.
2019: M5 and M6
The M5 and M6 added Speed Injection: TaylorMade tested each face and injected a tuning resin through 2 ports on the face to bring it to the legal speed limit. The M6 was the forgiving head, the M5 the adjustable one, with a 435cc M5 Tour for low spin. M6 clubs go into our used TaylorMade M6 range as they come in, and our M4 and M6 fairway woods and hybrids cost about £62 to £94.
TaylorMade SIM drivers: SIM (2020) and SIM2 (2021)
SIM stands for Shape in Motion. The 2020 SIM and SIM Max have an asymmetric sole, shaped to cut drag late in the downswing, and a weight low at the back of the head on a raised section TaylorMade calls the Inertia Generator. The SIM Max has the larger face, and the SIM Max D is the draw-biased version.
The 2021 SIM2 family changed how the head is built. TaylorMade's Forged Ring Construction is a forged aluminium ring that joins the carbon crown and the carbon sole, which let it push more weight to the back of the head, and the SIM2 Max carries a 24g tungsten weight there for forgiveness. SIM and SIM2 clubs go into our used TaylorMade SIM range as they come in.
TaylorMade Stealth drivers: Stealth (2022) and Stealth 2 (2023)
2022: Stealth, Stealth Plus and Stealth HD
TaylorMade launched the Stealth family in 2022 as the start of what it calls the Carbonwood Age. The face is the 60X Carbon Twist Face: 60 layers of carbon, weighing 26g, about 40% lighter than a titanium face of the same size (TaylorMade), and the Stealth face is 11% larger than the SIM2's. The Stealth Plus is the lowest-spinning head of the 3, and the Stealth HD (High Draw) has a draw bias and the highest MOI of the family.
The original Stealth is the cheapest way into a carbon-face TaylorMade. Our used TaylorMade Stealth range has the 2022 heads from about £162 to £235: the Stealth Plus pictured, a 10.5° head on a Stiff flex Aldila Rogue 60S shaft, is about £162, graded Fair on the head and Good on the shaft and grip. It suits a golfer with a fast swing on a budget.
Our 10.5° Stealth HD is about £185 on a Stiff flex Hzrdus RDX Smoke 60g shaft, graded Fair on the head and shaft and Good on the grip. The draw bias is what separates the HD from the other Stealth driver models, and it takes some of the curve out of a slice, so it is the Stealth to pick if your drives tend to finish right.
2023: Stealth 2, Stealth 2 Plus and Stealth 2 HD
The Stealth 2 kept the carbon face and added more carbon round it: a carbon crown, a carbon sole and a carbon reinforced composite ring. TaylorMade used the saved weight to raise forgiveness. The 3 heads follow the Stealth pattern: standard, Plus for low spin, and HD for a draw.
Our Stealth 2 drivers run from about £214 to £261. The standard Stealth 2 pictured is about £238, a 10.5° head on a Regular flex Fujikura Ventus 5-R shaft, graded Excellent on the head and grip and Good on the shaft. For most golfers who want a modern TaylorMade on a Regular shaft, it gives the most for the money of any driver in this list.
TaylorMade Qi drivers: Qi10 (2024), Qi35 (2025) and Qi4D (2026)
2024: Qi10, Qi10 LS and Qi10 Max
The Qi10 family added an Infinity Carbon Crown, which covers 97% of the top of the head, and kept the 60X carbon face. The Qi10 Max is the high-MOI head: TaylorMade puts its total MOI at 10,000, the same 10K mark as PING's G430 Max 10K. The Qi10 LS is the low-spin head for fast swings.
Our used TaylorMade Qi10 drivers run from about £210 for a Qi10 LS to about £303 for the Qi10 Max pictured. That Max is a 10.5° head on a Regular flex Mitsubishi Tensei CK 60g shaft, graded Good on the head and grip and Excellent on the shaft. The Qi10 LS is built for fast swings, so check its loft and flex before you buy one for a slower swing.
2025: Qi35, Qi35 LS, Qi35 Max and Qi35 Max Lite
The Qi35 family has the fourth generation of TaylorMade's carbon face, with 4 heads: Qi35, the low-spin LS, the forgiving Max and the lighter Max Lite for slower swings. TaylorMade also brought back the r7 name in 2025 with the R7 Quad Mini, a small-headed driver with 4 movable weights.
Our used TaylorMade Qi35 range has LS heads from about £255 to £308. The Qi35 LS pictured is about £255, a 9° head on a Stiff flex Project X Cypher 6.0 50g shaft, graded Excellent on head, shaft and grip. It suits a strong player who wants less spin; a slower swing would get more from a Max head.
2026: Qi4D
The Qi4D family launched in January 2026 with 4 heads: Qi4D, Qi4D LS, Qi4D Max and Qi4D Max Lite. The Qi4D press release describes carbon faces on all 4 heads, with 4 movable weights on the Qi4D and 2 on each of the others for setting launch and shape.
2027: no new TaylorMade driver
TaylorMade announced in May 2026 that it will not launch a new driver in 2027, which Golf Digest reported is likely to be the first year without one since 2001. It is moving its drivers, fairway woods and hybrids to a 2-year cycle, with the next new family due in 2028, so the Qi4D stays its current driver through 2027. The 2-year driver cycle should help used Qi4D prices hold up for longer.
What is a used TaylorMade driver worth?
