Spy Shots: Toyota 4Runner snagged ahead of Texas debut
Thanks to one particularly sleuthy Autoblog reader, we now have a ton of useful information about the upcoming 2010 Toyota 4Runner, including the fact that its powertrain options will consist of a 161-horsepower four-cylinder and a 268-horsepower six. The new body-on-frame SUV is slated for debut at the State Fair of Texas later in the month, but the boys at Car and Driver managed to obtain a set of spy photos that shows the truck both inside and out.We can clearly see that Toyota will be endowing the 2010 4Runner with an upright, squared-off look, reinforcing the vehicle's position as one of the brand's off-road capable offerings. Those looking for a more sedate ride and swoopier appearance can choose from Toyota's car-based Highlander or Venza crossovers, but the 4Runner figures to be in the thick of the off-road capable hunt, along with the Land Cruiser and FJ Cruiser. Expect the next-gen 4Runner to go about its business with a number of new features that add to both its off-the-road credibility and the luxuriousness of its interior, the latter of which has fallen well behind the curve ahead of the new model's arrival. Full details will be released on September 24, so stay tuned.
[Source: Car and Driver]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
thin 3:25PM (8/30/2009)
Does Toyota hire clowns to design their cars?
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James 4:18PM (8/30/2009)
Looks like a Sequoia hobbit..
homunculus 6:02PM (8/30/2009)
judging by the amount of new highlanders i see on the road, people like clown cars.
highlanders are freaking huge now, and the 4runner ought to follow.
220v 5:53AM (8/31/2009)
More criminal than the hideous design is the fact they took away the V8.
RowFive 8:39AM (8/31/2009)
Unfortunately I have to agree. That first pic I saw last week looked promising, but this looks like a combination of Highlander and Honda Pilot, neither of which I find appealing at all. I'm seriously disappointed, as I've been waiting for the new 4Runner for a while now. At least I can cross it off my list-- I really wanted better fuel economy anyway, so these pics let me freely shop for other options.
AndrewNoNumbers 4:21PM (8/31/2009)
I always think it's crazy how many SUVs Toyota has, especially in this car-buying economy. RAV4, Highlander, 4Runner, Land Cruiser, and Sequoia. And they are all capable of holding 7 or 8 passengers. (I'll excuse the FJ)
HorsePower 3:27PM (8/30/2009)
FUGLY FUGLY i hate it interior looks cheap looks like an overgrown Rav4 do not release this vehicle go back to the drawing board immediately
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thomas 5:55PM (8/30/2009)
yah ok...
Ron 3:37PM (8/30/2009)
Toyota's attempt at copying Honda's already ugly Pilot : Massive Fail
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thomas 5:57PM (8/30/2009)
why would Toyota ever copy the Honda pilot??
I dunno about you, but I see a lot more Tundra in this design than anything else.
Farmboy 7:48PM (8/30/2009)
Tundra and the SUV equivalent, Sequoia (which is an ugly hippo)
Farmboy 3:50PM (8/30/2009)
Looks like a shrunk down Sequoia, and it's weird, but I swear I see a hint of Mitsubishi on there too. Overall, a great improvement to a Toyota SUV but not to my interests.
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Arch111905 3:53PM (8/30/2009)
Horrible!
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Mitchell Scott 3:54PM (8/30/2009)
Looks like the result of a night between the GMC Terrain, Rosie O'Donnell, and the Sequoia went very wrong.
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Paul 3:54PM (8/30/2009)
i think once it debuts and we have clearer pictures, it'll look wayyy better. this re-design has been long overdue. and the back end looks a little funky, but the front and the interior=A-
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thomas 6:01PM (8/30/2009)
i agree.
also, i don't see the pilot in this design at all. the taillights are clearly an evolution of the Tundra's design. more successfully executed i might add.
carcomptoy 4:18PM (8/30/2009)
While a redesign's been long overdue, I have actually quite liked the current generation 4Runner's design. It manages to look rugged while at the same time stylish, and it's one of the few Toyota designs that I can truly appreciate without having something to say about the headlights/taillights or grill (the most recent RAV4 and Camry refreshes come to mind immediately)--and I'm a borderline Toyota fanboy.
This new design, on the other hand, tries to look like a more sedate FJ Cruiser or a modernized 80s 4Runner, but ultimately looks unbalanced and unwieldy--the back harkens to the 80s Toyota Van, imho.
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merlot066 10:48PM (8/30/2009)
I'm a Toyota hater and I really like the current 4Runner, but this is just terrible. This thing is going to have it's ass handed to it by the new Explorer and Grand Cherokee.
AngeloD 4:20PM (8/30/2009)
Meh.
Bring back the small pickup-based 4-Runner.
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Aki 4:21PM (8/30/2009)
The rear does remind me of a Honda Pilot. The styling overall is too bland--even for Toyota. It looks like a slightly modernized 4runner from the early 90s.
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