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Do you consider yourself an avid off-road enthusiast, who hangs out more in the wilderness than in the urban jungle? Then Four Wheel Magazine's Project Toyota 4Runner Backcountry might be the vehicle for you. This special 4Runner concept is part...
- Toyota 4runner Sales Figures
Here you will find monthly and yearly Canadian and U.S. sales figures for the Toyota 4Runner. Use the dropdown at the top right of this page or at GCBC's Sales Stats home to find sales figures for any other vehicle currently on sale in North...
- Toyota Lexus Scion Usa Sales - October 2010
The theory that Toyota's car sales are an unbreakable force doesn't jibe with October 2010's Sales Stats. Car sales at Toyota USA were down 19.6% compared with October 2009. Scion, which sells cars and nothing but, are included in that Toyota...
- Top 10 Best-selling Japanese Suvs In America - Through September 2010
There was a time when soft, car-based, "cute-utes" with limited off-road capabilities were mocked. The "SUV" label didn't apply; the term "crossover" hadn't yet been coined. Now everybody and their dog drives a soft, car-based cute-ute. Most people...
- The Good 12 Supersize - Part Xii
TOYOTA HIGHLANDER Think Ferrari for a moment. The F430 competes directly with few supercars, for two reasons. Firstly, the small V8-engined Italian is in a segment where potential owners will likely buy the competitors, as well. Secondly, in that upper...
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THE GOOD 12 SUPERSIZE v2.0 - PART XII
TOYOTA 4RUNNER
Remember the days when SUVs were S-U-Vs? 4x4s were 4x4s and off-roading was something you did on the Rubicon Trail, not on the curb outside your child's elementary school. Even as Toyota is (hopefully) returning to its roots with the FT-86, at the other end of the spectrum Toyota is using this 4Runner to prove the company still cares about unique products for unique people.
Let's face facts: the Toyota 4Runner is not the main thruster in Toyota's SUV family anymore. Not with HAC, DAC, A-TRAC, KDSS, auto LSD, Crawl Control, VSC cutoff, skid plates and a website called TrailTracker.com. Not without hybrid availability or models named Sport and SE.
Still, y'ought not be misled. A top-end Toyota 4Runner is fitted with a 15-speaker JBL sound system, voice-activated GPS, a backup camera, and power-operated heated leather seating. Toyota wouldn't want to completely forsake what the 4Runner has become in returning to what the 4Runner once was.
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Engines: 157/270 horsepower; 178/278 lb-ft of torque from a 2.7L inline-four or a 4.0L V6
Base USD Price: $27,500
Cargo Capacity: 89.7 cubic feet behind front row
Maximum Towing Capability: 5,000 pounds
City Mileage: 17 miles per gallon
Sales Stats: Toyota 4Runner sales in '08 were less than half what Toyota achieved only a few years prior, on a consistent basis, in fact. 2009 has been even worse. Compared with last year, '09 sales are off by about 65%. One way to fix such stagnant figures is to return the vehicle's roots with style and purpose. That's exactly what's been done with the Toyota 4Runner. Whether or not that will take 4Runner sales in North America to Highlander or RAV4 levels remains to be seen.
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- Four Wheel Magazine’s Project Toyota 4runner Backcountry Bows At Sema
Do you consider yourself an avid off-road enthusiast, who hangs out more in the wilderness than in the urban jungle? Then Four Wheel Magazine's Project Toyota 4Runner Backcountry might be the vehicle for you. This special 4Runner concept is part...
- Toyota 4runner Sales Figures
Here you will find monthly and yearly Canadian and U.S. sales figures for the Toyota 4Runner. Use the dropdown at the top right of this page or at GCBC's Sales Stats home to find sales figures for any other vehicle currently on sale in North...
- Toyota Lexus Scion Usa Sales - October 2010
The theory that Toyota's car sales are an unbreakable force doesn't jibe with October 2010's Sales Stats. Car sales at Toyota USA were down 19.6% compared with October 2009. Scion, which sells cars and nothing but, are included in that Toyota...
- Top 10 Best-selling Japanese Suvs In America - Through September 2010
There was a time when soft, car-based, "cute-utes" with limited off-road capabilities were mocked. The "SUV" label didn't apply; the term "crossover" hadn't yet been coined. Now everybody and their dog drives a soft, car-based cute-ute. Most people...
- The Good 12 Supersize - Part Xii
TOYOTA HIGHLANDER Think Ferrari for a moment. The F430 competes directly with few supercars, for two reasons. Firstly, the small V8-engined Italian is in a segment where potential owners will likely buy the competitors, as well. Secondly, in that upper...