Saturday, January 28, 2012

2012 Toyota 4Runner Review

Toyota redesigned the Toyota 4Runner for 2010. The truck-based mostly SUV acquired beefier off-highway hardware, new styling in and out, and improved gasoline mileage. Rivals embody the Nissan Pathfinder and Jeep Grand Cherokee.

Rear-wheel drive is customary, with two varieties of four-wheel drive optional. The 4Runner affords up to three rows of seats. Trim ranges are the base SR5, off-highway Trail edition and effectively-equipped Limited.





New for 2012

Toyota has discontinued the 4Runner's 2.7-liter 4-cylinder engine, leaving solely a 270-horsepower, 4.zero-liter V-6. A newly commonplace stereo comes with satellite tv for pc radio, a USB port with iPod connectivity and Bluetooth streaming audio functionality. Toyota's Entune multimedia system is optional, as are energy operating boards and a navigation system.

Exterior

The 4Runner has a squared-off nostril and creased headlights that look much like ones on Toyota's Sequoia SUV and Tundra pickup truck. The liftgate includes a power window.

Trail editions get a hood scoop, distinctive 17-inch wheels, entrance and rear bumper guards, and smoked headlamps and taillamps. Exterior features embrace:


  •     Normal 17-inch alloy wheels
  •     Standard roof rails
  •     Non-obligatory 20-inch wheels
Inside

The dashboard carries related themes to Toyota's Land Cruiser SUV, with a bulky gated shifter and plenty of silver trim. The optionally available third-row seat brings most seating capability to seven. Both the second and third rows fold flat. There's additionally an optionally available sliding rear cargo deck that can prolong several inches past the rear bumper to kind a makeshift picnic desk or seat. It's rated to carry 440 pounds. Inside options include:
  •     Standard energy windows and locks
  •     Standard CD stereo
  •     Commonplace air con and cruise control
  •     Non-obligatory water resistant cloth seats
  •     Optionally available backup camera
  •     Optionally available twin-zone automated local weather control
  •     Non-compulsory leather-based upholstery
  •     Optionally available moonroof
There may be an elective 4-wheel-drive system with a two-pace switch case; the 4-wheel-drive Limited gets a full-time system that doesn't require driver intervention.



An extended list of off-street tools includes obtainable locking center and rear differentials and a terrain selection system that allows drivers to match drivetrain settings to actual off-street conditions. Crawl mode can hold the 2012 Toyota 4Runner moving at a constant sluggish speed so drivers do not need to feather the gas pedal in tight off-highway situations, and Toyota's A-TRAC traction control system purports to distribute power to any wheel with traction, even if the other three are slipping. Hill descent management can prohibit the 4Runner to a sluggish downhill crawl - once more, to assist drivers work by way of critical off-highway muck with out having to fret about managing automobile speed. An non-compulsory disconnecting stabilizer bar system allows more suspension travel for extreme off-street situations.

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