Practically a 12 months after the fourth-generation Tacoma was revealed, Toyota has lastly pulled the covers off the SUV model, the sixth-generation 4Runner. As a midsized pick-up, the Tacoma is actually America’s equal of the Hilux, so consider this as a Fortuner of kinds, albeit with solely 5 seats.
Like its truck sibling, the 4Runner rides on the TNGA-F ladder chassis that additionally underpins the bigger Tundra, Land Cruiser and Prado fashions. As per these fashions, it rides on a high-strength boxed metal body and sits on double wishbone suspension on the entrance and a multilink setup on the rear, the latter with a strong rear axle and coil springs.
On condition that they have been designed concurrently, it’s not stunning that the 4Runner shares a familial resemblance to the Tacoma. Each sport a really rugged, angular design mentioned to be impressed by desert racing, with sharp headlights and a hexagonal motif that’s discovered all over the place from the entrance grille to the bulging fenders.
There are a number of adjustments, nevertheless, ranging from the entrance the place the 4Runner loses the “tear” air intakes under the headlights, which additionally get completely different graphics. The rear finish, in fact, is totally completely different, with a thick body-coloured C-pillar, “wraparound” rear quarter home windows that lead into roof (harking back to the first-generation 4Runner) and extra hexagons within the taillights. As earlier than, the rear windscreen can drop down into the tailgate – one thing that’s not too long ago been picked up by the Fisker Ocean and Rivian R2.
Inside, you’ll discover the identical blocky dashboard because the Tacoma, persevering with the hexagonal theme and that includes chunky seize handles, together with on the centre console. As normal, you get a seven-inch instrument show and a brand new eight-inch freestanding Audio Multimedia infotainment touchscreen, which will be upsized to 12.3 inches and an enormous 14 inches respectively. As is typical for 2024, you’ll discover wi-fi Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, loads of USB-C ports (non-obligatory for the rear passengers) and a Qi wi-fi charger.
Different options embody a sharable smartphone Digital Key in addition to tumble-fold second-row seats to maximise inside versatility and cargo flooring utilization. You additionally get Toyota Security Sense 3.0 as normal, which incorporates new motorcyclist detection for autonomous emergency braking, enhanced lane centring help and an Emergency Driving Cease System that brings the automobile to a cease if it senses the driving force is incapacitated.
Additionally new is Proactive Driving Help, a Stage 2 semi-autonomous driving system that may now gently brake into corners. Visitors signal recognition, adaptive cruise management with cease and go, and automated excessive beam are additionally fitted.
Below the bonnet, Toyota has allotted with massive six-cylinder engines in favour of two.4 litre turbocharged four-cylinder mills. The vary begins with the i-Drive petrol engine that develops 278 hp and 512 Nm of torque, despatched to all 4 wheels by means of an eight-speed automated gearbox.
Vary-topping fashions as an alternative obtain the i-Drive Max hybrid, pairing the blown four-pot with a 48 hp electrical motor and a 1.87 kWh nickel metallic hydride (NiMH) battery for a complete system output of 326 hp and 630 Nm. This powertrain, plus the stronger TNGA-F chassis, permits the 4Runner to tow as much as 6,000 kilos (2,700 kg).
The 4Runner is obtainable in rear- (with an automated limited-slip differential) and four-wheel-drive variations, the latter with an digital low-range switch case. The extra rugged TRD Off-Highway, TRD Professional and Trailhunter variants achieve an digital locking rear diff as properly (which might break up energy 50:50 to every rear wheel), whereas the Platinum comes with a full-time all-wheel-drive system with a centre locking differential – one thing that’s additionally supplied on the Restricted.
You additionally get a Multi-Terrain Choose system with Mud, Dust and Sand, now useful in each low- and high-range modes. A Crawl Consolation low-speed off-road cruise management can also be fitted, much like Jaguar Land Rover’s All Floor Progress Management. The 4Runner comes with as much as 32-degree method and 24-degree departure angles, with an anti-roll bar disconnect system additional growing axle articulation.
For additional ruggedness, the Trailhunter variant provides ARB Previous Man Emu (OME) 2.5-inch cast dampers with rear exterior distant reservoirs. Additionally fitted are an ARB roof rack, a snorkel, a 20-inch LED gentle bar, Inflexible colour-selectable fog lights and 33-inch Toyo Open Nation A/T tyres that add an additional two inches of floor clearance on the entrance and 1.5 inches on the rear. A 2,400-watt AC inverter offers electrical energy to the inside and boot.
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