Our used TaylorMade drivers from 2004 to 2011 cost about £35 to £48, a carbon-face Stealth or Stealth 2 from 2022 or 2023 about £160 to £260, and a Qi10 or Qi35 from 2024 or 2025 about £210 to £310. The prices below come from our own listings, and our grades of Excellent, Very Good, Good and Fair move a price within each range. The last column says what to check on a listing.
| Driver family | Years | Our used prices | What to check |
|---|---|---|---|
| r7 Quad, r5 Dual | 2004–2005 | £35–£43 | All weights in place, screws that turn, a grip that isn't hard or shiny |
| Burner SuperFast 2.0 | 2011 | £48 | Shaft wear near the hosel and the flex printed on the shaft |
| Other r7 and Burner models, R9, R11, RBZ, RBZ Stage 2, R1, SLDR, JetSpeed, R15, AeroBurner | 2005–2015 | None listed | Wrench and the right sleeve with the head; scuffs on a white crown |
| M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M6 | 2016–2019 | None listed | Which year's head it is; cracks round the sole slot |
| SIM, SIM2 | 2020–2021 | None listed | The Max or Max D name on the sole if you want forgiveness |
| Stealth | 2022 | £162–£235 | The head name: Plus is low spin, HD is draw-biased |
| Stealth 2 | 2023 | £214–£261 | Same as the Stealth, plus the grade on the carbon crown |
| Qi10 | 2024 | £210–£303 | LS heads on Stiff shafts suit fast swings only |
| Qi35 | 2025 | £255–£308 | Loft and flex, and the LS name if you want low spin |
| Qi4D | 2026 | None listed | A full set of TAS weights and the wrench |
Our used TaylorMade drivers change most weeks, so the ranges move as heads sell and new ones come in. The condition grades are given separately for head, shaft and grip, and a listing graded Poor is below Fair. Callaway still launches a new driver family almost every January, and our Callaway drivers by year list runs from the 1991 Big Bertha to the 2026 Quantum. PING already runs a 2-year cycle, so the PING drivers of the last 15 years come in fewer families that each stay on sale longer.
If you are selling, a 2024 Qi10 is worth far more to us than a 2012 R11S, because trade-in values fall with each model year. Our part exchange quote pays by bank transfer or as store credit worth an extra 10%.
Our top value TaylorMade driver picks
These are our 5 value picks from the used TaylorMade drivers we have listed, all from the Stealth and Qi years, when the carbon face arrived.
- Best all-round value: Stealth 2 (2023), 10.5° Regular, about £238. A carbon face, crown and sole, with the head graded Excellent, for £65 less than our Qi10 Max.
- Most forgiving: Qi10 Max (2024), 10.5° Regular, about £303. The 10,000 MOI head keeps more mishits in play than any other pick in this list.
- Cheapest carbon face: Stealth Plus (2022), 10.5° Stiff, about £162. The first-generation carbon face for golfers with a fast swing.
- For a slice: Stealth HD (2022), 10.5° Stiff, about £185. A draw-biased head on a Stiff shaft. With a slower swing, pick an HD on a Regular shaft.
- For fast swings: Qi35 LS (2025), 9° Stiff, about £255. The newest driver in this list, graded Excellent throughout.
Our best TaylorMade drivers list ranks the Qi35 family first, and the picks above sit a generation or 2 behind it for well under the new price. If you are open to any brand, the same money buys forgiving PING and Callaway heads from the same years, and our best used golf drivers list ranks 10 used drivers from 5 brands side by side.
How to tell which TaylorMade driver you have
The model name is printed on the sole or the crown of almost every TaylorMade driver, and the loft is stamped on the hosel sleeve or the sole. These checks settle the year and version:
- Read the sole. Look for the version letters: LS, Plus or Tour mean low spin, HD, D or Draw mean draw bias, and Max means the most forgiving head of that year.
- Check the face. A red carbon face means a Stealth (2022) or a Stealth 2 (2023).
- Check the serial number. Drivers are copied often, and a fake TaylorMade driver gives itself away in the paint, the fonts and a missing or repeated serial number.
Frequently asked questions
Is the R7 a forgiving driver?
The r7 was forgiving for its time, and the r7 460 from 2006 is a full-size 460cc head. Next to a modern driver it gives less help: a 2024 Qi10 Max loses less ball speed on an off-centre strike. As a cheap first or spare driver an r7 still works, and ours start at about £35.
What year did the TaylorMade M2 come out?
The first M2 driver came out in early 2016, as the simpler and more forgiving partner to the M1. TaylorMade launched a second version in 2017, so a used M2 is one of 2 heads. Check which year the listing names before you compare prices.
What are the key differences between the TaylorMade M2 and M4 drivers?
The M4 (2018) has Twist Face, a face curved to correct strikes high on the toe and low on the heel, which the M2 (2016 and 2017) does not. Both are the forgiving, fixed-weight 460cc heads of their years. The M2 has a Speed Pocket in the sole, which the M4 replaced with a Hammerhead slot, and the M4 came in 9.5°, 10.5° and 12°, with a draw-biased D-Type.
Will TaylorMade release a driver in 2027?
No. TaylorMade has moved its drivers, fairway woods and hybrids to a 2-year cycle, so the Qi4D, launched in January 2026, stays its current driver through 2027. Golf Digest reported that 2027 is likely to be the first year without a new TaylorMade driver since 2001.
When did TaylorMade release the Stealth driver?
TaylorMade released the Stealth family (Stealth, Stealth Plus and Stealth HD) in 2022, the first TaylorMade drivers with a carbon face. The Stealth 2 family followed in 2023.
