The 4Runner’s been around for 40 years?! Time flies when you’re having fun and that’s exactly the 4Runner’s objective: an off-road party machine for adventuresome types. I didn’t take the wheel of my first one until 1998 but I’ve driven a bunch of them since and it’s amazing to see how little they’ve changed over that time span. Beloved by analog types skeptical of modern technology, the 4Runner is still …
As part of Toyota’s carefully curated Dinosaur collection which includes Land Cruiser, Tundra, Sequoia and this 4Runner body-on-frame ruggedness proudly lives on without too much interference from today’s world. Ok. So the Dinosaur Collection doesn’t actually exist but if Toyota wants to use the name they’re more than welcome. And look, can you really blame Toyota for their if it ain’t broke don’t fix it approach to the 4Runner…it’s actually …
The 4Runner is one of a trifecta of seemingly timeless Toyota SUVs that subscribe to theory “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it.” And it’s this one that possesses the most off-road worthy chops.Introduced in 1984 and last redesigned in 2010, this 5th generation 4Runner is one of handful of body-on-frame SUVs left in the marketplace; even Land Rover doesn’t build them like this anymore. Preferred for its stoutness and …