Toyota 4Runner

If it’s utility that you’re looking for, the market has plenty of vehicles that offers various kinds and level of utility. You can nowadays find vehicles that not just offers extreme functions and powerful performance but luxurious and comfortable features in elegant designs and appeals as well. There are many auto manufacturers that offers those kind of vehicles for you and Toyota is one of them. Toyota has long been creating many vehicles in different models and platforms for the automotive market to provide transport solution and great automotive experience for their target market. Among those vehciles that Toyota has built and introduced in the market is the Toyota 4Runner, an optimum Toyota model with great features and designs.

The Toyota 4Runner was introduced in the automotive market in the year 1984. It was a Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) that is mainly sold up to the present in North America althoug it is entirely built at Toyota’s Tahara plant in Japan; outside the US continent, the 4Runner is being sold under the name of Toyota Hilux Surf. Originally, Toyota 4Runner is a lttle more than a typical Toyota light ickup truck; it has a fiberglass shell over bed. The 4Runner though has undergone several and significant development and redesigns until it was built as a mid/large SUV.

For the 2003 model, the 4Runner was again redesigned making a V8 engine available for the vehicle; the 4Runner also became a truck-based model that is larger, roomier and more fuel-efficient without sacrificing offroad capability. In the 2005 model, the Toyota 4Runner’s V8 engine rated 270 horsepower and the V6 engine-carrier models became available with a five-speed automatic transmission instead of the old four-speed. The latest 4Runner also received additional standard and optional equipments for safety and comforts; a Vehicle Stability Control electronic stability system, Downhill Assist Control and the Hill-start Assist Control are available.