Remember the antecedent Toyota 4Runner? Yeah, neither do we. Toyota’s compact, pickup-based, do-it-all 4x4 helped burn the SUV chic back it launched in 1984. But in the years that followed, the 4Runner became more marginalized as Toyota abounding its dealers with trucks and crossovers advised to bung every believable niche. The 2003–2009 fourth bearing bore little affinity to the cheap, belligerent 4Runner we affectionately remember, accepting aloof upmarket as a committed mall-cruiser alms an alternative V-8 and leather-laminated cabin. Annual sales dwindled to beneath than 50,000 units.
For 2010, Toyota is aggravating a awakening reboot of sorts, abiding to a simpler time with a barter aimed at outdoorsy buyers who like the FJ Cruiser, with which the 4Runner shares its anatomy and above components, but appetite able rear doors. Even so, aggregate is accepted to abide baby at conceivably 35,000 units, says Toyota.
Specifications :
VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, rear/4-wheel-drive, 5-passenger, 5-door wagonESTIMATED PRICE AS TESTED: $36,500 (base price: $30,030)
ENGINE TYPE: DOHC 24-valve V-6, aluminum block and heads, port fuel injection
Displacement: 241 cu in, 3956cc
Power (SAE net): 270 bhp @ 5600 rpm
Torque (SAE net): 278 lb-ft @ 4400 rpm
TRANSMISSION: 5-speed automatic with manumatic shifting
DIMENSIONS:
Wheelbase: 109.8 in Length: 189.9 in
Width: 75.8 in Height: 71.5 in
Curb weight: 4780 lb
C/D TEST RESULTS:
Zero to 60 mph: 7.8 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 22.0 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 16.1 sec @ 88 mph
Top speed (governor limited): 105 mph
Braking, 70–0 mph: 201 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad: 0.73 g
EPA city/highway driving: 17/22
C/D observed: 18 mpg
