Like I said, the Dealer themselves probably added that wording. Maybe they were trying to make the vehicle sound more appealing by adding the word "Sport" out beside it.

A lot of manufacturers tend to classify their vehicles with a few more options as being the "Sport Model". More of a marketing ploy then anything.

You said in an earlier post, that your 4Runner has the Gulf State Sport Package...that tells me that the option package was added in the Gulf State in which the vehicle was sold, since Toyota never offered a G.S. Pkg. The dealer could not claim it as a true Sport package (especially since Toyota had not yet unveiled this pkg yet), but instead called it a G.S. Pkg since the options were added in the state in which the vehicle was originally sold.

Make sense?

Ok, good to hear the seat issue is resolved. I knew that black looked way out place

Yep, sounds like they just added their own options to it...thus the reason they call it a "Gulf State Sport Pkg" and not just a "Sport Pkg". I'm assuming the word Sport was just added to increase buyer appeal.

Thanks, I learned a lot.
Darn, now I have to take Sport Package off my signature. I thought I had a rare bird there for a while.

Any time...that's what we are here for.

On the plus side, knowing's better than not knowing.

I bought my 4Runner back in 2004 it was a 98 model the papers says it was a Sport Edition what i remember is that parts back in the days were really expensive and right now are really hard to find.